Asserts that social services remain largely unresponsive to the values and needs of Latino families. Discusses access to linguistically appropriate services, not just as a culturally competent practice, but also as a civil rights issue. Presents implications for all aspects of private and public child welfare, including investigations, foster…

Describes Lane Community College's Rites of Passage program, which has helped more than 100 African American teens living in Eugene, Oregon to connect to their heritage, community, and to college. The program is also being expanded to Asian, Native American, and Latino students. (EV)

Reports on a community-based teacher education project in which preservice English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers developed language curricula for a Latino community in the United States. Shows how many of the issues that characterize language in development work in poor countries also affect ESL instruction in the United States and other…

A teacher-developed alternative assessment of reading comprehension was specifically designed for transitional English language learners. Use of the measure with 89 fifth-graders in their first year of English language instruction showed that the students could successfully engage with English texts and provided teachers with useful information to…

Advanced-level college students of Spanish experienced U.S. Hispanic cultures through participation in a community-based experiential course with a service earning option. Results of a quantitative study indicate that subjects enrolled in the course formed positive and accepting attitudes toward Spanish speakers and their cultures and found a…

Data on Hispanic students from the National Education Longitudinal Study revealed no differences in 12th-grade educational outcomes between students from one-parent and two-parent families when socioeconomic factors were controlled. For outcomes 2 years after high school, socioeconomic status was a much more important predictor than family…

This keynote address introduces the concept of educational sovereignty (the need to challenge the arbitrary authority of the power structure to determine the essence of the educational experience for Hispanic and other minority students), concluding that communities must create their own infrastructures for development including mechanisms for the…

Critically examines contemporary Hispanic mental health research. Develops idea that "establishment psychiatry" dominates methods, research, reimbursement, and treatment. Suggests need to broaden paradigms with culturally sensitive insight and contemporary psychiatric theory. Analyzes issues using frameworks of mental health research,…

Examines how judicial selection methods (appointive or elective), electoral power, and intergroup competition influence number of state judgeships among women, Blacks, and Hispanics. Reports the impact of selection methods has been overstated. Shows a positive relationship between number of women and minority lawyers and number of women and…

Examined the differences in alcohol consumption and related problems among Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic college students. Results showed that Caucasians had significantly higher quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption than African Americans or Hispanics. Implications of these findings are discussed. (TE)

Discusses demographic and educational trends posing challenges to the nation's colleges. Offers a 10-point action plan to increase the participation, retention, and academic progress of Hispanic community college students and other at-risk students. (DMM)

Summarizes reports on the status of Hispanics at California State University and the University of California. Discusses Californians rapidly growing young Hispanic population; Hispanic student access, enrollment, persistence, and graduation; and the hiring, retention, and promotion of Hispanic faculty and administrators. Contains 18 references.…

A report entitled "Meeting the National Need for Minority Scholars and Scholarship" is discussed. The report found the federal government had been "ineffective" in helping to solve the problems faced by minority scholars. Recommendations include: faculty members should reach out to minority scholars and serve as mentors, etc.…

Analysis of data collected from 200 Hispanic adults enrolled in large urban English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs identified four factors that serve as a basis for a tentative typology of low-literacy Hispanic adults' participation in ESL programs, including: (1) self/school incongruence; (2) low self-confidence; (3) lack of access to…

Compared structural family therapy (SFT), individual psychodynamic child therapy (IPCT) and control condition for Hispanic boys (N=69) with behavior and emotional problems. Findings suggest that control condition was less effective in retaining cases than treatment conditions, and SFT was more effective than IPCT in protecting family integrity.…