Educación

Wed23Nov2011

Dream Act: East Bay universities hope for enrollment boost

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In October, Governor Brown signed AB 131, the second bill of the two-part California Dream Act, allowing undocumented immigrant students to apply for state-funded financial aid for college. Under current law, undocumented students pay resident tuition rates if they have graduated from a California high school and affirmed that they are in the process of applying to legalize their immigration status. Starting January 1, 2013, those students will be eligible to apply for state-funded Cal Grants and other public aid.

Wed28Sep2011

La realidad del éxito

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La educación impacta en los ingresos cinco veces más que ningún otro factor ---  

De acuerdo a un nuevo estudio, los niveles de educación tienen más impacto en los ingresos en el trabajo que ningún otro factor demográfico, como el género, raza o ser hispano. Muchos factores, como la raza, ser de origen hispano, género, ciudadanía, dominio del inglés, y lugar geográfico influyen en los ingresos en el trabajo pero ninguno tiene tanto impacto como la educación. El impacto estimado en los ingresos anuales entre alguien con un título universitario y alguien con educación secundaria fue de $72,000 anuales, casi cinco veces más que el impacto del factor de género, el cual fue de $13,000.

Wed28Sep2011

Reality of success

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Education impacts earnings five times more than other factors ---  

According to a new study, education levels had more effect on earnings in the workforce than any other demographic factor, such as gender, race and Hispanic origin. Many factors, such as race and Hispanic origin, gender, citizenship, English-speaking ability and geographic location do influence work-life earnings but none had as much impact as education. The estimated impact on annual earnings between a professional degree and an eighth grade education was about $72,000 a year, roughly five times the impact of gender, which was $13,000.
Wed07Sep2011

Hispanic college enrollment surges

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College completion still a challenge  ---  
 
Driven by a single-year surge of 24% in Hispanic enrollment, the number of 18- to 24-year-olds attending college in the United States hit an all-time high of 12.2 million in October 2010, according to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis of newly available Census Bureau data. From 2009 to 2010, the number of Hispanic young adults enrolled in college grew by 349,000, compared with an increase of 88,000 young blacks and 43,000 young Asian Americans and a decrease of 320,000 young non-Hispanic whites.