Proportionately more young Hispanic adults are completing high school and fewer are dropping out than were doing so a decade ago, according to an analysis of enrollment trends by the U.S. Census Bureau. Among Hispanic 18- to 24-year-olds, 22 percent were not enrolled in high school and lacked a high school diploma or equivalent in 2008, compared with 34 percent in 1998.
Business
Vast majority of Puerto Ricans want English taught in public schools.
Globalization and the rapid growth of the Internet are but two of the reasons why English continues to be one of the most spoken languages, particularly in the business world.
Hispanic Media Futures program launches.
Telemundo Communications Group, Inc. together with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) at Florida International University (FIU), today announced a partnership to establish Hispanic Media Futures, an innovative student development program to train future Hispanic journalists and communicators.
Online Summer Courses from FSU for Professionals: Account Planning and Hispanic Marketing
Starting May 9, Florida State University will offer for the first time an online course on Account Planning. The course prepares busy professionals to become savvy account planners without having to attend a classroom. Students will learn how to plan advertising from the consumer’s perspective and will enable them to create an effective advertising strategy. The course covers qualitative insight generation, creative briefs, and strategy formulation among other topics.
The Latino Electorate in 2010: More Voters, More Non-Voters
More than 6.6 million Latinos voted in last year’s election—a record for a midterm—according to an analysis of new Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. Latinos also were a larger share of the electorate in 2010 than in any previous midterm election, representing 6.9% of all voters, up from 5.8% in 2006. DOWNLOAD REPORT HERE.
The Internet and Campaign 2010
54% of adults used the internet for political purposes in the last cycle, far surpassing the 2006 midterm contest. They hold mixed views about the impact of the internet: It enables extremism, while helping the like-minded find each other. It provides diverse sources, but makes it harder to find truthful sources. DOWNLOAD REPORT HERE.
