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TG Newsroom
February 28, 2007
AAHHE And TG To Co-Sponsor First Institute To Explore Keys To Latino Success in College
Tempe, AZ/Round Rock, TX — The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education and TG are jointly sponsoring a Latino Student Success Institute on March 9, 2007 in Costa Mesa, CA, to address the lagging pace of Hispanics' participation in college programs.
The Institute's first forum will be part of a pre-conference symposium at AAHHE's annual conference, which will be held at the Hilton Costa Mesa Hotel.
"While the U.S. Hispanic population is growing by more than three times the entire U.S. population, Hispanic college participation and completion rates have not kept pace," said Dr. Loui Olivas, AAHHE president and an assistant vice president for academic affairs and associate professor at Arizona State University.
Jacob Fraire, TG assistant vice president for educational alliances, said that the success of Hispanic students is important for economic growth and development across the nation.
"We are proud to join with AAHHE to begin this dialogue and encourage strategy development within the higher education community to help ensure that students not only have access to a college education, but that they also achieve their ultimate educational goals," Fraire said.
Participation in the Institute's forum will include some of the nation's leading Hispanic professors and college administrators. The event is open to the news media and AAHHE institutional members, college professors and administrators. For more details on the Latino Student Success Institute, including the national conference workshops, speakers and registration, please visit www.aahhe.org.
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About AAHHE: The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc. (AAHHE) is a professional association as its name implies of Hispanic faculty and administrators at U.S. colleges and universities. AAHHE supports the development of Hispanic college professionals and has dedicated itself to increasing the pipeline of Hispanics in higher education, bringing issues pertinent to Hispanics to the attention of the larger academic community, and recognizing the achievements and accomplishments of Hispanics in support of higher education.
About TG: TG is a public, nonprofit corporation that helps create access to higher education for millions of families and students through its role as an administrator of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). Its vision is to be the premier source of information, financing, and assistance to help all families and students realize their educational and career dreams. Additional information about TG can be found online at www.tgslc.org. This press release can be downloaded from www.tgslc.org/newsroom/.
Contact:
Ray Perez
TG
(512) 219-4990
(800) 252-9743, ext. 4990
ray.perez@tgslc.org
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