Roberto RodriguezFaculty & StaffThe dirty little secret of college admissions – irregularities in the admission procedure at the University of CaliforniaIn the aftermath of an expose by the Los Angeles Times that some students were admitted to the University of California at the request of prominent people, a report by the university was recently released.June 20, 2007HomeLife after Hopwood – University of Texas stops using standardized tests for admissions – Cover StoryEl Paso, TX — Hopwood — the case that has thrown affirmative action programs into a tailspin — may be a “blessing in disguise,” according to University of Texas at El Paso president Diana Natalicio.June 20, 2007HomeDemocratizing the news media: new technologies may be changing journalism – but will they also make it easier to participate?New Technologies May Be Changing Journalism — But Will They Also Make It Easier to Participate?June 19, 2007Students… 3,000 and counting – educational aid to underrepresented studentsSeveral years ago, a number of educators, after deciding there were not enough Latinos enrolled in graduate schools around the country, created a program called “Helping 500 U.S. Hispanic Students into Graduate Schools.”June 19, 2007Students‘Savings’ on California initiative challenged – California Civil Rights Initiative – Special Report Top 100 Degree ProducersProponents of the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI) tout it as a measure that will bring about substantial savings to state-house coffers by abolishing so-called state-sponsored discrimination in the form of affirmative action programs.June 17, 2007LatinxBeyond brutality – scholars say repeated beatings born in hate and police cultureAfter an 80-mile chase, the blows to the body began almost immediately. The Riverside, CA, sheriffs repeatedly beat a defenseless Mexican citizen on the side of a freeway in Los Angeles County. The blows continued even after the man was down. Then, the same officer turned his riot stick on a woman passenger. She was dragged from the truck.June 17, 2007LatinxReaching out, but in which direction? – academic outreach programs – includes list of MESA USA membersWhen early academic outreach programs were first created and took aim at reaching out to students of color, the initial idea was to inspire and motivate students to prepare for college in a general way.June 16, 2007HomeBefore Canseco – Early History of Latinos in Baseball Full of Hits and Runs Around the ColorlinePrior to the officially mandated segregation of the sport in 1878, American baseball, in its humble and loosely structured beginnings, featured on its rosters scores of Latino players who are now stirring the attention of contemporary researchers and historians.June 16, 2007LatinxChicano studies: forging identity – development of Chicano studies as a disciplineCarlos Munoz, Chicano studies professor at the University of California-Berkeley, says the relatively large influx of Chicano students into universities unleashed a political movement focused on civil and human rights and an intellectual movement that both challenged historical knowledge and created the discipline of Chicano studies.June 16, 2007StudentsBuilding Aztlan – resurgence of Chicano activism on campusSome Chicano scholars say the beginning of the Chicano activist movement was the defense of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) in 1521, which pitted the indigenous Mexican population against Spanish invaders. Others define it as the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848, when Mexico lost half of its territory to the United States and Mexican residents became, as one scholar put it, “strangers in their own land.”June 16, 2007Previous PagePage 7 of 8Next Page
