This document consists of four separately-published fact sheets providing information, derived from U.S. government sources, about the condition of Hispanics in the United States. The first, "Hispanic Children, Poverty, and Federal Assistance Programs," describes the status of Hispanic American children and the federal programs designed…

Despite recruitment efforts, San Antonio community college was experiencing a marked decrease in Latino enrollment, particularly from neighborhood high schools that traditionally had been their feeder schools. The Intercultural Development Research Association examined the problem and found that the college, like many two- and four-year…

A sample of 130 pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers was surveyed via a self-administered closed-ended questionnaire to determine the factors that discriminate between girls who become pregnant in early versus late adolescence. Dating patterns, extent of parental control, and knowledge and use of birth control were among the areas surveyed.…

Explores several aspects of providing counseling and therapy to Puerto-Rican clients. Discusses cultural differences that may cause stress in first and second generation immigrants. Counselors and school administrators must recognize clients' cultural needs and family influences to provide effective service delivery. (JAC)

Discusses alcohol abuse among Hispanic males of Mexican and Puerto Rican origin and the cultural and familial factors which both enable alocholism and serve as tools in overcoming it. The positive ideals of machismo may be enlisted in family therapy through supportive rather than reconstructive therapies. (Author/JAC)

Significant questions are raised concerning the Baker/de Kanter review, which concluded that "the case for the effectiveness of transitional bilingual education is so weak that exclusive reliance on this instructional method is clearly not justified." Sources used show methodological problems and multiple examples of deficiences in nine…

A survey in Southern California to determine how higher education is responding to the needs of Hispanics is described. The goal was to find out what institutions were doing to recruit Hispanics, retain them until graduation, help them transfer from two-year to four-year institutions, and raise funds. (MLW)

Using 118 sixth-grade Hispanic students from 10 California elementary schools, the study indicated that specific power differences (student, parent, and staff power) and curriculum factors (school's level of multicultural curriculum) were indeed mechanisms of symbolic violence as they were related to ethnic salience and attitudes toward students'…

Data identified client variables (age, sex, length in U.S., education) and treatment variables (life enhancement counseling, medication, number of sessions) that are differentially predictive of treatment effectiveness with depressed Hispanic elders. Extent of life enhancement counseling and medication were significantly predictive of treatment…

Investigation of the varying impact of ethnic names for Mexican Americans on the stereotyping behavior of White university undergraduates indicated that Anglo students tended to view Chicanos, but not Mexican Americans, as ignorant and cruel and that they described Mexican Americans as faithful and Hispanics as talkative and tradition-loving. (CM)