Latino professors confront ‘grotesque’ inequities at UT Austin

The Houston Chronicle has picked up on what's going on at the University of Texas at Austin among Hispanic/Latino faculty.  When we first moved to Austin and I started getting involved in the community, I quickly learned that the locals have a definite opinion about UT.  They would refer to our university as  "the plantation."  

While this has never been a good local discourse and perception regarding the university's posture toward the Latino community, the data and experience put forth by the Independent Equity Committee (shown below) support the view.  

You can read the full report here.

-Angela Valenzuela

Latino professors confront ‘grotesque’ inequities at UT Austin

Olivia P. Tallet Jan. 5, 2020 Updated: Jan. 5, 2020 11:09 a.m.

Photo: Courtesy from the Hispanic Equity Committee at the University of Texas at Austin / Courtesy

Hot off the Press! Texas Education Review, Vol. 7(2)

Friends,

It give me great pleasure to announce the Spring 2019 Issue of the Texas Ed Review-VOLUME 7, ISSUE 2 [download entire issue here].  Scroll down for the Table of Contents.  Kudos to co-managing editors, Chelseaia Charran and Chloe Sikes on the great job that they did with this issue.

-Angela Valenzuela

The Texas Education Review is an independent, peer reviewed, student-run scholarly publication based at the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin.

From Sweatt v. Painter and No Child Left Behind, to charter schools, curriculum policy, and textbook adoption, the State of Texas has played and will continue to play a critical role in shaping education policy in the United States.

The Texas Education Review (TxEd) is located directly on The University of Texas’s campus in the heart of downtown Austin.  Its close proximity to the Texas Capitol, Texas Education Agency, and State Board of Education offers unparalleled access to the thought leaders, policy makers, and academics who are driving education policy in Texas.

TxEd focuses on analysis of education policy and related issues, with non-exclusive preference given to issues affecting the State of Texas.

TxEd was founded and is operated by PhD students at The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education, which consistently ranks as one of the best public university graduate education programs in the U.S.

For information regarding TxEd, please contact our Co-Managing Editors, Chelseaia Charran (ccharran13@utexas.edu) and Chloe Latham Sikes (sikesc@utexas.edu)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Arming Teachers for School Safety: Providing Clarity for State Policies

LAURA ISBELL, Texas A&M University-Commerce

KATHRYN DIXON, Texas A&M University-Commerce

APRIL SANDERS, Spring Hill College

Access to Dual Enrollment in the United States: Implications for Equity and Stratification

LUIS E. RIVERA, The University of Texas at El Paso

STEPHEN KOTOK, St. John’s University

NATHAN ASHBY, The University of Texas at El Paso

Advancing an (Im)Possible Alternative: Ethnic Studies in Neoliberal Times

ALEX J. ARMONDA, The University of Texas at AustinC

Using Literacy to Enact Critical Pedagogy and Scientific Inquiry: An Analytic Literature Review

ANNE DALY-LESCH, The University of Texas at Austin

Web (In)Accessible: Supporting Access to Texas Higher Education for Students with Disabilities

Z.W. TAYLOR, The University of Texas at Austin

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