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New Graduates Face Difficult Job Market

As they hit the job market in the midst of an economic recession, many minority students of the class of 2009 may find themselves at an even greater disadvantage if they have not developed the contacts needed to get them in the door for an interview.

May 10, 2009

Study Documents the Changing Immigrant Population

More than half of the estimated 11.9 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States lack health insurance and many are more likely to live in poverty than those with legal status, according to a new study from the Pew Hispanic Center.

April 15, 2009

Recession Causing Lawyer Layoffs at Big Firms

In America, there are always people to sue or contracts to negotiate, right? Apparently there aren’t enough.

April 13, 2009

Unemployment Hits Harder Among Latinos, Blacks

Last hired, first fired: This generations-old cliché rings bitterly true for millions of America’s Latinos and Blacks, who are losing jobs at a faster rate than the general population during this punishing recession.

March 23, 2009

Demand for GED Classes Increases With Job Losses

Donna Sharp made a good living even without a high school diploma, earning about $19 an hour putting stripes on recreational vehicles in a northern Indiana county known as the RV capital of the world.

February 23, 2009

Coming Soon: Cash for College Students’ Good Grades

For the past several years economists and educators have been studying the impact of incentives — monetary and other valuable gifts — on student performance. Now a recently launched Web site, GradeFund, takes the idea of incentives and aims to utilize them as a practical solution for paying for college.

January 29, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Who Will Fill Their Shoes?

Faculty, new and experienced, say the professoriate can be just as rewarding to a new generation of academics if teaching and research opportunities are opened for them.

November 12, 2008

For Some, It Was a Jobless Summer

Claudia Ukonu searched for three months for a summer job, to no avail. She remained unemployed throughout the summer.

August 18, 2008

Hispanic Laborers Die at Higher Rates on Job Sites

Hispanic workers die at higher rates than other laborers, with 1 in 3 of these deaths occurring in the construction industry, a government study reported on June 5.

June 10, 2008

Latino Job Growth Slowing Down to a Slump, Says Labor Report

The slump in the U.S. real estate market and the subprime mortgage crisis has had its effect on Latino workers, according to a report released June 4 by the Pew Hispanic Center.

June 3, 2008

Perspectives: The Status of African-American Women

The intersection of race and gender create a third burden for African-American women in that part of our status is a function of the way that the majority society marginalizes and demonizes African-American men.

March 6, 2008

Community Colleges

Study: High Schools Overlook Community College-Bound Students

A recent report by the Southern Regional Education Board says many high schools are focusing their academic and guidance programs on the minority of students planning to attend four-year colleges, while failing to serve the majority of students preparing to go to community colleges, technical schools or the workplace.

March 5, 2008

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