The Chicano in Academics
Dr. Leonard Valverde discusses his research on educational administration and some of the challenges and opportunities facing Chicanos in higher education. Dr. Valverde won a research grant from the National Chicano Council on Higher Education. The grant is designed to help Chicanos junior professors who need to publish in order to receive tenure. The grant allows professors to take time off from teaching and other duties to perform research and publish their work. It is one of the first fellowships for Chicano post-docs.
Dr. Valverde then goes on to discuss his research on education policies affecting Mexican Americans. Valverde research examines which programs are helping Mexican American students. He looks studies the policies, administration, supervisory practice, level of community involvement and bilingual programs in both rural and urban school districts with large Chicano populations in the border states. He has found that while some school districts continue to segregate and group Mexican Americans together in the non-academic track, other districts are become more pluralistic and willing to work with the Mexican American community. He also has found tha bilingual education has improved, but that political activity, in particular the controversy still surrounding the program, is hindering is progress.
KEYWORDS
ArizonaBilingual education
Bilingual Education Act of 1968
California
Chicanos in the Academy
Dallas, Texas
Education along the border
Education policy
Educational Administration
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Fellowships
Ford Foudnation
National Chicano Council on Higher Education
New Mexico
Public Education
School district
Tenure
Texas
U.S. Mexico Border