Janet Napolitano, a former cabinet secretary under Barack Obama, is the current president of the University of California system. She is planning a visit to Mexico to “strengthen ties” and for her trip to be…
Topic: Mexico
Professors Worry about Trump’s Border Wall and How It Could Affect Collaborations with Other Countries
Academics and college professors were unhappy that Donald Trump won the White House on Election Day and are now worried that intellectual exchanges and collaborations will be greatly affected by Trump’s proposed border wall on…
Do colleges + universities=economic growth?
Academics have been arguing for decades that colleges and universities are engines of economic growth. Now they seem to have scientific proof, or do they? “We estimate fixed effects models at the sub-national level between…
Mexican Food Class Earns Credit Toward Core Requirements at University of Kentucky
College education is really educational, guys and girls, but tacos! Students enrolled this semester in a writing course focused entirely on Mexican food at the University of Kentucky are meeting their “Community, Culture and Citizenship in…
California Professor Offers Mexico Trip only for Illegal Immigrant Students
A Cal State Long Beach professor brings illegal immigrant students back to Mexico to do a study-abroad-type trip and to tap into their Mexican roots.
University Postpones Mexican-American Studies Program after 2 Students Enrolled
But, students protest the postponement of the program even when only TWO students actually enrolled in it.
NAFTA Encourages Violence in Mexico, MLA Panel Alleges
The North American Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA, between Canada, U.S. and Mexico, signed by President Clinton encourages graphic posts of murders of Mexicans by cartels and corrupt officials, panelists on a panel at the Modern…
Protest at Mexican Embassy
Concerned Americans rallied together outside of the Mexican Embassy in Washington, DC today to protest the incarceration of U.S. citizen and Marine Sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi, 25. Protesters included representatives from Help Save Maryland, a grassroots…