[Opinion] UTEP leadership must take a stand against attacks on higher education and Hispanics

Editor's note: Attacks on higher learning endanger the essence of city life - Chicago Reader

One of the selling points of Chicago, in my opinion, is the variety of higher education institutions that are headquartered here. Many of them offer doctoral degrees (University of Illinois Chicago, Loyola, Chicago State, Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, just to name a few). This, of course, doesn’t guarantee that our general populace […] The post Editor’s note: Attacks on higher learning endanger the essence of city life…

UTEP leadership must take a stand against attacks on higher education and Hispanics

Accessible opportunity for higher education is being eliminated, researchers are being wrongfully vilified and students are under attack. The current presidential administration seeks to defund, deconstruct and ban the Department of Education. Johnathan CereceresMeanwhile, the Texas Legislature seeks to eliminate DEI supports/programs while authoritatively trying to control curriculums for politically unjust reasons. Communities like UTEP and El…