Word: hispanicization
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In 1985 the U.S. Supreme Court established a precedent in cases involving group homes for the mentally retarded by ruling that Cleburne, Texas (pop. 21,000), could not require a special permit for a home for 13 retarded men and women because of community opposition and "irrational prejudice." In recent...
Experts tend to agree on just who and what put them there. Mary Lindquist, professor of math education at Columbus College in Georgia and a co-author of the report, comes down hard on teaching methods. "We have taught kids to be little calculators, but they do not know why...
The dearth of Hispanic and Chicano faculty members is especially distressing, Professor of Government Jorge I. Dominguez says, because Harvard has succeeded in attracting more Hispanic undergraduates in recent years. He says he is often asked to advise students studying Hispanic or Chicano issues, even though the subject is not...
But many faculty members say that no matter what Harvard does, the University will have difficulty filling posts with minorities because the demand exceeds the supply. Although the number of minorities receiving Ph.Ds is rising, it is still not increasing as fast as the demand for Black, Hispanic and other...
"That is why we have the odd circumstance of a fairly substantial number of Hispanic [undergraduates] and virtually none in the faculty," he says, adding he has seen little gain in attracting either Hispanics or people interested in studying Chicano culture since it first became a subject of academic study...