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3D Printers Don’t Kill People – But Homemade Guns Will

March 08, 2019

A few months ago ALMA began work with Change the Ref to print a 3D statue of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver in response to the recent up rise in and complete legality of 3D printed guns in the US. After a few months of fighting the good fight together, we compiled a documentary to take people behind the scenes of the struggle.

Completing College: A State-Level View of Student Completion Rates [REPORT]

March 08, 2019

National results show that college completion patterns among Black, Hispanic, white, and Asian four-year, public starters vary widely across states, according to a new nationwide report released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

At four-year public colleges, 69 percent of all starters graduated in eight years

February 15, 2019

The nation's postsecondary students who started college in 2010 at a two-year or a four-year college pushed their combined overall completion rate--to earn either a bachelors, associate or certificate--to 60.4 percent within eight years, according to a new report released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

Students Feel Unprepared Without Social and Emotional Skills

December 01, 2018

A report titled Respected: Perspectives of Youth on High School & Social and Emotional Learning, shows that more than three-quarters (77 percent) of recent high school students believe their schools could have done a better job of helping students develop key social and emotional learning (SEL) skills, which are particularly needed at this time of national division, rising violence, anxiety and historic levels of mistrust.

Immigrant Archive Project Announce New Scholarship Fund

November 27, 2018

The Immigrant Archive Project (IAP) a 501-C3 nonprofit organization, whose mission it is to record, preserve and share the stories of immigrants in America, is celebrating its 10 year anniversary with the announcement of a college scholarship fund drive. The IAP college scholarships will be awarded to gifted immigrants and the children of immigrants who are the first in their family to attend college.

Miami Ad School opens in Punta Cana, D.R.

September 05, 2018

Miami Ad School continues to expand its footprint, this time near another beautiful Caribbean beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The mission: make Miami Ad School Punta Cana the epicenter of creativity and innovation for Central America and the Caribbean.

For the First Time, 90 Percent Completed High School or More

August 03, 2018

For the first time, the percentage of the American population age 25 and older that completed high school or higher levels of education reached 90 percent in 2017.

Helping Latino Businesses Keep Pace

August 02, 2018

The Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative is amassing a huge database and network to nourish the fast-growing sector.

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announces "ElCampeón en Ti" Winners

July 06, 2018

Telemundo doubles down on its commitment to provide youth the opportunity to play soccer, empower future champions and expand educational opportunities for Latino youth by investing over $35,000 in scholarships to high-need, distinguished student athletes from across the country.

Ana G. Méndez University System wins 2018 Excellence in New Communications Award

June 28, 2018

Ana G. Méndez University System (AGMUS) has been awarded the 2018 Excellence in New Communications Award in the Communications, Communities and Collaboration - Academic Division by the Society for New Communications Research of The Conference Board (SNCR) for the Tu Tienes Valor (You Have Courage) campaign.

Postsecondary Enrollment Before, During, and Since the Great Recession [REPORT]

June 15, 2018

Education is highly valued in the United States as a means to acquire skills and experience that allow individuals to realize greater earnings over the course of their working lives.

First-generation students make up half of UCI's class of 2018

June 05, 2018

Overall, UCI will grant nearly 9,800 undergraduate and graduate degrees this academic year. And in a testament to the school's commitment to access and affordability, 50 percent of bachelor's degrees (4,305) will be awarded to first-generation college students – the second year in a row that half are first-gen.

Wasted: is college worth the time & money? Part 4

May 22, 2018

If we Hispanics can stay away from the siren song of whiny activism, pointless social justice warring, victimization and “snowflakism”, AND if we manage to overcome our perennial allergy to careers in the fields of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) the future of our kids looks brighter than ever. By Gonzalo López Martí - Creative director, etc./LMMiami.com

Wasted: is college worth the time & money? Part 3

May 15, 2018

By Gonzalo López Martí - Creative director, etc. / LMMiami.com

In the first two installments of this meandering essay* I compared higher education to organized religion: the latter is bleeding credibility and relevance following a quite similar path to the former.

Wasted: is a college education worth the time & money? Part 2

May 08, 2018

By Gonzalo López Martí - Creative director, etc. / LMMiami.com

Protestantism began because the Catholic Church was selling indulgences: documents that exculpated the dead and the alive from spending time in hell or purgatory.
Yup, the Holy Church literally was, and possibly still is, a “salvation retailer”.
In the 1500s some mid-level religious staff mostly in Northern Europe “protested” this questionable practice.
Politics kicked in.

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