Provides tabular information on demographic, social, and economic characteristics of people of Spanish background in the United States. Information is based on advance data from the March 1977 Current Population Survey. (DB)

The array of federal and state bilingual programs are not coordinated and are not being implemented. Increased structural and philosophical support for bilingual and bicultural education is needed to give the growing number of Latino learners greater opportunities for viable education. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the problem of defining linguistic areas, with specific reference to the various areas of Spanish in Latin America. (Text is in Spanish) (CLK)

The purposes of this study were to determine: 1) if differences existed in the self concept among Negro-, Anglo-, and Spanish-American adolescents; and 2) the extent to which these differences were influenced by ethnic group membership, socioeconomic position, or sex, or the interaction among these variables. (Author)

Ser'', the Spanish verb to be'', is used as an acronym (Service, Employment, and Redevelopment) for a national manpower effort directed by and for Spanish-speaking Americans. (MF)

Low pay, high unemployment, few marketable skills, language barrier depress incomes of Spanish Americans. (Editor)

Hostos Community College offers bilingual health science education in South Bronx, New York. (PG)

An overview of the education of the Spanish-speaking in the United States, covering the historical and current situation. A bibliography of 14 items is included. (JB)

In addition to ethnic origin, the subjects were further grouped by social class, middle and lower only. Social Class was a more important factor than ethnic origin in WISC differences; and, nonverbal ability differences (Cohen factors) were found to relate only to S's membership in a particular social class." (DB)

Deplores the philosophy that fosters the idea of Chicano culture as a hindrance to the child, a culture to be eradicated rather than reinforced, and proposes changes designed to enhance the education of Mexican American children. (JF)

In arid New Mexico, decisions about water have always been a particularly strong source of tension between local communities and the bureaucracy. In one revent case, the community of Velarde had successfully blocked plans for a diversion dam and canal which would have brought new water into the Espanola valley, but would also have destroyed…

Argues that, although Spanish/Mexican women have been important creative forces in shaping the development of California, their accomplishments have gone largely unrecorded. Describes the experiences of Spanish/Mexican women in California during the nineteenth century. Pays particular attention to the contributions of women in missions and on…