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Carlos D. Conde, an award-winning journal-ist, former Washington and foreign correspondent, was an communications aide in the Nixon White House. Write to him at [email protected].

gressman who holds the seat once belong-ing to legendary congressman Henry B. Gonzalez, a brilliant pioneer legislator.

Both are Ivy League schooled, highly ambitious politicians shepherded early on in politics by their once Chicano activist mother.

But back to my earlier hypothesis. What is it about the Cuban subgroup that allows them to dominate the Latino political spectrum with such few numbers and, relatively speaking, with such a short trajectory in civic and political affairs.

For one, its current political heroes, Cruz and Rubio, have never depended on a Latino constituency, not even the Cu-ban faction, for their successful ascent. Their strength and appeal has come large-ly from the breadth of their political spec-trum, which is conservative, even sug-gesting in some quarters almost nativism thinking despite their ethnic background.

It’s apparent that neither has ever preached, lectured or championed key Latino issues save for Rubio’s waffling on immigration and Cruz’s throw throw-them-all-back attitude, although hardly comparable to the Donald Trump vitri-olic.

What makes it all the more conflict-ing is that many Latinos, Mexican-Amer-icans included, seem to like the Cruz or Rubio candidacy despite the political and philosophical variances.

My mom use to lecture me in support of Latino personalities whatever their ilk and causes. Why? Because he is one of us.

That still leaves my original question largely unanswered. Why them and not us? •

Seeing two Cuban-Americans vying for the Republican nomination in the

U.S. presidential election in 2016 coming from the smallest minority in the largest minority group in the country — the Latinos — is awe-inspiring of how politi-cally they got there so fast.

It also makes one wonder how the Mexican-American electorate after almost a century in the process seems to have gotten nowhere fast.

Being of Mexican-American heri-tage, I am impressed and admittedly envi-ous, as perhaps are others from other U.S. Latino groups at the manner in which Cuban-Americans grabbed the ethnic po-litical banner and have run with it, maybe all the way to the White House.

The political dichotomy is revealing. In a little over 50 years, the Cubans have gone from political refugees and exiles to creating extraordinary ascension and suc-cess in politics and business.

And they have done so with a com-paratively small U.S. population — a bit over 2 million now concentrated large-ly in a small southeastern corner of the country.

The Mexican-Americans have been here since before the turn of the last cen-tury — in fact, they once owned and dominated a large part of the territorial southwest in the U.S. before the Yanks booted them out or subjugated those who stayed.

This year Ted Cruz, a Cuban-Amer-ican senator from Texas and Marco Ru-bio (now out of the race), another Cu-ban-American senator from Florida, set their sights on the Oval Office vying to be the Republican nominee for U.S. Pres-ident and, why not, even get elected.

Even with Hillary Clinton as the eventual Democratic Party candidate,

and with the way the country is currently tilting politically, either one could yet be the one [especially with the prospect of a contested GOP convention].

No Mexican-American, even though deriving from an ethnic group with its millions of people suggesting king-mak-ing powers in such events, has made a dent on such ambitions.

Not that some Mexican-American aspirant wouldn’t have the political chops for the highest office in the land, but no one has yet to make it past the U.S. sen-ate that included Dennis Chavez and Joe Montoya from New Mexico and Ken Salazar from Colorado.

Several Mexican-Americans have at-tempted it in the past, but they never got past the curiosity stage like my old friend, the late Republican activist, Ben Fernan-dez, who ran three times.

Considering today’s Latino candi-dates, Ben who was born to poverty in a Kansas City boxcar and went on to be-come a millionaire businessman might have made a good president. He would be at least on par with today’s candidacy offerings.

The former governor of New Mexi-co Bill Richardson attempted it in 2008 but got nowhere. No Latino has aspired to such lofty political heights since then.

Along with Cruz and Rubio, the oth-er current Cuban senator is Bob Menen-dez of New Jersey. It’s zilch in the upper chamber for Mexican-Americans who currently seem to have lost their zest for high stake politics but also have an ane-mic political farm system.

Currently, among the brighter lights who could in due time reach such heights may be the Castro brothers from San Antonio, one a current Obama cabinet member and the other a first term con-

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KALEIDOSCOPELiving in Obscurity, Politically Speakingby Carlos D. Conde

HOLISTIC GRADUATE ADMISSIONSNew Report Highlights its Promise to Increase Diversityby Katherine Hazelrigg, Council of Graduate Schools

TOP 25 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Enrolling and Graduating the Most Hispanicsby National Center for Education Statistics

UTICA COLLEGE SEES CYBERSPACE AS NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUENew Programs on Leading Edge of Cyber Security Programs.by Frank DiMaria

RUTGERS MINI-MBA PROGRAMReaching Out to Veteransby Gary M. Stern

DEL MAR TAKES ON DEGREE DISENCHANTMENT College Strives to be Antidoteby Michael Bratten

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New Report Highlights Promise of

HOLISTIC GRADUATE ADMISSIONS TO

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Written byKatherine Hazelrigg,

Council of Graduate Schools

Editor’s note: Each year Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education presents the top 25 colleges and universities with the largest number of Hispanic graduates and enroll-ees in graduate programs. As we continue to monitor the effectiveness of diversity programs to drive these numbers, we came across this recent report from the Council of Grad-uate Schools. We think it sheds new light on the topic of holistic graduate admissions. Read on and see if you agree.


Written byKatherine Hazelrigg,

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Washington, D.C. -- The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has released a report that outlines the findings of

a year-long research project on holis-tic graduate admissions. Supported by Hobsons, a student recruitment and college admissions consultant company, the project takes a look at emerging best practices and surveys more than 500 university admissions professionals to better understand the current state of graduate admis-sions at U.S. institutions.

Around the country, colleges and universities are adopting holistic graduate admissions processes in re-sponse to research finding that quan-titative measures of student merit, such as standardized test scores and GPA, may not accurately predict success in graduate school and may disadvantage underrepresented, non-traditional and older students. Holistic review, also known as whole-file or comprehensive review, considers a broad range of charac-teristics, including noncognitive and personal attributes, when reviewing applications. Higher education lead-ers consider holistic review a prom-ising practice for achieving diverse cohorts of students with varied ex-perience, backgrounds and expertise.

“This is an opportune moment for graduate schools and programs to prepare to re-evaluate their admis-sions processes as graduate institu-tions await the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Fisher II and continue to grapple with what it means to create

inclusive campuses,” CGS President Suzanne T. Ortega said. “This time-ly report provides context and guid-ance for graduate schools and their institutional partners.”

Holistic Review in Graduate Ad-missions reports the results of a sur-vey of over 500 universities on their current practices and emerging needs in graduate admissions; a two-day in-tensive workshop of researchers, grad-uate deans, admissions professionals and other experts; and a review of the scholarly literature. The study surfac-es promising practices and recom-mendations for graduate institutions seeking to learn more about or to im-plement holistic admissions processes and provides an overview of existing resources for institutions.

Among the report’s key findings: • Decentralized graduate ad-

missions processes pose special chal-lenges for implementing holistic re-view.

• More data is needed: 81 percent of graduate school staff re-spondents called for more data that demonstrate the link between admis-sions criteria and student success in graduate school.

• Articulating their diversity objectives and tying them to the mis-sions of their institutions will make it easier for graduate schools to build a compelling case for the need to re-view admissions practices.

• Holistic review is widely viewed as a useful strategy for im-proving diversity of higher educa-tion; early evidence also suggests that holistic admissions processes are associated with improved student outcomes.

The graduate education com-munity would benefit from a clearer understanding of what constitutes a truly “holistic” graduate admissions process for master’s and doctoral candidates.

Fifty-eight percent of all survey respondents reported that limited staff and faculty time is the greatest barrier to performing more holistic admissions processes.

The report recommends deliber-ately tying admissions processes to institutional and program missions and emphasizes the importance of data-driven decisions. It also encour-ages universities to ensure that all students, once admitted, are provid-ed learning environments that make it possible for them to succeed.

“While academic achievements are important, we know that long-term student success depends on a variety of factors that make up a whole person,” said Stephen M. Smith, President of Advising and Admissions Solutions at Hobsons. “We’re proud to support the work of CGS to increase access to gradu-ate education and improve graduate student outcomes by helping insti-tutions find applicants who are the right fit during the admissions pro-cess and then to provide support on campus until they reach their goals.”

A complimentary copy of the report can be accessed at http://cgs-net.org/innovation-graduate-admis-sions-through-holistic-review. •

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TOTAL GRADUATE ENROLLMENT 2014

1. Nova Southeastern University2. Florida International University3. University of Southern California4. The University of Texas-Pan American5. Grand Canyon University6. CUNY Graduate School and University Center7. The University of Texas at El Paso8. National University9. University of Florida10. University of New Mexico-Main Campus11. The University of Texas at San Antonio12. Texas A & M University-College Station13. New York University14. California State University-Long Beach15. California State University-Los Angeles16. Harvard University17. University of California-Los Angeles18. The University of Texas at Austin19. Texas A & M University-Kingsville20. University of South Florida-Main Campus21. Rutgers University-New Brunswick22. CUNY Hunter College23. California State University-Fullerton24. Columbia University in the City of New York25. University of Miami

State

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19,449 8,601

23,714 3,157

22,904 5,329 3,262 7,887

16,630 6,052 4,343

14,549 24,289 5,166 3,807

18,453 12,212 11,790 3,502 10,871 13,834 6,233 5,402

19,489 5,499

Hispanics

4,6163,7602,7702,4642,4512,0652,0221,8321,5901,5791,5631,5411,4241,3541,3241,2591,2471,2151,2061,1831,1471,1391,1381,1261,125

Latino

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Latinas

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% Hispanics

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TOP 25 GRADUATE SCHOOLS FOR HISPANICS

Source: NCES/IPEDS database total enrollment 2014

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2014 TOTAL MASTERS DEGREES

1. Florida International University2. Nova Southeastern University3. University of Southern California4. National University5. The University of Texas at El Paso6. The University of Texas-Pan American7. Grand Canyon University8. The University of Texas at San Antonio9. University of New Mexico-Main Campus10. California State University-Long Beach11. Columbia University in the City of New York12. Webster University13. University of Florida14. San Diego State University15. California State University-Northridge16. University of Central Florida17. Texas A & M University-Kingsville18. New York University19. University of California-Los Angeles20. New Mexico State University-Main Campus21. CUNY Hunter College22. California State University-Los Angeles23. University of South Florida-Main Campus24. Liberty University25. San Jose State University

State

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3,1593,9737,0893,498993715

5,6281,2191,3081,6967,1625,4814,1731,7461,9922,539806

8,3042,963807

2,0551,0832,6307,4232,264

Hispanics

1,458900869643572563543417393391376374346345339334333327316305303301296288287

Latinas

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Latino

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TOP 25 GRADUATE SCHOOLS FOR HISPANICS

Source: NCES/IPEDS database masters degrees conferred 2014

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Written byFrank DiMaria

Utica College on the Leading Edge of

CYBER SECURITY PROGRAMS

With each passing generation the technologies used to wage war and conduct busi-ness evolve. At one time,

warriors carried spears and shields into battle while fur trappers traded their goods for food. Today, theoret-ically at least, wars can be waged in cyberspace while companies gather endless amounts of personal data on their customers, sometimes without permission.

Both the military and corpora-tions heavily rely on information technology. This reliance, however, comes at a cost. “Whether you’re talking about command and con-trol, whether you’re talking about communication, whether you’re talking about gathering intelligence, recognizance, logistics…the more dependent you become on this do-main of cyberspace, that becomes another avenue for an adversary to attack,” said Joe Giordano, director, cyber programs at Utica College.

MPS in Cyber Policy and Risk Analysis

This past fall, Utica College, which was designated a National

Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber De-fense Education by both the NSA and the Department of Homeland Security, began offering a Master of Professional Studies in Cyber Policy and Risk Analysis. This non-techni-cal degree educates and prepares cy-

bersecurity professionals to deal with the unique policy-related challenges present in the dynamic field of cy-bersecurity both domestically and internationally.

“What we’re looking at here are things like cyber policy, compliance, laws, legal issues, ethical issues,” Giordano said. “We’re looking at a cyber future for the United States and probably the world. How do we

handle data responsibly ethically?” Giordano asked.

This wide-ranging degree ad-dresses the ethical use of individuals’ personal information in areas like healthcare and within the intelli-gence community.

Students entering the program can build upon its core courses by choosing one or both of its special-izations.

The cyber policy specialization closes the gap between technology and policy by examining U.S. laws and public policies as they relate to cybersecurity. Students in this con-centration take courses on cyber-space law, public policy and politics; the law and ethics of cyber espio-nage; cyber war and deterrence and international aspects of cyber poli-cy. Former U.S. Ambassador David Smith who led the U.S.-Soviet De-fense and Space Talks under Presi-dent George H. W. Bush designed all four of these courses specifically for Utica College.

The cyber fusion and analysis specialization prepares students for careers as compliance and privacy officers, HIPPA surveillance mon-

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itors, intelligence or cyber surveil-lance analysts and data mining spe-cialists. Data fusion, like its name implies, merges data sets from mul-tiple sources. “You can look at it like a military term. (For example) data set A is unclassified and data set B is unclassified, but if you put A to-gether with B, you have a sensitive or classified data set,” Giordano said.

Students learn defensive and of-fensive modes of operation, sources

of surveillance and tracking, web data mining and the legal and eth-ical issues important to the field. The courses in this specialization include cyber ethics and profession-al responsibility; open source cyber surveillance; cyber data fusion and advanced topics in cyber data fusion.

Leading the Way in Cybersecurity Programs

Utica College is no stranger to

cybersecurity. It is home to the Eco-nomic Crime and Cybersecurity In-stitute, the Northeast Cybersecurity Forensic Center and the Center for Identity Management and Infor-mation Protection. About five years ago, Utica began offering an M.S. in cybersecurity. This hands-on, techni-cal degree comprises four specialties; computer forensics, intelligence, cy-ber operations and economic crime investigation.

The computer forensics special-ty is designed for those students in-terested in collecting and preparing evidence of computer crimes such as fraud and cyber espionage. The cur-riculum emphasizes a comprehensive understanding of the forensic tools and techniques used to investigate and analyze network-related inci-dents and preserve digital evidence.

Often the word “forensic” con-jures up notions of law enforcement, but the skills associated with this specialty far exceed the realm of law enforcement, Giordano said. “(We’re talking about) gathering evidence on a network, gathering digital evidence of a cyber attack and even gathering evidence in real time as an attack is occurring,” Giordano said.

Professionals interested in cyber intelligence and counterintelligence, cyber counterterrorism and cyber countersabotage may want to pur-sue the intelligence specialization. The curriculum covers analysis of global and national cybersecurity policies, the study and protection of critical infrastructures and oper-ations involving cyber threats and defense. This specialization builds on traditional intelligence functions to determine an adversary’s motive and prevents the adversary from

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gathering information. “It’s taking traditional intelligence functions and bringing them over to the cyber environment. It’s very, very leading edge,” Giordano said.

Cyber operations, another spe-cialization in Utica’s cybersecurity master’s program, is for profession-als wishing to protect and defend organizations from cyberattacks. Students gain the critical knowledge needed through a hands-on, lab-ori-ented curriculum that includes an in-depth examination of cyber tac-tics, techniques, procedures and more. “You’re looking at protect and defend, you’re looking at vulnerabil-ity assessment, penetration testing, you’re looking at modeling how an adversary might attack, you’re look-ing at things like data hiding, steg-anography, anonymity,” Giordano said.

For those interested in fight-ing white collar crime, Utica offers a specialization that provides stu-dents with the skills necessary to investigate economic crime, which over the past decade has shifted to cyberspace, Giordano said. Utica is educating the fraud investigator of the future, he said.

Currently, Utica has over 300 active students in its master’s of cy-bersecurity program, leading Gior-dano to call the program’s intake “unbelievable.” The MPS in cyber policy and risk analysis, which is in its infancy, had an initial cohort of about 12 students this past fall. At first blush, these numbers may seem low, but Giordano pointed out that the field of cyber policy is not yet fully understood. The greater com-munity values the technical aspects of cybersecurity like firewall man-

agement and intrusion detection systems. Few, however, understand the need for cyber policy and anal-ysis.

“I’m not sure that the overall greater community understands where all of this is yet. [We’ve all]heard of chief information security officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer. I think that some agencies are looking at a chief pri-vacy officer, because…you’re get-ting companies and government or-ganizations that are handling large amounts of very sensitive informa-tion,” Giordano said.

In many ways Utica’s master’s programs in cyber security and cy-ber policy and risk analysis are tai-lor-made to keep America’s military and its businesses one step ahead of their cyber adversaries. •

“Whether you’re talking about command and control, whether you’re talking about communication, whether you’re talking about gathering intelligence, recognizance, logistics…the more dependent you become on this domain of cyberspace, that becomes another avenue for an adversary to attack.”

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explained O’Donnell. Rutgers Busi-ness School has been committed to helping military veterans transition into business careers, she added.

The program attracts two sepa-rate audiences: (1) active military personnel, veterans and reservists in any of the armed forces but also ap-peals to (2) HR directors, recruiters

The program doesn’t target minorities

specifically, but African American and Latino

military personnel that earn the certificate can ignite career prospects.

Written byGary M. Stern

Rutgers Mini-MBA Program

Reaching out to Veterans

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o strengthen and improve the business careers of veterans, Rut-gers Business School introduced a mini-MBA program, Business

Management for Military and Vet-erans, in fall 2015. Veterans who participate in this Executive Educa-tion program earn a non-credit cer-tificate. The hope is if they like the program and demonstrate the right aptitude and skills, they’ll enroll in a full MBA program.

In its first year, it attracted 11 participants. Most of its Executive Education programs attract from 10 to 30 students, which ensure close interaction between students and faculty.

The mini-MBA program lasts one week, starting on Monday and ending Friday. Keeping it at one week’s duration enhances its appeal, explained Margaret O’Donnell, pro-gram director for Rutgers’ Executive Education. “We find the acceler-ated form works well; some are of-fered online (though the mini-MBA isn’t),” she said.

“When we went to veterans on campus and asked what they needed, they asked for executive education,”

program include one student on active duty who was grappling with the decision to opt out of the mili-tary or re-up and continue and an-other student who had requested a military discharge and was exploring career options.

To be accepted, students must possess an undergraduate degree and demonstrate several years of work experience or equivalent mili-tary experience. “We look at each application on an individual basis,” O’Donnell cited. The program costs under $5,000 and is often financed by the GI Bill.

The program doesn’t target mi-norities specifically, but O’Donnell said that African American and Lati-no military personnel that earn the certificate can ignite career prospects. It also doesn’t track the ethnicity of students involved in it. Moreover, she said that heads of veteran’s affairs offices are often helpful in working with minority veterans.

Modules taught in the program include: Business Strategy, Supply Chain Management, Business Law and Ethics, Managing Employees and Leadership in Business. The

and hiring managers at corporations. O’Donnell said that at Rutgers Busi-ness School, “We feel very strongly that the burden of career transition doesn’t lie solely with veterans but also resides with civilian employers.”

Examples of students who par-ticipated in the initial mini-MBA


modules mimic the classes taken during a full MBA program but are given in abbreviated formats. “It gives a sampling of the business top-ics that are most contemporary these days,” O’Donnell noted.

As the military personnel, veter-ans and other students become ac-quainted with the Rutgers’ staff and get to know administrators, it builds a community of veterans at the col-lege. It also strengthens their ties to the campus and eases the transition into pursuing an MBA.

Many of the professors teaching the program are military veterans and therefore can see issues from the student’s vantage point. Students in the program learn to “take their mil-itary strategy and use it as business strategy,” O’Donnell observed.

After the students complete the mini-MBA, they are encouraged to work with a mentor to contin-ue their development and pave the way for them to obtain their career goals. For example, when one grad-uate had a job interview lined up, the program matched him with a mentor who was familiar with that industry. Other students have asked faculty members to serve as mentors, so finding a mentor is flexible and operates both ways.

Ben Downing, who is 35-year-old and is stationed at Fort Dix, participated in Rutgers’ initial mini-MBA program. He’s a vice president specializing in Capital Markets at Drexel Hamilton, a New York-based financial services firm.

Downing spent 2012 and 2013 stationed in Afghanistan. He ap-plied to the program because he was interested in the exposure it offered and thought it would prepare him to

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take a full MBA program. Current-ly, he’s starting the full MBA pro-gram at Rutgers.

In the mini-MBA program, Downing who is African American and was raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., said it “takes our military experience and shows us how to leverage what we did and translate the military background into a business skill set.”

For example, in the leadership module, he learned how to take some of the skills mastered in the armed forces and transfer it to busi-ness. He also saw how the supply chain savvy he learned in the Army can be transferred over to business.

He found the curriculum chal-lenging, thought-provoking and well-structured. “We had to partic-ipate in team-building exercises and

take exams. It prepares you for the vigor of business school,” he said.

Meeting with his macroeco-nomics instructor Professor Lagdana whom he chose as a mentor also proved useful. “I was able to see how macroeconomics fits into my business model,” Downing said.

Downing recommends the mini-MBA program to anyone involved in the Armed Forces who want to pursue a business career. “The modules are designed to make you think. You’re exposed to new areas and really learn the subject matter,” he said. Despite everything being streamlined into a week, he calls it a “rigorous course.”

Though it’s only been operating for one year and starts up again in May 2016, O’Donnell said it “has

been met with such a positive re-sponse from active duty, reservists, veterans and civilian employees — all of whom are seeking to make the transition from military to civilian careers easier.”

O’Donnell acknowledges that earning a certificate isn’t a magic bullet to success. “It’s a door opener. People want to know more about it and what they learned,” she said.

Though it offers a certificate, it mimics the MBA program, said O’Donnell. “It helps participants decide if they would like to pursue an MBA because they experience the master’s level individual and team work and meet faculty.” If admit-ted into the Rutgers MBA program, there’s even a bonus: a three-credit elective is waived. •

Rutgers Business School Executive Education is tailoring some of its newest certificate programs to assist veterans who are transitioning into the workforce.


degree holders seeking more mar-ketable job skills.

The Money Factor

There are many incentives for degree holders to retool. In the Tex-as Coastal Bend, career fields with promising job growth such as the healthcare and oil and gas industries often come with comfortable salaries.

“My goal is to make some darn money!” said Matthew Cavazos, 28, who enrolled in Del Mar’s Environ-mental/Petrochemical Lab Technolo-gy program last summer.

In 2010, as a wide-eyed young actor with a bachelor’s degree in the-ater arts, Cavazos wasn’t motivated by income potential, he said. His attitude changed last summer. Broke and soul-searching, he decided to channel his aptitude for chemistry into a career as a lab technician at a local refinery or petrochemical plant.

A bachelor’s degree in criminal justice paved the way for Le-ticia Cervantes to become a licensed private investigator.

But after a few years in the busi-ness, usually checking on unfaith-ful spouses for local attorneys, she craved a more reliable income and regular work hours. Her solution: go back to school and learn cosme-tology.

“I made the move because the economy is so unpredictable,” said Cervantes, 37, who in December received a certificate in cosmetol-ogy from Del Mar College. “My sister has always taught me that in times of economic crisis, people won’t hire a private investigator, but women will always get their hair and makeup done.”

Cervantes plans to take the state cosmetology exam this month, she said. Her older sister with whom

Del Mar CollegeStrives to be the Antidote for

Degree Disenchantment

Written byMichael Bratten

Editor’s Note: This issue of Hispanic Outlook focuses on graduate schools, but there are other options for those who hold bachelor degrees and want to retool their skills. Del Mar College’s offerings is consistent with a new national trend of degree holders returning to college to qualify for a lucrative profession and not necessarily an advanced degree.

she partnered in private investi-gations bought a beauty salon in 2014. The two will run the business together and take occasional sleuth-ing jobs on the side.

Cervantes’ story isn’t unusual at Del Mar. The college enrolls several hundred students each year who al-ready have a bachelor’s degree, con-sistent with a national trend.

One out of every 14 people who attend community colleges has al-ready earned a bachelor’s degree, according to the American Associ-ation of Community Colleges. An October 2015 article by U.S. News & World Report attributes the phe-nomenon in part to a failure by some four-year universities to pre-pare their graduates for jobs that are in demand locally.

Community colleges like Del Mar, which maintains a laser focus on local industry needs, welcome

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Community colleges like Del Mar, which maintains a laser focus on local industry needs, welcome degree holders seeking more marketable job skills.

“I went from no future to an incredibly bright future,” Cavazos said. “With a few thousand dollars in tuition at Del Mar, I can go out and make about $50,000 a year starting out. After five years, you’re looking at making six figures. You can’t beat the economic leverage. It’s a no-brainer.”

No RegretsCavazos said while he doesn’t

regret his earlier choices, he’s con-vinced that a two-year program at a

community college will command the income and job opportunities that his four-year degree doesn’t.

He’s right, considering the exist-ing industries and influx of new ones in the Coastal Bend, said Gwyn-ell Westervelt, associate professor of Chemical Laboratory and Elec-troplating Technology at Del Mar. Thirty-eight billion dollars in direct investment is fueling growth in the region, including the construction of new iron manufacturing and liq-uefied natural gas plants.

Leticia Cervantes (right), who holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, returned to college to study cosmetology. She

graduated from Del Mar College in December.


“There is definitely an increased demand in the local market with all the new industry,” Westervelt said. “Also, the refinery labs have an ag-ing workforce that will need to be replaced in the next five years or so. Probably as much as 50 percent of their workforce will be retiring.”

Demand is so high for people with an associate’s degree in Envi-ronmental/Petrochemical Lab Tech-nology — the degree Cavazos is pur-suing — that most of Westervelt’s students are employed by gradua-tion, she said.

Job OutlookWestervelt believes fewer degree

holders would find themselves re-turning to colleges and universities to gain marketable job skills if they were better informed in the initial advising process.

“We need to make these students aware of everything that is available to them and tell them what the job outlook is for the major they’re ex-ploring,” she said. “Colleges and universities aren’t producing nearly enough graduates with in-demand job skills.”

Career counselors at Del Mar use a battery of tools to help students choose a suitable major and gage the pay range and outlook for oc-cupations they’re interested in. This includes online resources like Focus 2 (www.focuscareer2.com), O*NET OnLine (www.onetonline.org) and the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s Occu-pational Outlook Handbook (www.bls.gov/ooh/).

“Our focus is to look at things realistically,” said Del Mar Career Counselor Fred Barrientos, MA. “We guide students, so they’re not wandering blindly.”

Career AdvancementBen Gregory said he was “kind

of lost” after graduating from a large Texas university with a bachelor’s de-gree in business administration. The degree, he thought, would be the key to advancing his career beyond the oilfield equipment sales and auto

payment collections jobs he had held.“I was very disappointed,” Greg-

ory said. “I graduated with this gran-diose idea that a B.A. would open doors. There really weren’t many opening.”

With a growing family, Gregory said he pondered his father-in-law’s advice to learn the air conditioning trade. He enrolled in Del Mar’s Air Conditioning Applied Technology program and excelled. In 2004, at age 40, he was hired to fill his profes-sor’s vacant position. He also started his own air conditioning business.

“My income and self-esteem were raised to levels I could only dream about before returning to college,” said Gregory, associate pro-fessor of Air Conditioning Applied Technology. “A bachelor’s degree is important, but you have to have a solid foundation of job skills. That’s what set me on the right track.”

Under Gregory’s guidance, his students are likely to avoid his circu-itous route to success.

“AC and refrigeration is econo-my proof,” he said. “My graduates have no problem finding a job. The demand is beyond our wildest imag-ination.” •

“With a few thousand dollars in tuition at Del Mar, I can go out and make

about $50,000 a year starting out. After five

years, you’re looking at making six figures.

You can’t beat the economic leverage. It’s

a no-brainer.”

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SCHOLARS CORNER

Looking back, having had the honor and privilege to be a 2015 AAH-

HE Graduate Fellow will remain one of the definitive moments in my grad-uate education. On my way back from Frisco, Texas, my spirit was rejuvenat-ed, inspired and motivated to contin-ue en la academic lucha. The conver-sations I was fortunate to participate in across both formal and low-key settings reminded me that my pres-ence in a doctoral program is not an isolated phenomenon; rather, it has ties with so many Chicana/o and Latina/o scholar-activists who have come before me and who will consequently come after me. After arriving from Pullman, Washington, it was such a joy to see so many shades of brown affirming that the struggle continues but also proving that breakthroughs have occurred.

Like so many of us, graduate school was not on my radar until an advocate — shout out to Professor Ali-cia Estrada at CSU-Northridge — saw something in me. If she had not rec-ommended that I apply for the McNair Scholars program, the small wonders of intellectual labor, presenting research at conferences and networking with critically like-minded intellectual-ac-tivists would have remained outside my scope. Only through her early en-couragement and the subsequent men-torship of my McNair faculty mentor Francisco “Dr. T” Tamayo did I realize that sometimes you have to leave the

valley (San Fernando Valley, Califor-nia) in order to come back.

My never-ending curiosity and questioning of prevailing unequal so-cial relations paved the way for me to enroll in the American studies doctoral program at Washington State Univer-sity. As a field with a history of being ‘radical’ and proposing ‘counter-narra-tives,’ these past three years have prov-en to be everything I could have want-ed in a graduate education: an eclectic curriculum to learn from; an amazing scholarship to pull from and a support-ive and caring faculty. I am blessed to work with a group of interdisciplin-ary scholars situated in the academ-ic worlds of Latina/o and Chicano/a studies (Carmen Lugo-Lugo and José Alamillo), philosophy and gender studies (Mary Bloodsworth-Lugo) and sport studies (C. Richard King and David Leonard). Together, they have supported my endeavors to engage with the Latino community by pro-viding me with the necessary skill sets to succeed in the professoriate through research, pedagogy and service.

Coupled with my graduate com-mittee, being exposed to the nation’s top Latina/o education leaders has so-lidified my dedication to becoming a tenured professor. Without sounding overtly romantic, the AAHHE com-munity made me aware of a legacy I am a part of and encouraged me to tap into my capabilities as a scholar, visionary

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PhD Candidate, American Studies, Washington State University

and leader. From exchanging midnight laughs with fellow graduate students and hearing about the assistant profes-soriate grind from faculty fellows, to engaging in meaningful dialogue with university administrators and AAHHE board members, the AAHHE 2015 conference was a rewarding experience. Its effects surely will be massive. Being invited into the AAHHE family is the kind of experience best captured in the motto “once you start, you can’t stop!” ¡Gracias, AAHHE 2015! •

Becoming Part of A Legacy


EDUCATION NEWS REVIEWS

IRVING, Texas -- The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) has an-

nounced it has changed its name to Pro-spanica, pronounced Pro-span-i-ca, ef-fective immediately. The new name more closely aligns the organization’s image to its strategy and mission. This rebrand is the positive outcome of the organizations ambitious strategy to include a broader scope including all Hispanic profession-als, regardless of educational level or area of work. It also embraces a wider focus to empower Hispanic professionals to achieve their full educational, economic and social potential.

For over a year the organization has been operating under its new strategy and

‘He has given voice to the silenced and brought history to life’

“Steven Spielberg is a genre-defying filmmaker whose unparalleled creativity has fueled countless imaginations,” said Harvard President Drew Faust. “An ex-traordinary storyteller, he has given voice to the silenced and brought history to life. The wonder of ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ and ‘E.T.,’ the suspense of ‘Jaws’ and ‘Jurassic Park,’ the thrill of ‘Indiana Jones’ and ‘Minority Report,’ the power of ‘Saving Private Ryan’ and ‘Schindler’s List,’ the inspiration of ‘Lin-coln’ and ‘Amistad’: these unforgettable experiences connect us to one another, entertaining and inspiring us as they un-derscore what it is to be human. Through his art, Mr. Spielberg has challenged us to dream and to see the world anew, and I am very much looking forward to wel-coming him back to Harvard and to hon-

WHAT’S IN A NAME? THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF

HISPANIC MBAS BECOMES PROSPANICA

STEVEN SPIELBERG TO SPEAK AT 365TH COMMENCEMENT OF

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

brand initiative, reaching deeper into the community to help Hispanics attain high-er educational opportunities and attain leadership positions in proportion to their share of the U.S. population. Prospani-ca will continue to provide and build on: educational opportunities through under-graduate programs, chapters, and scholar-ships; professional opportunities through internships, mentoring, career manage-ment seminars, job fairs, networking and professional development; and social op-portunities through corporate responsi-bility programs to improve the Hispanic community as a whole.

“Simply put, NSHMBA has out-grown its name,” said Thomas Savino,

oring him during our 365th Commence-ment exercises [on May 26].”

Spielberg has twice won best-direc-tor Academy Awards, for “Saving Private Ryan” and “Schindler’s List,” which also won best picture. He has received sever-al career honors, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of America, the Irving G. Thal-berg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Kennedy Center Honor, and most recent-ly, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

He also has devoted time and energy to philanthropy, establishing the Righ-teous Persons Foundation with his profits from “Schindler’s List,” and founding the Shoah Visual History Foundation, now the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, which has recorded more than 53,000 interviews with Holocaust survivors and witnesses.

CEO of Prospanica. “This is a profound moment for the organization and we are excited to continue connecting Hispanic MBA talent to corporations and go even further by taking our 28 years of experi-ence to lend support and go deeper within the Hispanic community.”

The new name was chosen because it is unique, uplifting and embodies the mission of the organization. Prospanica is the first word of its kind derived from the prefix Pro- and root word Hispanic. The organization is full of proactive, progres-sive professionals, and it is Pro Hispanic. The new logo is symbolic representing a community of professionals coming to-gether to achieve greatness. •

“Through both his art and his ac-tivism, Steven Spielberg has shared with millions his deeply humanistic view of the world,” said Paul L. Choi, president of the Harvard Alumni Association. “Harvard alumni, students, and faculty will be ex-cited at this opportunity to hear from the person behind the works that have enter-tained and inspired them for decades.” •

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EDUCATION NEWS REVIEWS

MIAMI -- CNN en Español and the Center for Latin American, Carib-

bean and Latino Studies (CLACLS) at the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), have partnered to pro-vide an exclusive focus on Latino voters in America, the fastest growing minority voting bloc that could play an instrumen-tal role in determining the next President of the United States.

CNN en Español will present CLA-CLS’s detailed monthly reports — span-ning a variety of election-related topics — across the television network and digital platforms leading up to key caucus and primary election dates.

The first report, THE LATINO VOTER REGISTRATION DILEMMA, focuses on the historic low voter turnout level among Latinos in presidential elec-tions, despite their increase as a percent-age of all voters at the national level to a projected 9.9% in the upcoming 2016 presidential elections. Only 48% of eligi-ble Latino voters cast ballots in the 2012 elections compared with 64% of non-His-panic whites and 66% of non-Hispanic blacks. The critical problem identified in this report is that voter registration rates among Latinos have remained steady at 58% of potential voters between the 1992 and 2012 presidential elections, despite well publicized voter-registration drives. An analysis of voter registration patterns by age and sex reveals that the most nu-

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FOCUS ON HISPANIC VOTERS

merous eligible Latino voters, those be-tween 18 and 44 years of age, register at even lower rates than the average and that Latino males in this demographic register at significantly lower rates than Latinas. Once registered, however, Latinos turn out at fairly high rates in presidential elec-tions, over 80%, but their overall impact in national elections is compromised by low registration rates. The details of THE LATINO VOTER REGISTRATION DILEMMA as well as key state-level data is reviewed with precise data and is the first in a monthly series.

CLACLS’s flagship program is the Latino Data Project, established in 2003 by Laird W. Bergad founding and current CLACLS director. Professor Bergad is a Distinguished Professor in the Depart-ment of Latin American, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies at Lehman College and with the Ph.D. Program in History at the Graduate Center.

The Latino Data Project conducts de-tailed quantitative research on the Latino population of the United States and New York City metropolitan region, analyzing raw data files produced by the U.S. Cen-sus Bureau and other government agen-cies.

CNN en Español will be the exclu-sive media partner releasing CLACLS’s focused research of Hispanics living in the United States. Combined with its ex-tensive coverage of the 2016 election and

its reach with U.S. Hispanics, CNN en Español’s partnership with CLACLS is a powerful combination examining CLA-CLS’s research into the impact of Latinos on the U.S. elections.

“The Graduate Center is among the few academic institutions examining the impact of Latino voters in U.S. elections,” said Chase F. Robinson, President of the Graduate Center, City University of New York. “This research has never been more necessary, and we couldn’t be prouder of the partnership between CLACLS and CNN en Español to educate the wider public and promote a deeper understand-ing of diversity.”

“I am extraordinarily gratified for the partnership CLACLS has formed with CNN en Español, a leading global tele-vision network, to provide newsworthy data about the Latino electorate across the United States — especially in key states in which Latino voters have the potential to determine the outcome of the 2016 pres-idential elections,” said Professor Bergad. “This partnership is testimony to the ex-traordinary quality of work accomplished by more than 100 Graduate Center Ph.D. candidates from varied disciplines who I have personally mentored during the past 14 years and deepens our commitment to educate New York City’s diverse popula-tion.”

“We are pleased to announce this very important partnership as it reflects our commitment to the U.S Hispanic market and our leadership among Latino voters and opinion leaders who count on CNN en Español’s multiple platforms as their most trusted source for news and information,” said Cynthia Hudson, se-nior vice president and general manager of CNN en Español and Hispanic strat-egy for CNN/U.S. “This first report fo-cuses on the real issue facing Latinos for the 2016 elections, which is the low rate of young Latinos registering to vote. If Latino registration efforts continue to use the same strategies and traditional outlets, they are missing out on the largest poten-tial electorate - younger Latinos - who need to be engaged to register to vote in order to effect influence on the U.S. polit-ical system.” •


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Primary Purpose: The Vice President provides leadership, oversight, and stewardship for all aspects of the University’s financial resources while ensuring absolute institutional integrity on fiscal, and certain administrative matters. The Vice President serves as a strategic advisor to the President and recommends financial and administrative objectives, policies, programs and practices that ensure a sound financial structure for the University. Working with the President, his cabinet, deans, campus CEOs, Provost, Chance llors, and Vice Chance llors, and in the context of shared governance, the Vice President is responsible for most key business functions within the University, including long range financial planning, budget planning, capital financing and investments, to deliver a long-term sustainable economic model that ensures both the viability and vitality of the University.

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Procedures for Candidates: The search committee invites letters of nomination, applications (letter of interest, full resume, and contact information of at least five references), or expressions of interest to be submitted electronically to [email protected]. The search is conducted with the assistance of recruitment firm Spencer Stuart https://www.spencerstuart.com/. For consideration in the selection process candidates are encouraged to submit their materials by April 15th with nominations and applications accepted until the position is filled.

Inquiries about the search may be directed to Jo Ann Bush at [email protected], 317-274-3571.

Additional information about the position and the search may be found at: https://uaa.iu.edu/recruitment/vp-cfo/index.shtml.

Indiana University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, and a provider of American Disabilities Act services. All qualified applicants will receive consid-eration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, marital status, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status. Indiana University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs and activities, including employment and admission, as required by Title IX. Questions or complaints regarding Title IX may be referred to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights or the university Title IX coordinator. See Indiana University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination, which includes contact information.

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Vice President of Academic Affairs

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Position OverviewPalm Beach State College invites qualified candidates to apply for the position of VicePresident of Academic Affairs. Palm Beach State’s mission is to create and sustain adynamic teaching and learning environment that provides high quality, affordableeducation to prepare students to contribute and compete ethically and successfully in adiverse global community. Reporting to the President and serving on the President’sLeadership Team, the VPAA is directly involved in the planning and intercampuscoordination of all academic programs to ensure student learning and success. As thechief academic affairs officer, the position is responsible for creating and administeringacademic policies, developing and implementing all curriculum matters and encouragingteaching excellence through professional development of faculty.

The position will serve in a co-leadership role with the Vice President of Student Servicesto provide vision and strategic direction in College enrollment planning initiatives. TheVPAA is responsible for promoting the incorporation of technology and innovation inteaching strategies and directing ongoing accreditation compliance through SACS-COCand other program accreditation. The VPAA is responsible for learning outcomesassessment, general education, the Honors College, and distance learning (in cooperationwith the Vice President for E-Learning). The VPAA supervises the academic deans,recommends the hiring of all faculty/instructors, recommends sabbaticals and releasetime, and coordinates the scheduling of classes College-wide.RequirementsA doctoral degree is required, along with a minimum of five years of senior-level experienceand a demonstrated track record of institutional leadership, management, teaching andworking with a diverse student population. Faculty supervision, higher education, grantadministration and budgetary experience are also required. Must be able to negotiate throughcollaboration.

Position is open until filled with an initial review ofapplications on May 9, 2016.

Palm Beach State College is the largest institution ofhigher learning in PalmBeach County, with fourcampuses serving a diversepopulation of 48,000students annually. PalmBeach State College offersover 130 programs of study including associatedegrees for transfer and for entry into theworkforce, bachelor’sdegree programs, certificate leveloccupational and continuing educationprograms.

Palm Beach State Collegeoffers a highly attractive SeniorManagement benefitspackage. In order to beconsidered for employment,please visit our website andapply electronically with acompleted employmentapplication and uploadedresume, cover letter and copyof transcripts.

Office of Human ResourcesPalm Beach State College4200 Congress Ave. | Lake Worth, FL 33461

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