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A consortium of organizations from throughout the nation has released the second edition of an English-Spanish glossary of standard terms relating to access to higher education. This latest edition has evolved in its scope, and includes an additional 700 entries, many of which relate to changes made to the federal student aid programs under the Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005.

In a real life experience, the Verizon Multicultural Market Team selected the top marketing and advertising final project last week from UCLA Extension students. The course was instructed by high level marketing executives at La Agencia de Orcí.

Latino families show strong support for increased access to highquality pre-kindergarten, according to a national poll conducted by the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) and released by Pre-K Now.

Forty-nine percent of gang members are Hispanic, and among the main reasons why they join gangs are idleness and the continuous search for something to belong to. For this reason, the Self Reliance Foundation has launched “2 Cooltura Eres Tú”, an initiative funded by the US Department of Justice and produced by Hispanic Communications Network (HCN).

Fifty outstanding Latino college students were selected to participate in an all-expenses paid trip to Boston to learn about the professional benefits that a graduate business degree (MBA) offers. Coming from as far away as Puerto Rico, Nevada and New Mexico, the students will have direct access to admissions representatives from 10 U.S. universities nationwide.

In a major new opinion survey on education reform, a majority of adults, parents, high school teachers, administrators and college faculty believe that our nation’s schools are coming up short in putting students on the path to compete for highly technical scientific and engineering jobs with young people from other countries and are going to have to challenge students more if America is to maintain its global economic edge.

AT&T Inc. and its philanthropic arm, the AT&T Foundation, announced that they will launch a landmark three-year $100 million signature program called AT&T AccessAll — the nation’s largest program designed to provide in-home Internet and technology access to benefit low-income families and underserved communities across the country.

A new Fordham Institute study says two-thirds of the states don’t make the grade when it comes to standards for instruction in world history, but states received their lowest marks for weak or non-existent standards for the teaching of the history and culture of Latin America and Mexico.

The NDN Political Fund announced the launch of a new national media campaign to bring the values and agenda of the Democratic Party to tens of millions of Americans.

The campaign, “Mas Que un Partido” (“More Than a Game/Party”), will bring these values – opportunity , responsibility, fair-play and the notion that we’re all in this together – to life through the passion and power of the world’s most popular sport: soccer.

After eight years as Los Angeles’ premier Latin music club and cultural melting pot, the Conga Room, co-owned by Jimmy Smits, Jennifer Lopez, Sheila E. and Paul Rodriguez, closed following a star-filled bash which included club fans like Eriq La Salle, Cedric the Entertainer and Larenz Tate. The evening featured heartfelt performances by legendary conguero Francisco Aguabella, L.A.’s leading Chicano band, Quetzal, and salsa master Johnny Polanco. The Conga Room’s owners plan to re-open the club in 2007 at the LA Live Entertainment Complex being built across from the Staples Center downtown.

The June 2006 issue of national Geographic magazine covers ‘The World’s Game’ that includes information about teams from 32 nations that will gather in Germany to compete for the World Cup of soccer, the “beautiful game” that unites and divides countries from around the world. National Geographic’s cover story takes a look at the sport that defines cultures around the globe.