Word: hispanicization
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Coming to Harvard has been a sobering experience for me. It is the first time I have acutely felt that I'm a minority. In my Texas border town, Hispanics of predominantly Mexican descent represent more than 75 percent of the population officially; unofficially the number is probably closer to...
My biggest disappointment is to find that people of Hispanic background are not affirmed by the institution that is Harvard University. The number of Hispanics at every level at this University is far below the national standard. Hispanics are grossly underrepresented.
The Hispanic presence at Harvard, partly because the recruiting strategy is not aggressive enough, has not increased. Every year I look forward to more Hispanics on campus, but I always see about the same number of faces at meetings of Latino organizations.
Only six percent of the student body at Harvard is Hispanic and only 2.5 percent is of Mexican descent. Out of 6400 undergraduates about 400 are Hispanic with about 120 of Mexican descent and of these less than 40 are women. An acquaintance of mine who graduated two years ago...
The problem starts with the recruiting efforts. These are not far reaching enough to increase the pool of Hispanic applicants. The University is trying, but it is using the same methods used five years ago. Over those five years, the amount of Hispanic representation here has remained stagnant. This begins...