There is no greater door to opportunity in this country than access to a quality education," said Allan Golston, president of the Gates Foundation's U.S. Program. "Today, Americans without a college education live close to the poverty line for a family of four." According to various reports and statistics, the rate of American students attending college continues to rank among the highest in the world, however, a disproportionate number of Hispanic and African-American students fail to graduate. Experts note that only about 25 percent of low-income students will earn a post-secondary degree; the rate for Hispanic and African-Americans dips to less than 20 percent. "College enrollment rates have grown over the past 40 years," said Hilary Pennington, director of the Gates Foundation's po...
The two students are Nicole Antoinette Maldonado and Willie Rogers. Maldonado is the first female graduate of the Dual Credit Alamo Area Aerospace Academy Turbine Engines certificate program and classmate Rogers is the first African-American graduate of the same program. Both Maldonado and Rogers are now Lockheed Martin Kelly Aviation Center aircraft mechanics with full benefits. When I did that video I was actually taking my last classes for my associate degree and I was doing a split shift at work (Lockheed Martin) at the same time," said Maldonado. "I've graduated, I'm working doing something I love to do, and my parents think it's awesome," Maldonado said. "I'm actually a role model to women, and I take that seriously," said Maldonado.
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Race-based preferential policies have been employed in the United States and other countries such as Malaysia, South Africa, Brazil, and India to foster economic development among economically marginalized ethnic groups. This research applies a two-player signaling model to help understand labor-market effects of race-based preferential policies used in college admissions. The model shows that in the context of imperfect information in the labor market, purely race-based forms of preferential policies in college admissions are likely to lead to statistical discrimination by future employers, reducing the equilibrium wage of targeted minority groups for both college graduates and non-college graduates. In addition, average wages of the targeted group remain unchanged in the model, with t...
State education leaders are keeping a close eye on this shifting human landscape, and have been meeting regularly to talk about work force development programs and to devise new strategies that make college more accessible and affordable, particularly for first-generation college students, minority students and low-income Montanans. [...] fewer college graduates and a shrinking labor force spells trouble for the state's economy, said Patrick Kelly, senior associate at the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, a private nonprofit group that helps U.S. universities improve their strategic decisions.
Minority college graduates had 28% fewer job interviews than white graduates, but they received 23% more offers of employment. Minorities' starting salaries were also slightly higher. The minorities were more qualified; reverse discrimination did not occur.
The accounting profession has gained ground on the medical and legal communities in minority recruiting. A number of years ago, according to the then-available statistics, less than 1% of the CPA profession was African American, Latino, and Asian. Today it's 8%, consisting of 4% Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% Hispanic, and only 1% African American. The US Census Bureau estimates that, with 100 million ethnic minorities in the US, about one in three residents is a minority. According to the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association, and the AICPA, minorities make up 14%, 10%, and 8% of their respective professions. In November 2007, the New York State Education Department's Office of Professions held a forum to discuss how professions can reach out to the minority community....
... This five-day summer program, now held at college campuses throughout New York State, is focused on ...Twenty-two percent of accounting graduates are minorities (including African American, Asian/...
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Gov. Paterson told hundreds of college graduates Saturday that he wants to encourage more minority-owned and women-owned businesses in the state. In his commencement address at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, the governor said he would expand an executive order to make sure such businesses are fairly considered for state contracts.
AUBURN -- The Central Maine Community College class of 2011 that marched in commencement was the largest and most diverse in the college's 47-year history. Women accounted for 55 percent of the almost 600 students who earned associate degrees, certificates or diplomas from a college that was predominantly male for decades. More than eight percent of the graduates are from minority groups, and eight states other than Maine were represented. The number of graduates this year exceeded last year's total of 392 by almost 200. Albany Township: Doreen Haley, early childhood education; Bess Mahoney, general studies; Peter Robinson, automotive technology;
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