The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 1995-96.

Overview & Synopsis

This document consists of all of volume 6 (26 issues) of the serial "The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education," a biweekly journal which addresses issues in higher education for Hispanic Americans. Each issue presents four feature articles, a policy update called "Outlook on Washington" and several opinion pieces. Feature articles address the following topics: political activism, racial harassment, the freshman year experience, the status of minorities 40 years after the Brown decision, Latino leaders, Hispanic education, Hispanic colleges, bilingualism, race-based scholarships, Black-Latino coalitions, affirmative action, recruitment/retention of minority students, the Latino immigrant, Latino political organization, Columbus Day controversy, Latino businesses, diversity education at the elementary level, racism and tenure denial, African influence in Latino culture, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, the Scholastic Assessment Test, gifted minorities, teaching values, Equity 2000, training multilingual journalists, ethnic studies, immigrants challenge bilingual education, the U.S. census, Hispanic women, the inclusive classroom, women in government, Hispanic-Serving institutions, Chicanos in Texas, Black women college presidents, stereotype anxiety, Hispanics at Black colleges, financial aid, the National Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Project 1000 and graduate education, defining minorities, community colleges, the National Internship program, Summit of the Americas, English as the nation's official language, top colleges and universities for Hispanics, California's cross-cultural centers, creative writing, radio for Hispanics, the Hispanic Business College Fund, cooperative education, access to computer technology, career networking for Hispanics, Hispanic and Deaf, multimedia and teaching of Spanish, Latino arts, the bilingual teacher, rising costs of community colleges, Puerto Rican studies, and athletics. (DB)