This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include Mary Crystal Cage, Edward Yudin, Lloyd Lamb, Mary Jean Habermann, Paul A. Wirth, New Mexico Commission on Higher Education., CLARK S. KNOWLTON, Sigurd Johansen, Bill Caperton, and Lynne Marie Getz.
(1987). P.L. 94-142 and New Mexico: Perceived Impact on Programs for Rural Students with Severe Handicaps, Rural Special Education Quarterly. Two surveys were conducted to determine perceptions of administrators and teachers regarding the impact of Public Law 94-142 on programs for severely handicapped children in New Mexico's small, rural school districts. One year after the infusion of federal funding, 55 percent of the respondents perceived no improvement in the level of services. Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
(1998). The Condition of Higher Education in New Mexico: Spring 1998. This annual report summarizes the condition of higher education in New Mexico based on January 1, 1998, data. Highlights from the overview section note the following: (1) More than 100,000 students were enrolled in New Mexico public colleges and universities, with fall 1997 enrollments virtually unchanged from fall 1996; (2)continuing a trend, the ethnic distribution of students shifted slightly toward fewer white/Anglo students and more Hispanic students; (3) women continued to increase their representation among degree recipients; (4) there has also been an increase in the number of degree recipients among students from historically under-represented ethnic groups, most notably among Hispanic bachelor's degree recipients; (5) however, overall degree completion rates remain below desired levels, especially for American Indian and black students; (6) tuition and fees account for considerably different percentages of total revenue across the 25 public institutions; (7) students received more than $200 million in public financial aid, 87 percent from federal and 13 percent from state sources; and (8) concerning funding of postsecondary education, the report notes an average increase of 1 percent in instruction-and-general expenditures budgeted per student. Sections following the overview include extensive data tables. Also included is information on the New Mexico Commission on Higher Education. An appendix provides coding keys. [More] Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Degrees (Academic), Educational Finance, Educational Trends
(1988). Acceptance of American Sign Language at the University of New Mexico: The History of a Process, Sign Language Studies. Describes the long process through which American Sign Language (ASL) was accepted in fulfillment of the foreign-language requirement at the University of New Mexico. It was discovered the mutual discovery and sharing of facts about ASL in the long deliberations proved effective. Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Credits, Deafness, Higher Education
(1967). New Mexico Title I, ESEA Migrant Program: Projects for Migratory Children of Migratory Agricultural Workers. State Annual Evaluation Report for Fiscal Year 1967. Prepared by the Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, (ESEA) Migrant Program director, this State annual evaluation report for fiscal year 1967 includes projects for migratory children of migratory agricultural workers in New Mexico. The material in this report represents a comprehensive analysis of Title I Migrant Program activity carried out in the 8 migrant areas of the State of New Mexico. Each item is in response to items contained in Evaluation Format: "State Programs for Migrant Children–Title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, General Instructions for Migrant Programs." Topics discussed include project data (unduplicated count of children participating); innovative projects in Las Cruces, Floyd, Espanola, Chaves County, Amalia, and Hobbs; the most pressing educational needs of participating migrant children; objective and subjective measurements; general program effectiveness; personnel and personnel training; and the inter-relationship of the Title I ESEA Migrant Program with the regular Title I program. Additionally, coordination with other programs, community involvement, non-public school participation, State operations and services, dissemination, major problem areas, and planning grants are discussed. Appendices include a compilation of test results; evaluation of a summer migrant program from Taos, New Mexico; a map depicting migration patterns from New Mexico to Colorado; and statistics relating to the number of staff who received training. Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Needs, Federal Programs, Health Needs
(1965). DISCUSSION OF PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE AGENCY PROGRAMS IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE MEXICAN AMERICAN POPULATION IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ORIGINALLY HAD LAND GRANTS FROM THE SPANISH CROWN. LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OR ACCEPTANCE OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP HAS CAUSED THE MEXICAN AMERICAN TO LOSE MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL GRANT LANDS. THE MEXICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, ORIGINALLY STRUCTURED UPON THE FARM VILLAGE, PATRIARCHAL FAMILY, PATRON SYSTEM, AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, HAS BEEN QUITE RESISTANT TO ACCULTURATION. THE LACK OF ACCULTURATION AMONG THE PEOPLE, RIGIDITY OF PROGRAMING, AND SPECIALIZED APPROACH TO PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE FAILURE OF GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS. INADEQUATE SCHOOLING COMPOUNDS THE SITUATION. RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE PLACING NORTHERN NEW MEXICO UNDER A REGIONAL AUTHORITY, USING THE VILLAGE FOR PLANNING AND RESEARCH, DEVELOPING LOCAL LEADERSHIP, DESIGNING GROUP PROGRAMS, RESTORING LAND TO THE VILLAGE, ADOPTING A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR SUBSISTENCE FARMS UNDER FIFTEEN ACRES, PROMOTING HANDICRAFTS, BUILDING SMALL VILLAGE DAMS, CHANGING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, BUILDING A NETWORK OF ROADS, DEVELOPING COOPERATIVE SALES SERVICE, DOING AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, PREPARING AGENCY WORKERS FROM THE RESIDENT POPULATION, AND ESTABLISHING NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AS A TESTING GROUND FOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS. [More] Descriptors: Acculturation, Agriculture, Education, Federal Programs
(1971). New Mexico's Urban and Rural Population. More than two-thirds of New Mexico's population live in places classified as urban by the Bureau of the Census. The state remained rural longer than did the United States as a whole, but by 1970 the proportion of the total population living in urban areas in New Mexico had increased to 69.8%, not much below the national percentage of 73.5. Urbanization in New Mexico was particularly rapid in the 1950's; the proportion of urban people in the total population increased 15.7%, nearly 3 times the rate of increase for the United States. In the 1960's, urbanization in the state took place at a much slower rate, only 3.9%. The urban-rural distribution of New Mexico's population in 1970 varied considerably from county to county. Nine counties had no urban population; in 6 counties, less than half of the population was urban; of the 17 counties with over half of the population urban, 10 had urban population percentages above the state average. In 1950, the Federal census for the first time showed a numerical as well as a percentage decline in the rural population. The numerical decline has continued since. The rural population loss, however, was not uniform throughout New Mexico. Twenty-three counties lost rural population in the 1960's, but the other 9 counties had increases, some of which were quite substantial. Approximately three-fifths of the population centers with 2,500 or more inhabitants lost population during the 1960's. [More] Descriptors: Census Figures, Population Distribution, Population Trends, Rural Population
(1975). EEOC v. University of New Mexico–Tenth Circuit Reduces Standards for Production of Employee Personnel Files in EEOC Investigations, Utah Law Review. The Tenth Circuit Court affirmed that the University of New Mexico must comply with an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) subpoena for personnel records. The author concludes after examining the case that the court's decision will probably not have an enduring effect in defining employee privacy interests and EEOC access to records. [More] Descriptors: Confidential Records, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Higher Education
(1987). Profile of New Mexico Military Institute's Toles Learning Center: Marketing the LRC into the Twenty-First Century, Community & Junior College Libraries. Describes New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI), a state-supported combined military high school/junior college. Discusses its new learning resources center, the impact of the center on the community, and efforts to promote a greater demand for center services and raise funds for the facility. Recommends 14 marketing strategies. Descriptors: College Libraries, Fund Raising, High Schools, Learning Resources Centers
(1989). Hispanic Political Leaders in New Mexico Subject Higher Education to New Scrutiny, Chronicle of Higher Education. Minority politicians who believe that colleges have ignored them in the past are winning political posts that are crucial for higher education and are using their new power. The ethnic composition of the faculty at the University of New Mexico has been the target of legislators in the last year. Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Faculty Recruitment, Higher Education
(1990). Mortality from Infectious Diseases among New Mexico's American Indians, Hispanic Whites, and Other Whites, 1958-87, American Journal of Public Health. Examines ethnic differences in infectious disease-related mortality in New Mexico's American Indian, Hispanic White, and other White populations from 1958-87. Findings indicate that for most infectious causes, American Indians had the highest mortality rates, followed by Hispanics. Discusses the influence of cultural beliefs and medical practices. Descriptors: American Indians, Communicable Diseases, Cultural Differences, Disease Incidence
(1972). Welcoming Remarks of Edward Yudin, Vice Chairman, New Mexico Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights at Hearings on Indian Problems (Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 14-15, 1972). Presented in this welcoming address to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights were (1) the functions of the Commission's State Advisory Committees; and (2) the purpose of the hearing investigating problems of American Indians in New Mexico. Lower educational attainment, life expectancy, and low income levels were some problems that were examined. [More] Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Civil Rights, Economically Disadvantaged
(1997). Binational Teacher Development: Teacher Ambassador Exchange Program, New Mexico, USA and Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The report describes the rationale for and history of an exchange program for Nuevo Leon (Mexico) and New Mexico bilingual education teachers. The program evolved from the need to help Spanish-speaking students maintain their own language and culture while in the United States. New Mexico's state policy concerning language-minority children and second language learning is traced from the first bilingual education policy statement in 1968 to standards for bilingual education and second language skills set in 1996. The general design of state-mandated bilingual multicultural education programs is also outlined. Policy developments emerging from an October 1991 border conference organized by the U.S. and Mexican departments of education are chronicled through the implementation of the second teacher exchange program in 1996. The exchange itself involves an orientation, teacher preparation of three mini-workshops (comments on home community and students, strategies for teaching English as a Second Language, and the New Mexico educational system) to be presented to their Mexican colleagues, and a paired exchange in which 12 New Mexico teachers and their Mexican teacher-partners live in each other's home and teach together for 2-week periods. Teacher responses to the program are summarized, and support materials are appended. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
(1972). An Investigation of Selected Factors Related to Persistence of American-Indian Students at Two New Mexico Universities. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a statistically significant difference in selected factors between American Indian students who persisted at the University of New Mexico and at New Mexico State University and those who did not. Subjects were 135 Indians and 200 non-Indians at the University of New Mexico and 68 Indians and 100 non-Indians at New Mexico State University. A random selection of the non-Indian students was made from the student directories. There were 22 hypotheses tested for significance at the .05 level by means of a step-wise discriminant analysis technique. Variables tested for classification purposes were: age, sex, marital status, tribal affiliation, high school rank, high school size, ACT scores, GPA, semester course load, major field of study, place of residence, Indian or non-Indian roommate, Indian club membership, financial aid, and distance student travels from home to college. It was found that the best combination of factors related to persisting American Indian college students were: a female student less than 19 years of age when first enrolled in college, a graduate of a larger, public high school who ranked in the upper third of the graduating class, had scored 17 or above on the ACT, and chose a major field of study within the professional field. [More] Descriptors: Academic Ability, American Indians, College Students, Comparative Analysis
(1992). Extending the Helping Hand to Hispanics: The Role of the General Education Board in New Mexico in the 1930s, Teachers College Record. In the 1930s, educational leaders in New Mexico turned to the General Education Board (originally created to assist southern African-American students) for philanthropic aid, envisioning reforms geared to the needs of Hispanic students. The board's sponsorship allowed great latitude to some very innovative educators who were sensitive to cultural pluralism. Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
(1991). The State of Mathematics Achievement in New Mexico: The Trial State Assessment at Grade Eight. In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in the NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments (37 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) were made. The sample was designed to represent the 8th grade public school population in a state or territory. The 1990 TSA covered five mathematics content areas (numbers and operations; measurement; geometry; data analysis, statistics, and probability; and algebra and functions). In New Mexico, 2,643 students in 106 public schools were assessed. This report describes the mathematics proficiency of New Mexico eighth-graders, compares their overall performance to students in the West region of the United States and the nation (using data from the NAEP national assessments), presents the average proficiency separately for the five content areas, and summarizes the performance of subpopulations (race/ethnicity, type of community, parents' educational level, and gender). To provide a context for the assessment data, participating students, their mathematics teachers, and principals completed questionnaires which focused on: instructional content (curriculum coverage, amount of homework); delivery of math instruction (availability of resources, type); use of calculators; educational background of teachers; and conditions facilitating math learning (e.g., hours of television watched, absenteeism). On the NAEP math scale, New Mexico students had an average proficiency of 256 compared to 261 nationwide. Many fewer students (New Mexico-8%; U.S.-12%) appear to have acquired reasoning and problem solving skills. [More] Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculators, Educational Assessment, Family Environment