Klineberg to release study on Houston’s Hispanics at Nov. 7 event

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Klineberg to release study on Houston’s Hispanics at Nov. 7 event

HOUSTON – (Oct. 29, 2014) – Stephen Klineberg, a Rice sociology professor and founding director of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, will release a new report,  “Shared Prospects: Hispanics and the Future of Houston,” at the Asia Society Texas Center Nov. 7.

Klineberg’s presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with leaders from the Greater Houston Partnership, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Houston Independent School District. Ruth Lopez Turley, professor of sociology at Rice, will moderate the panel.

The report details the experiences of Houston’s varied Hispanic communities – including the ongoing challenge of educational attainment – and explores the implications of these findings for Hispanics’ future and, inevitably, for Houston’s future as well. The report draws on findings from 21 years of expanded Houston Area Surveys, which reached more than 4,800 U.S.-born Latinos and 4,200 Latino immigrants.

Who: Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor of sociology.

What: Release of the findings from a new report, “Shared Prospects: Hispanics and the Future of Houston,” a first-of-its-kind analysis of the characteristics of Houston’s Hispanic communities and of how well they are doing as they seek to make their way in today’s economy.

When: 8:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7.

Where: Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd.

Members of the news media who would like to speak with Klineberg about the survey should RSVP to Amy Hodges, senior media relations specialist at Rice, at ah25@rice.edu, 713-348-6777 (office) or 217-417-2901 (cell).

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