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Many high-achieving Latino students miss the opportunity to succeed academically because their needs are poorly understood, according to a new report from ETS and a University of California researcher. As a result, these students’ academic futures are left “hanging by a thin thread of hope.”
A spirited discussion on whether the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba should be lifted is one of the highlights of the newly-launched “Cuban Affairs Journal,” published by the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS). The discussion is between the former Chief of Mission of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, James Cason and William M. LeoGrande, Dean of the School of Public Affairs at American University.
In this generously illustrated book, world- renowned Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson gives us the definitive account of tango, the fabulous dance of the past hundred years-and the most beautiful, in the opinion of Martha Graham.
From its syncretic evolution in the nineteenth century-partaking of European, Andalusian-Gaucho, and, unbeknownst to many, African [Kongo] influences-to its representations by Hollywood and dramatizations in dance halls throughout the world, Thompson shows us tango not only as brilliant choreography but also as text, music, art, and philosophy of life.
The philosophically and spiritually inspired works of Xul Solar, one of Argentina’s most important proponents of avant-garde art, are the focus of an exhibition to be shown for the first time in the United States at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Opening January 29, 2006, Xul Solar: Visions and Revelations features more than 90 paintings in oil, tempera, and watercolor, many of which have never before been exhibited, and includes Jefa (Patroness) (1923), newly acquired for the MFAH’s Latin American art collection.
Race and ethnicity are still very much a part of American politics, but a new study suggests that increasingly voters are selecting candidates based on their job performance, not just their racial affiliation.
Hispanic adults in the U.S. are not moving toward a positive educational or economic future for themselves, their families or the communities they live in according to a U.S. Department of Education study.
The National Assessment of Adult Literacy, “A First Look at the Literacy of America’s Adults in the 21st Century,” determined that 11 million adults in the U.S. are nonliterate in English and that the overall literacy rates for
Hispanics have declined since 1992. The average score of whites was largely unchanged from 1992 to 2003 with blacks and Asian/Pacific Islanders making gains.
