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The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is a nonprofit organization aiming to prepare Hispanic young people to become professionals in the future. The HSF was founded in 1975 with the purpose to identify students of Latino or Hispanic origin and assisting them in attending college and graduate school.
A scholarship is defined as a grant or payment made to support a student's education, awarded on the basis of academic or other distinction. [1] "Scholarship" has a different meaning in the United States than it does in other countries, with the partial exception of Canada. Outside the U.S., scholarship is any type of monetary award to fund ...
The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is the largest association for scholars of Latin American studies.Founded in 1966, [1] it has over 12,000 members, 45 percent of whom reside outside the United States (36 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean), LASA brings together experts on Latin America from all disciplines and diverse occupational endeavors, across the globe.
Aaron Jimenez Guevara cultivates corn and wheat in the fields near his home, waking up at 5 a.m. During the summer, he works about 50 hours a week.
Half of all Latino college students reported that it was difficult to remain in their program in 2022, compared with 40% of Black and Asian students and 37% of white students.
UCLA enrolled one of its largest and most diverse classes for fall 2024, including record levels of Black and Latino students, bucking a decline in underepresented students at elite institutions ...
A young man (in bowtie) receives a scholarship at a ceremony. A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to students for further education.Generally, scholarships are awarded based on a set of criteria such as academic merit, diversity and inclusion, athletic skill, and financial need, research experience or specific professional experience.
University of Houston–Downtown. A Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) is defined in U.S. federal law as an accredited, degree-granting, public or private nonprofit institution of higher education with 25% or higher total undergraduate Hispanic or Latino full-time equivalent (FTE) student enrollment.