Working for Education (News)

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During a recent event at the White House, because of Hispanic Heritage Month, President Obama names Univision, as a great contributor of projects; for reaching and helping parents to participate in the education of their children at an early stage, encouraging a better generation. Also, the President talks about the importance of creating communities, rather than divide people and building barriers. This is a very interesting clip because you can see what President Obama mentions; it is very true for everyone since education is one of the most important keys to success, and is what will help us continue to be a great country.

Carla Villaverde | Center for Hispanic Entrepreneurship




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Pew Hispanic Center

From left to right: Dr. Lopez, Dr. Natalicio.

    As part of the 2015 UTEP Centennial Lecture Series, on September 24, Mark Hugo Lopez, Director of Hispanic Research at the Pew Research Center visited The University of Texas at El Paso to talk about some of the most recent findings. The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that helps inform the public about issues, attitudes, and trends shaping America and the World. In this lecture, Dr. Lopez discussed the important role Hispanics and Hispanic Immigrants play in the United States. 

Some of the highlights are the following; in 2013 the total Hispanic immigrant population in the United States was about 53,964,235, breaking this percentage down comes to Mexican 34,582 (64.1%), Puerto Rican 5,122 (9.5%), Cuban 1,986 (9.5%), Salvadoran 1,975 (3.7%). He talked about trends in language as well; the majority of the population is bilingual, set in its majority by young Latinos, who also are very tech savvy. The growth of Hispanics seems now to go slow, due to the reason that people now do not easily identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino. There is a higher percentage of people being born in the United States that are Hispanic or Latino, but who would not describe themselves as one. 51% of the population is more likely to say their race along with their family country of origin. Some other points discussed were about almost 32% of the Hispanics population obtaining their Bachelor's degree, Hispanic voter population grow, and addressed questions on Race and Ethnicity in different applications and forms.

One of the last thing Dr. Lopez mentioned was, the term that people preferred to use, either Hispanic or Latino. 33% answered Hispanic, 14% Latino, and 51% answered they had no preference. So we can conclude it comes down to it depends on which part of the country you are. For the area of Texas it would be Hispanic.

To find more about the Pew Hispanic Center go to http://www.pewhispanic.org/

Claudia Navarro - Carla Villaverde (CFHE)