The Mexican American Experience, a radio program produced by the Longhorn Radio Network, includes interviews, music, and informational programs related to the Mexican American community and their concerns. Program summary: Host Gloria Contreras interviews Dr. Leonard Valverde on some of the challenges and opportunities facing Chicanos in higher education and his research on educational administration. Dr. 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 that bilingual education has improved, but that political activity, in particular the controversy still surrounding the program, is hindering is progress. Keywords: Arizona, Bilingual 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. Broadcast date: 1977-10-10.
Creator/Contributor:
Longhorn Radio Network (creator), Contreras, Gloria (host), and Valverde, Leonard A. (interviewee)
Date Created/Date Issued:
9/30/1977
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
sound recordings, grabaciones sonoras, radio programs, programas de radio, and Audio
Extent:
12 minutes, 55 seconds
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language:
English
Place of Publication:
Austin (Tex.)
Topic:
Education, Higher--Administration, Educación superior--Administración, Latin Americans--Education, Latinos (United States)--Education (Higher), Educational leadership, and Liderazgo en la enseñanza