Texas Great Debate Kicks Off
Earlier today, the National Hispanic Institute kicked off its annual Texas Great Debate with an opening ceremony involving spokespeople from NHI and Austin College (now in its 26th year of hosting the annual gathering). The tournament will pit teams from around the state, representing Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, the Rio Grande Valley, […]
Houston Students Prepare for Texas Great Debate
On a beautiful, sunny, and cloudless Sunday afternoon, I enter a classroom in the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston. Here, Latino high school students from across the Houston area are preparing for the 2016 Texas Great Debate at Austin College in Sherman from June 9-12. The Texas Great Debate is an intensive and […]
2016 Great Debate Topics Announced
The first Great Debate of the 2016 National Hispanic Institute is less than a month away, and NHI has finally announced the theme and topics for this year’s series of competitions. The overarching theme for this year’s Great Debate concerns the basis for Ernesto Nieto’s Third Reality, the foundational book for NHI programs. According to […]
