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Arkansas DWI Program Reflects Cultural Differences of Hispanic Offenders

BENTONVILLE, Ark. Emmanuel Flores says the court-ordered alcohol-safety programs he teaches require some modifications when the students who have been convicted of driving while intoxicated are Hispanic.

July 17, 2007

Washington Update

HBCU, HSI Funds Clear Congress

July 14, 2007

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.

July 14, 2007

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.

July 14, 2007

A United Way

Capitalizing on the Opportunity for Black/Latino Cooperation

July 14, 2007

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.

July 14, 2007

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.

July 13, 2007

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.

July 13, 2007

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.

July 12, 2007

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.

July 12, 2007

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.

July 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Scholars say basta to Chicano/Latino president shortage – enough

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

July 12, 2007

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.

July 12, 2007

Washington UPDATE

ED Backs Continued Default-Rate Exemption for HBCUs

July 12, 2007

The numbers may look good, but… – University of New Mexico, decrease in Hispanic faculty

Data collected by the federal government on the diversity and distribution of the nation’s academic labor force show that the University of New Mexico (UNM) ranks near the top at recruiting and retaining Latino/Hispanic faculty. In fact, when only tenured and tenure-track faculty are considered (see table on page 31). UNM ranks number one among Research I and II institutions (the ranking omits all University of california schools, as well as four other institutions for whom data were not available).

July 11, 2007

HBCUs, HSIs at odds over Title III criteria – aid in doubt at Hispanic and Black-serving educational institutions

The Clinton adminstration is touting a new Hispanic Initiative that targets both students and colleges, and may leave some tough decisions for congressional leaders and educators of color.

July 11, 2007

Academic turf war at East Los Angeles: move to include course on Central Americans in Chicano Studies Department meets resistance – East Lost Angeles College

Monterey Park, Calif. East Los Angeles College (ELAC) is the site of a controversy that many people have seen coming for a long time. It revolves around what appears to be an academic battle over turf.

July 11, 2007

1998 Ad

Congress returns to work this month facing a litany of major education issues affecting African Americans and other students of color.

July 11, 2007