Presentation on theme: "Week 6: Chican@s & Higher Education"— Presentation transcript
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Week 6: Chican@s & Higher Education
Grab a snack, chat with others, and begin to think about:
Last week’s film:
Taking Back The Schools
The hits and misses of the Chicano Movement and the work still pending
.
Think about:
Chicana/o
Educational Pipeline
Discuss the significance of student activism and how we can support our youth.
Think about your educational journey: College!
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Critical Analysis In your group, discuss the Movement’s hits and misses. Try to reach a consensus of 1 hit/1 miss and provide ideas of how to correct this miss.
Discuss:
Racial Scripts
Chicano-centric narrative and
Nativism
Chicana
historiography
Occupied America
by
Acuña
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COLLEGE!
Discuss your college experience with your group.
Share the inspirational moments and the challenges you faced in college.
What was college like? Did it meet your expectations?
How can colleges support students in:
First year transition
Navigating college
Persisting in college
Graduating
Accessing graduate
school
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Chicana/o Education Pipeline
US Census: College+
14 percent: Total
11 percent:
Mex
American
18 percent: PR
26 percent: Cuban
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COLLEGE!In your opinion, what issues currently impact Latinas/
os
(not only Mexican Americans) in higher education?
Reading:
Access to elite schools not only
HSIs
Gender imbalance
Role of community colleges
Latino cultural mores
Latinas & Higher Education
Hispanic Serving Institutions
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Access to College
GI Bill & American GI Forum
Great Society legislation 1965
El Plan de Santa Barbara 1969 by the Chicano Coordinating Council on Higher Education
Latino-centered colleges and research centers
Ford Foundation /Rockefeller Foundation
TRIO Programs
Lau
v
. Nichols (1974)
Hispanics become part of the US Census- 1970
Reagan Era
HACU
HSIs
Propositions 209,227; Hopwood case
Clinton administration
HSIs
vs.
HBCUs
Reauthorization of Higher Education Act of 1965
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Affirmative Action Affirmative Action After Ban
Spark Conversation
Discuss both sides of the affirmative action debate. In your opinion, where are we missing the mark in providing equity in public education for communities of color in the US?
OPPONENTS:
Contest the concept of “critical mass”
Oppose comprehensive admissions
Challenge
o
utreach programs
Focus on racial disparities of SAT scores/GPAs of admitted students
Challenge retention programs
Pit Asian Americans against Black, Latina/
o
, US Indigenous
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¿Qué me llevo?
Take home message
Discuss with peers :
What did I gain from today’s conversation?
What should I share with others?
What should I research further?
