According to a recently released study,”African American and Latino Enrollment Trends among Medicine, Law, Business, and Public Affairs Graduate Programs,”few Latino and African American students are enrolling in medicine, law, business, and public affairs graduate programs. This is due in part to a low number of high school graduates among these ethnic groups and the bachelor’s degree entry requirement of the programs. Affirmative action and law suits related to affirmative action have also been contributors, according to the report.

In their 2008 book Good Intentions: Nine Hot-Button Issues Viewed Through the Eyes of Faith, authors Bob Smietana and Charles M. North point out that "The United States is a land of immigrants," and argue that they are necessary.

The real question, though, is this: Do immigrants take jobs away from poor Americans and drive down wages for the rest? Basic supply-and-demand says that adding more workers to a market (an increase in supply) will lead to lower wages for all workers in that market.

In a new series of articles for LatPro.com, human resource executives from Fortune 500 companies provide valuable insight into diversity in corporate America, and the impact of inclusion on the business bottom line. LatPro’s interview series gives HR professionals and minority jobseekers an inside perspective into the methods used by America’s most prestigious employers to successfully promote diversity within their organizations.

For more than 30 years, students have been urging the administration to bring Latino studies to Princeton University.“The university has had the opportunity since the ’70s to begin to increase the number of Latino faculty and to build Latino studies and they just haven’t,” says Dr. Raul A. Ramos, assistant professor of history at the University of Houston and 1989 Princeton graduate. “There is a huge student demand and it’s a demand that has been there a long time.”

The Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF)honored Latina business and community leaders at the 32nd annual National Hispanic Women's Conference, held June 6 at the Pasadena Convention Center. The sold out event brought together over 1,500 Latina students and young professionals for an array of professional development and networking opportunities.

Raul Ramos, NSHP member and contributor, won Best Novel-Adventure or Drama-English at The 2008 International Latino Book Awards. His book AMERICA LIBRE, was recognized at the awards ceremony held May 29th in Los Angeles during Book Expo America. Sponsored by Latino Literacy Now, the International Latino Book Awards were established in 1999 to honor the contributions made to literary excellence by Latino authors in the English and Spanish-speaking world.

Notable previous winners include: Isabel Allende, Sandra Cisneros, Gloria Estefan, George Lopez, Jorge Ramos, Sandra Rodriguez Barron, and Victor Villaseñor.

Hispanic workers die at higher rates than other laborers, with 1 in 3 of these deaths occurring in the construction industry, a government study reported Thursday.Hispanics tend to hold more high-risk jobs than those in other racial groups, but language and literacy barriers and poor training and supervision may also be factors, researchers said. The leading causes of death in recent years have been falls and highway-related accidents.The study was done by health researchers in Massachusetts, Michigan and New Jersey and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tuesday June 10th, NSHP hosted their 2008 Atlanta Professional Career Fair at the Cobb Galleria Centre. The event allowed more than 600 job seekers the opportunity to meet with over 25 employers, looking to hire diverse and bilingual professionals. Companies such as American Tower Corporation, Newell Rubbermaid, and Walmart were among the exhibitors.