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A new report shows the rate of Hispanic high school students heading to college is higher than whites for the class of 2012.

Using the Latino college experience to revamp financial aid

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As the nation grapples with how to increase the number of adults with college degrees, some say it is time to re-examine and redesign federal financial aid. … Read More

Sing for Hope Co-founder Camille Zamora leads Art U! students during a 2007 music workshop (Photo/Sing For Hope)

Sing For Hope foundation hopes to create social change through art education

By Vanessa A. Alvarez and Nadine Natour

After school drama class is precisely what Juan Carlos Salinas’s second and fifth grade students look forward to most come weekday mornings. “I like how … Read More

Latinos are the largest group of applicants for freshman admission at the University of California. (Getty Images)

Latinos are the largest group applying for freshman admission at University of California

By Terence Chea, Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO—More students than ever are applying for undergraduate admission at the University of California, and for the first time, Latinos are the … Read More

Hispanic students are often taken out of school as the school year ends.

Opinion: Stop casting Latino kids as “pobrecitos”

By Esther J. Cepeda

CHICAGO -- Judging by news coverage of the nation's fastest growing ethnic minority, you'd think that "the Hispanic condition" was a pathology. With the … Read More

More Latino kids use laptops to do their homework than other groups.

Report: Latino students are highest users of mobile devices for homework

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Parents, here's the good news -- that smart phone or tablet which seems permanently glued to your 13-year-old's fingers might very well be one of their best … Read More

A new Pew Hispanic Report finds Latino college students have reached new milestones in enrollment rates.

House GOP’s “STEM Jobs Act” would allow students from abroad to bring families to U.S.

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans still smarting from their poor showing among Hispanics in the presidential election are planning a vote next week on … Read More

Getting a colonoscopy can save your life, especially if you are Latino.

Latino medical school enrollment on the rise

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More Latinos applied to and were accepted in American medical schools this year than ever before, leading to a record rise of Hispanic medical school enrollment … Read More

Access to high-quality pre-school is crucial to giving Latino children the necessary literacy tools, says a new study.

Latino access to preschool key in narrowing Hispanic-white gap, says study

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Latino children are currently not enrolled in preschool programs in sufficient numbers, yet a new study finds that equalizing access to center-based preschool … Read More

Frank Alvarez, at center, President and CEO of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, wants a college degree in every Latino household.

Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s Frank Alvarez: “We want a college diploma in every Latino household”

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When Latino students and parents first meet Frank Alvarez, the President and CEO of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, (HSF) Alvarez knows they are assuming he was … Read More

Belica Avila, in the center, is dressed head-to-toe in her graduation cap and gown on the day of her high school graduation. At the far left, her mother, Zenaida Avila, followed by her father, Bernardo Avila and to the far right, her brother, Angel Avila.

Upward Bound helps Latinos reach college and beyond

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It took 19-year-old Belica Avila countless hours spent at study hall, Saturday mornings prep test sessions and three years of summer school to get to … Read More