This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include Santa Fe. New Mexico State Library, Santa Fe. New Mexico State Dept. of Health, Thomas K. Simpson, Richard M. Medina, Olen E. Leonard, Thomas M. Becker, C. Jean Rogers, Geoffrey Dolman, John H. Hannon, and Linda C. Lopez.
(1997). New Mexico's 2-Year Colleges: A Diverse Enterprise, Community College Journal of Research and Practice. Presents institutional profiles of New Mexico's 17 two-year colleges, extolling the diversity in size, scope, governance structures, and students. Includes information on the colleges' missions, programs, students, and funding. Discusses future key issues such as educational cooperation and the need for a statewide community college system. Descriptors: Background, College Students, Community Colleges, Diversity (Institutional)
(1979). The Anglo Revolution in New Mexico: The Navajo Mine, La Confluencia. The "Navajo Mine" is a section of the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico containing highly valuable coal deposits to which the Navajo have in fact given up their title through long-term lease agreements with an Anglo corporation. This article applies the idea of the "Anglo" revolution to the Navajo Mine. [More] Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Culture Conflict, Economic Development
(1980). Roots of Resistance: Land Tenure in New Mexico, 1680-1980. Monograph Number 10. Focusing on land tenure patterns from 1860 to 1980, this study is a chronological socioeconomic interpretation of the history of northern New Mexico. Chapter One describes the development of the Pueblo Indian land use system prior to colonization. Chapter Two deals with the first colonial period (1598-1693) of land tenure in northern New Mexico. Chapter Three covers the Spanish colonial period after reconquest up to the independence of Mexico in 1821. Chapter Four discusses the historical period during which New Mexico was a part of the Republic of Mexico (1821-1848). Beginning with the cession of northern Mexico to the United States in 1848, Chapter Five describes the capitalist development of the area and the legislation that was passed during the next half century. Chapter Six analyzes the effects of capitalist development on the Pueblo Indians and on the Mexican agricultural communities of northern New Mexico. A bibliographical essay sets forth the criteria used in selecting reference materials for this report. Descriptors: Agriculture, American Indians, Colonialism, Culture Conflict
(1972). The Employment of American Indians in New Mexico and Arizona. Staff Report #3. The document describes the employment patterns of reservation and nonreservation American Indians in New Mexico and Arizona. Topics cover (1) reservation characteristics; (2) 5 selected reservations; (3) Federal government employment; (4) state and local government employment; (5) public school employment; and (6) private employment. Discussion topics are further detailed in the tables at the end of the document. [More] Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Comparative Analysis, Employers
(1993). Children and Firearms: A Gunshot Injury Prevention Program in New Mexico, American Journal of Public Health. Describes a statewide childhood gun safety program in New Mexico aimed at reducing the availability of loaded guns at home. Focusing on increasing safety awareness of communities, health care professionals, parents, and gun owners, the program will be continued with a new three-year funding grant. Descriptors: Accidents, Child Health, Child Safety, Children
(1985). Minorities in Higher Education: The Changing Southwest–New Mexico. Part of a series intended to highlight implications for educational planning of the changing demography of the Southwestern United States, this report on New Mexico indicates that the greatest population growth in the next 20 years will occur among minority populations, whose rates of postsecondary educational attainment and socioeconomic status have been low historically. Projections place New Mexico's population between 1.7 million and 2.1 million by the year 2000, a 20-year growth rate of between 30% and 54%. Data show that people of Spanish origin accounted for 36.6% of the total 1980 New Mexico population but represented nearly 45% of the 0-4 age group, which should grow to over 50% by 2000. Only about 50% of Hispanics and Indians aged 25 and over had completed high school in 1980, compared with approximately 75% of Whites and Asians and 63% of Blacks in the same age group. Approximately 39% of Whites, 30% of Blacks, and 55% of Asians had completed some college compared with 17% of Hispanics and 18% of American Indians. The number of New Mexico Hispanic high school seniors in 1982 represented 67% of the number of ninth graders three years earlier as opposed to 74% for Whites and 70% for Blacks. [More] Descriptors: American Indians, Articulation (Education), Asian Americans, Blacks
(1972). A Five Year Program for Library Development in New Mexico, 1972-1977. Librarians of New Mexico have long felt that the library services of the state are not well enough organized nor of sufficient strength to meet the challenges of providing the information-related services its citizens need. This concern led to a series of studies of the problems and joint efforts towards solving them. Public, school, academic, and special librarians, as well as interested citizens, took part in these efforts. The New Mexico State Library Commission and the State Library staff also took part and encouraged this work. The Five-Year Program presented here is a logical outgrowth of the work that has gone before. The purpose of this Program is to set forth parallel courses of action designed to make "The Coordinated Library Systems of New Mexico" a realistic mechanism through which the state can bring its library resources to bear upon the problems facing New Mexico citizens. This program sets forth the problems facing libraries, the limits of the situation, and the roles that local, state, and federal agencies and funds may play as an effective means of meeting library service needs. (Other State Plans are: LI 003 985 through LI 003 991 and LI 003 993) [More] Descriptors: Evaluation, Library Planning, Library Services, Objectives
(1990). Plains Indians in New Mexico: The Genizaro Experience, Great Plains Quarterly. In the 1700s, the Spaniards of New Mexico ransomed captive Plains Indians enslaved by other tribes, named them "genizaros," and absorbed them into Pueblo-Spanish society. After working off their ransoms, the genizaros became farmers or craftsmen and served as defenders against and traders with Indians. Contains 55 references. Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian History, American Indians, Intergroup Relations
(1997). Inclusion in Rural and Urban Classrooms in New Mexico, Rural Special Education Quarterly. Overviews the recent history of special education, including common educational practices and the advantages and disadvantages of full inclusion. A survey of 336 educators in one urban and two rural New Mexico communities found agreement with only 2 of 27 statements regarding potential benefits of inclusion, but with all 26 statements representing potential problems of inclusion. Contains 30 references. Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Educational Cooperation
(1991). A Report Card of School Health Programs in New Mexico. Executive Summary. The New Mexico School Health Advisory Committee adopted a model of comprehensive school health programming that incorporates the following eight components: (1) health services; (2) health education; (3) school health environment; (4) physical education; (5) student nutrition; (6) counseling; (7) integrated school and community health promotion; and (8) schoolsite health promotion programs for faculty and staff. In 1990, the committee surveyed public and private accredited schools to describe the status of New Mexico's schools with respect to each of the eight components of the model. Survey instruments were adapted from the American School Health Association School Health Surveys. Over 7,000 questionnaires were mailed to 9 respondent groups with an overall return rate of 44 percent. Groups surveyed included superintendents, directors of instruction, food service directors, principals, classroom teachers, school nurses, school counselors, physical education teachers, and cafeteria managers. This report offers a description of each of the eight program components, a summary of the status of New Mexico's schools with respect to each component, and the recommendations of the New Mexico School Health Advisory Committee for each component. Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Counseling Services, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
(1977). Those Left Behind: Recent Social Changes in a Heavy Emigration Area of North Central New Mexico, Human Organization. Examining social and economic change associated with a recent mass exodus of Spanish surnamed populations from rural villages in north-central New Mexico, this article addresses attitudes of those left behind and postulates that while the impact of migration has been felt throughout the area, its intensity has fluctuated among villages. [More] Descriptors: Community Satisfaction, Economic Change, Mexican Americans, Population Trends
(1978). Characteristics of Elderly Pueblo Indians in New Mexico, Gerontologist. A survey of the elderly Pueblo Indians in the state of New Mexico revealed demographic differences between the sample and the general population of elderly, particularly in living arrangements and life-style. The results suggest a need for follow-up research on values and adjustment to aging in Indians. [More] Descriptors: Age, American Indians, Demography, Life Style
(1992). Attitudes toward Voting among Students Attending Several Southwestern New Mexico High Schools, Social Studies Journal. Discusses a study of the voting attitudes of students at several southwestern New Mexico high schools. Reports that most respondents had not voted on an issue of particular importance to themselves while in school. Indicates that most expected to vote in the next presidential election, but few were able to define democracy. Descriptors: Democracy, Elections, High School Students, High Schools
(1996). Report on the First Conference on Navajo Orthography: Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2-3, 1969, Journal of Navajo Education. At the first Conference on Navajo Orthography held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1969, participants agreed upon a uniform orthography for Navajo developed by William Morgan and Robert Young and recommended development of a Navajo adult literacy program. Participants included representatives of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo Tribal Council members, anthropologists, linguists, literacy workers, and teachers. Descriptors: American Indian Education, Bilingualism, Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education
(1989). The New Mexico Experiment: Educational Innovation and Institutional Change, Academic Medicine. The University of New Mexico established an innovative learner-centered, problem-based, community-oriented medical education program that runs parallel to the traditional program. The programs both fostered acceptance of the experiment and permitted comparison of results. The innovation resulted in higher achievement and reinforced interest in family medicine. Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change