McMinnville, OR — In just eight short years, minority students are projected to outnumber whites on college campuses for the first time. Many will be the first in their families to attend college. Millions more, lacking family background or familiarity with higher education, will have a difficult time deciding whether to go to college, or [...]
McMinnville, OR. — When Hilda Escalera arrived at Linfield College, the Latino students she met were just like herself. They came from families whose paychecks didn’t go far enough, and they were the first in their family to attend college. “I felt some level of support, but I also felt somewhat isolated and overwhelmed,” said [...]
Portland, OR — Joaquín Ortiz and Katie Smith, both Masters of Business Administration (MBA) students at the University of Portland, have started the Portland Burrito Project, a group of friends who come together to make burritos and walk around downtown Portland to deliver them to the homeless. A group of volunteers, most of whom are [...]
María de los Ángeles Corral The College Board Increasingly, the narrative on Latinos in the public space is becoming more negative. We consistently hear Latinos have the worst rates of joblessness, high school dropout rates, and low college completion. However, if we focus on the positive stories, we’ll have a better chance of changing [...]
Lillian Shirley, RN, MPH, MPA Multnomah County Health Department Director Ask any young school-aged child what their favorite part of the school day is, and more often than not, you will hear these answers: recess, lunch, and gym class. They like math, reading, and science too, but they talk about the times that they [...]
Chris Thomas Oregon News Service Salem, OR — Oregon schools face a growing challenge outside the classroom that affects children’s ability to learn. More than 20,000 school-age Oregon children were homeless at some point during the past school year, a new report finds, an increase of 1,500 from the previous year. The number has [...]
Corvallis, OR — Oregon State University’s Amas Aduviri has been named president-elect of the National HEP/CAMP Association. HEP stands for the High School Equivalency Program and CAMP is the College Assistance Migrant Program. Aduviri has directed OSU CAMP since 2005. CAMP provides educational and support services including outreach efforts to eligible migrant and seasonal farm [...]
Portland, OR — Hillsboro resident and Mexico native Luis Moreno tells everyone that this isn’t the end; it’s the beginning to a college degree and a new job. Moreno is the first to graduate from the new High School Equivalency Program (HEP), based at Portland Community College’s Rock Creek Campus. HEP, a sister program of [...]
Juan Carlos Morales The College Board In 1993 I had just returned from a year in Japan, where I taught English to sophomores and juniors as a post-graduate fellow at Kyoto’s Doshisha University. Upon returning to Miami I knew that I wanted to continue teaching, and I soon found a job teaching four levels of [...]
Pullman, WA — When Araceli Frías last visited with David Ruiz, it was over dinner in Kennewick. She hadn’t seen her family friend since she’d begun her doctoral program at the WSU College of Education. She was eager to discuss his work as a bilingual teacher. They also chatted about trips they wanted to take, [...]
