{"70397":{"#nid":"70397","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Engineering Ranked No. 1 for Hispanic Graduate Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the fourth consecutive year, Georgia Tech\u2019s College of\nEngineering has been ranked no. 1 in the U.S. for Hispanic graduate students by\n\u003Cem\u003EHispanic Business \u003C\/em\u003Emagazine\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEach year, \u003Cem\u003EHispanic\nBusiness \u003C\/em\u003Emagazine measures the effectiveness of the nation\u2019s universities\nin attracting Hispanic students. The rankings are based on recruitment and retention\nof Hispanic students, degrees conferred to Hispanics, Hispanic faculty, and the\nexcellent quality of education and services offered to Hispanic students.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOf Georgia Tech\u2019s 1,536 full-time graduate students in\nengineering who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, 85 or 5.5 percent\nare Hispanic. \u0026nbsp;Hispanics earned 31\npostgraduate degrees in engineering, about 4.7 percent of the total amount\nawarded in 2010.\u0026nbsp; Out of the 446 full-time faculty members in\nthe College of Engineering, 12 are Hispanic at the time of survey.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs in previous years, this great achievement has been made\npossible thanks to the hard work of various individuals and entities at Georgia\nTech,\u201d said Jorge Breton, director of Hispanic Initiatives at Georgia\nTech.\u0026nbsp; \u201cI think we all should be very\nproud of the Institute\u2019s efforts to serve our Hispanic and Latino students as\nwell as other underrepresented minorities and the entire population.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Fall 2011, the College of Engineering has 99 full-time\nand 42 part-time Hispanic graduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHispanic Business\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;magazine serves the U.S. Hispanic population with information, ideas and advice\nfor individuals looking to pursue or actively be involved in business. It is\npublished monthly and distributed to 1.4 million subscribers throughout the\nUnited States.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor\nthe fourth consecutive year, Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering has been\nranked no. 1 in the U.S. for Hispanic graduate students by \u003Cem\u003EHispanic Business \u003C\/em\u003Emagazine\u003Cem\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"For the fourth consecutive year, Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering has been ranked no. 1 in the U.S. for Hispanic graduate students by Hispanic Business magazine."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-09-29 11:43:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:14","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.hispanicbusiness.com\/news\/newsbyid.asp?idx=263781\u0026more\u0026page=1","title":"Hispanic Business magazine"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.hispanicoffice.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Hispanic Initiatives"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}