War Over Knowledge
By Guadalupe T. Luna Chicana scholar Teresa Córdova states: “In the struggle to give voice to our experiences, working class people of color encounter multiple mechanisms meant to silence us.”[2] One form of silencing includes institutions threatening educators with lost tenure for “daring” to teach Latinas/os Studies. Comprising a “war over knowledge,” as an example [...]
Committee chosen to review director’s job performance
By Jacob Carpenter, The State News Published: April 20, 2009 Nine MSU faculty members, graduate students and undergraduate students have been chosen for a committee to review the job performance of the Chicano/Latino Studies program director during the next two months. The group was selected by College of Social Science Dean Marietta Baba after students and faculty argued [...]
Members of Chicano/Latino program create new group
By Jacob Carpenter, The State News Published: April 13, 2009 A majority of students and faculty in the Chicano/Latino Studies program have formed a group they say has a different mission than the original program director, whose job performance recently has come into question. About 50 students and faculty have started The Real Chicano/Latino Studies, or RCLS, [...]
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