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Colleges unprepared for surging Hispanic population
FResno Bee ^ | 1/29/04 | Steve Geigerich - AP

Posted on 01/29/2004 8:33:30 AM PST by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/12/2004 2:10:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education projects that Hispanics will account for 21 percent of the country's public high school graduates in 2008, up from 17 percent in 2002.

The commission found that nearly 5 million Hispanics were enrolled in the country's public elementary and high schools in 1993-94. And by the 2007-08 school year, it projects that Latino public school enrollment will be about 9 million.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: academia; aliens; colleges; highereducation; hispanic; hispanics; population; surging; unprepared
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1 posted on 01/29/2004 8:33:30 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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"We know there is a relationship between race and income and academic preparedness," Longanecker said. "But we don't have the support services in place to enhance the success that we need."

It sounds to me as if a more accurate headline might be, "Surging Hispanic population unprepared for college".

2 posted on 01/29/2004 8:35:28 AM PST by malakhi (ICJ vs. Israel? Let's build a fence around The Hague.)
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To: NormsRevenge
What special "preparations" do colleges need for Hispanics that they didn't need for Whites, Asians, and Blacks? Do Hispanics need separate bathrooms or something?
3 posted on 01/29/2004 8:36:35 AM PST by wizardoz ("Crikey! I've lost my mojo!")
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To: NormsRevenge
How sad you even have to put such a disclaimer.
4 posted on 01/29/2004 8:40:13 AM PST by cyborg
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To: malakhi
That was my thought exactly. Not everyone should go to college. Nothing wrong in vo-tech or similar situations.
5 posted on 01/29/2004 8:42:01 AM PST by doodad
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To: NormsRevenge
colleges need to step up efforts to accommodate the nation's largest minority.

Spanish-speaking-only professors?

6 posted on 01/29/2004 8:43:38 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: NormsRevenge
Maybe the surging hispanic population should prepare for college and not the other way around. Something simple, learning English, could do wonders.
7 posted on 01/29/2004 8:45:08 AM PST by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: wizardoz
What special "preparations" do colleges need for Hispanics

Exactly. ....It makes no sense whatsoever. And the article failed to answer the question.

8 posted on 01/29/2004 8:46:10 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: NormsRevenge
But he said schools across the country need to do a better job of recruiting and retaining Latino faculty members who can serve as role models for Hispanic undergraduates

Here is the crux of the biscuit. More union members aiding non assimilation to further a seperation of functions, etc. $$$$$$

9 posted on 01/29/2004 8:47:47 AM PST by doodad
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To: cyborg
How sad you even have to put such a disclaimer.

I, too, support pre-emption. ;-]

The article treats All of the students as legal residents (notice no mention of how many are not) of this country entitled to fair and equal opportunity and such, while in fact, that is not necessarily the case, imo.

10 posted on 01/29/2004 8:49:08 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ...... /~normsrevenge - FoR California Propositions/Initiatives info...)
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To: AD from SpringBay
Maybe the surging hispanic population should prepare for college and not the other way around. Something simple, learning English, could do wonders.
11 posted on 01/29/2004 8:49:27 AM PST by KantianBurke (Principles, not blind loyalty)
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Do Hispanics need separate bathrooms or something?

The point is to ignore the student's shortcomings in order to duplicate services in Spanish and hire more union members. All based on the assumption that college is required and a right.

12 posted on 01/29/2004 8:50:40 AM PST by doodad
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To: Mr. Mojo
This article, or the subject of it, is wrong on so many levels. Whenever I read articles about 'hispanics' having a problem that come out of California or Texas, one can almost always be sure they're referring to illegal aliens who have children ill prepared for life in the States. Not knowing english isn't an excuse. I watched a show about an African refugee boy who came here not knowing ANY english and is now top of his class. Second of all, I don't know about anyone esle but my mother is a widow and I work RIGHT NOW to support her and try to take at least one class in college so all this excuse making is special interest pandering CRAP. BTW, right now I'm thinking I would have better spent my time learning to be a mechanic or a plumber since every time I need one I get a $50/hr sh*t stick just to turn one screw.
13 posted on 01/29/2004 8:51:58 AM PST by cyborg
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To: NormsRevenge
Haha... tactial preemption is good! (I'm sure the mod thanks you)

Everytime I read articles like these and notice they are written in California/Texas I groan.
14 posted on 01/29/2004 8:57:01 AM PST by cyborg
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To: NormsRevenge
What they mean is how do they get degrees now to those graduating from bilingual ed who never learned English -- ie Spanish courses and remedial courses (high school level), and obviously lots of financial aid. UTEP for example is prepared --- 65% of it's students are in remedial ed --- high school level courses and receiving lots of financial aid --- which is obviously being denied to better students.
15 posted on 01/29/2004 9:02:33 AM PST by FITZ
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To: cyborg
That's exactly what it means --- you take away the recent immigrant factor --- hispanics have no problem, it's that the group is being diluted with illiterate people from Mexico where the average person goes to school for 3 years. Public school only goes up to the 6th grade there and the majority never make it that far.
16 posted on 01/29/2004 9:04:15 AM PST by FITZ
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To: NormsRevenge
need to do a better job of recruiting and retaining Latino faculty members

Meaning --- they need Spanish speaking professors, these kids have never learned English and now the government is eager for them to be handed BS degrees --- but in Spanish. Also too many non-hispanics aren't interested in teaching Chicano Studies, that will be the major of most.

17 posted on 01/29/2004 9:06:28 AM PST by FITZ
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I've yet to meet a Mexican interested in 'chicano' studies.
18 posted on 01/29/2004 9:17:07 AM PST by cyborg
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I've yet to meet a Mexican interested in 'chicano' studies.

Here is one out of about 13k hits on Google. Seems to be a good number of Mexican names listed.

http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/research/focusgroups/chicanorfg.html

19 posted on 01/29/2004 9:32:07 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (There is nothing Democratic about the Democrat party.)
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To: VeniVidiVici
Not liberal academic snobbery fluff that's on the level of 'afrocentric studies'... there are legitimate courses in latin-american history. I've never met anyone from Mexico who had an interest in the lefty propaganda that passes for 'chicano' studies.
20 posted on 01/29/2004 9:37:33 AM PST by cyborg
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