Presents examples and research findings that contradict the typical stereotypes of Latina leadership. Examines the idea that Latina superintendents are atypical of their ethnicity and gender with the idea of claiming Latina leadership legacies that bring an alternative perspective to the discourse on leadership. (Author/SLD)

This kinesthetic piece evokes and provokes the reader into a visceral experience that transfers the internal emotional reactions of women of color as they face a world that does not value their worth as leaders. Explores issues of leadership through parallels with masturbation. (Author/SLD)

Investigates the reasons for low academic achievement in chemistry among Hispanics students at the college level. Focuses on gender and ethnicity and uses a 6-question instrument specifically designed to identify the reasons for lack of success. Includes 33 references. (YDS)

A survey of 1,507 school psychologists found that those who conduct bilingual psycho-educational assessment do not believe that they have received adequate training. Respondents identified only one program as having provided adequate training in all competencies identified. Indicates that the amount of training provided by the programs does not…

Examined the teaching of two Latina/o elementary school teachers and identified issues with the potential for improving the literacy instruction of Latina/o students. Findings indicate that infusion results in a balanced approach to literacy learning, that more extensive reform increases teacher rapport with students, and that teachers' identities…

Compares the effects of specific and general abilities on the reading and mathematics achievement of students from three ethnic groups. Results suggest that specific abilities are important for understanding student achievements, and that the same abilities are important for all ethnic groups. (Author/MKA)

This study included 372 Hispanic college students from four institutions. The results of the study verify the Bicultural Orientation Model as a tool for identifying Hispanic college students' cultural orientation. The four cultural orientation quadrants are Bicultural Orientation, Anglo Orientation, Hispanic Orientation, and Marginal Orientation.…

Reviews eight books on immigration, examining the effect of the widening wage gap between immigrant and native workers and discussing why some might want to limit the total number of immigrants. Books describe second generation immigrants; Latinos' experiences; immigration policy and the economy; black identities; immigration's economic,…

Discusses how Dr. James E. Lyons, Sr., president of California State University Dominguez Hills, and Dr. James M. Rosser, president of California State University Los Angeles, face unprecedented leadership challenges and opportunities as their institutions experience demographic changes. (EV)

Discusses how Los Angeles Southwest College perhaps best illustrates the rising tide of Latinos and other minorities sweeping into higher education institutions of deeply steeped Black heritage, and the challenges and new growing pains such schools face. (EV)

Two articles focus on (1) how to plan successful, equitable, and inclusive school parties that move beyond conventional classroom parties and (2) how to bridge cultures in order to connect Spanish speaking families to English speaking schools. Two sidebars present tips for planning successful parties and involving limited- and non-English speaking…

Given the surging growth in the U.S. Latino population in recent years, nowhere have those increases been occurring faster than in the southeast. North Carolina, Arkansas and Georgia, for example, have seen population increases between 300 and 400 percent since the early 1990s. Naturally, Latino community leaders and state officials have been…

Latina/o students often experience coursework that is remedial and unchallenging--benign at best, a dumbing-down at worst. This potential limiting curriculum is not only failing to provide Latinas/os with the credentials necessary to advance economically, but their education denies them the opportunity to develop the critical voices and…

This chapter describes how the implementation of the 1996 welfare reform and the 1998 Workforce Investment Acts affected community colleges' willingness and capacity to provide access to postsecondary education and training for Latinos and other low-income populations. (Contains 3 figures.)

To discover the underlying understandings that organize how low-income Latino and African American parents of infants and toddlers with severe persistent asthma manage symptoms in their children, 11 families with children 12-48 months old and recently hospitalized with asthma were interviewed over 3-6 months. Interpretive phenomenology was used to…