“The building of a comprehensive (Chicano Studies) department will allow the program to attract high caliber national-level scholars in the field, leading to additional external funding opportunities and better academic programs for our students. . . . To become national leaders, there is a critical need to understand how to better support, serve and prepare the emerging American majority.” -- Gregory Heileman, associate provost of academic affairs Meanwhile, at the University of New Mexico (where 51 percent of the students admitted to UNM in 2013 are of Hispanic background, which made Hispanics the majority at UNM for the first time) . . .
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:00:00 +0000
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