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Washington Update

HBCU, HSI Funds Clear Congress

Harmony and Discord

In the struggle for access and opportunity, different racial and ethnic groups have often — but not always — joined forces in an attempt to exert influence over those who formulate national policy. Sometimes the association has been harmonious; sometimes it has been discordant. Sometimes it has been effective; other times it has been non-productive. Below are seven examples of Black/ Hispanic coalition efforts, some successful, some unsuccessful.

The Power & Pain of Multicultural Politics on Campus

When votes came in a few weeks ago for new student senators at California State University Northridge (CSUN), most of the winners were students of color. While that shouldn’t seem unusual for a multi-ethnic campus where minorities constitute 62 percent of the 27,000 students, it was a noteworthy departure from past elections.

A United Way

Capitalizing on the Opportunity for Black/Latino Cooperation

Setting the Record Straight About Latino Images

Heritage presumes records — tales captured for retrieval. This nation’s most relentless archive is the media — but not for Hispanic women and youth. Their images are absent.

Ward Connerly: guilty as charged – University of California Regent who criticized ethnic studies

University of California Regent Ward Connerly recently proposed that the Board of Regents investigate ethnic studies courses for possible political bias, lack of substance, and “feel good” celebrationism. However, he made no proposal for investigation of possible political bias, lack of substance, and “feel good” celebrationism in courses studying Euro-American society and culture.

Is there a future for Chicano/Chicana studies?

Mexico City A thousand Chicana and Chicano scholars came to this ancient Aztec capital in June, as participants in The National Association of Chicana and Chicago Scholars’ (NACCS) annual meeting, to ponder the future of their discipline and to become reacquainted with Mexico.

Educated Immigrants Often Can’t Find Jobs that Match Skills

SAN FRANCISCO In Peru, Ines Gonzalez-Lehman directed a 14-person marketing team at a high-tech firm. After marrying an American and immigrating legally to the U.S., she found herself making copies and answering phones at the bottom of the corporate ladder.

Leadership & Policy

Audit Clears UT-Pan Am President of Using Public Funds to Improve Residence

AUSTIN Texas The president of University of Texas-Pan American did not know she was breaking rules when more than $7,000 of public money went to improve her private residence and pay for her daily commute, according to a report released Wednesday by the University of Texas System Audit Office.

Minority enrollment creeps upward at Texas universities: new recruitment strategies and the 10 percent law credited with upturn

AUSTIN, Texas Black and Latino enrollments are beginning to edge upward again at public universities in Texas after the severe drop caused by the 1996 Hopwood decision, which dismantled affirmative action at Texas’s public universities.

Leadership & Policy

Scholars say basta to Chicano/Latino president shortage – enough

Efforts are underway to create a new pipeline to reverse shrinking representation

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo under new scrutiny

As people in Mexico and the United States commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Mexican American War, the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo has come under new scrutiny from scholars in both countries. They have been examining the implications of the treaty which ended the war, and its political relevance and meaning to modern Mexico-U.S. relations.

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