HARVARD named top school in the country for Latinos (Hispanic Magazine)

<p>The March edition is not online yet, but here is the story, based on a press release, in which the YDN trumpets Yale's 4th place ranking:</p>

<p>"Yale Daily News</p>

<p>Published Thursday, March 23, 2006</p>

<p>"Hispanic magazine ranks Yale fourth"</p>

<p>BY JOSH DUBOFF</p>

<p>Staff Reporter</p>

<p>Yale placed in the top five in Hispanic Magazine's list of the top 25 colleges for Latinos this year, after failing to make the cut last time.</p>

<p>The rankings placed Yale -- which currently has an 8 percent Hispanic enrollment -- fourth, while Harvard University topped the list. Princeton University and Amherst College came in second and third, respectively. A number of different factors were used in calculating the results, including the percentage of Hispanic faculty and students at each school and the prevalence of cultural groups on campus. Other factors, such as a school's selectivity, student-faculty ratio and financial aid offerings, were also taken into consideration.</p>

<p>The University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, Pomona College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University and Dartmouth College rounded out the top 10."</p>

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<p>Dartmouth pleased to be in the top 10.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Enews/releases/2006/03/14.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2006/03/14.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>So does this mean that they are actively seeking more Latinos?</p>

<p>"A record 10.5 percent of the admitted students are African American, while 17.8 percent are Asian American, 8.2 percent are Latino, and slightly more than 1 percent are Native American. "Students in the Undergraduate Minority Recruiting Program (UMRP), faculty, and alumni/ae worked extremely hard during the year to recruit promising candidates throughout the country. We are very grateful for all of their efforts," said Director of Undergraduate Recruitment Roger Banks."</p>

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<p>And for the Class of 2010, in the early pool (Crimson, Jan. 2006):</p>

<p>"The Class of 2009 was the most socioeconomically diverse class in the history of the College, and early figures suggest that the trend will continue this year, according to the admissions office.</p>

<p>Demographic figures also remained steady from last year. African-American students make up nearly nine percent of early admits. Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans are slightly more represented this year, according to figures released by the admissions office."</p>