Dr. Anna Santiago of Indiana University on the demographic growth of Latino
youth with emphases including income, family astatus and family employment
* Dr. Cynthia Garcia Coll of Wellesley College on intre-group differences
among Puerto Rican females * Dr. Antonio Villaruel of University of
Michigan on the health and well-being of adolescents * Dr. Richard Santos
of University of New Mexico on the economic conditions that affect Latino
youth, with an analysis of their labor market participation * Dr. Martha
Montero Sieburth of Harvard Medical School on the language, public and
private spac, and schooling of Latino adolescents * Dr. Henry Trueba of
University of Wisconsin on the conditions of at-risk and dropping out with
approaches to strengthening adolescents * Dr. Raimundo Mora of Rutgers
University on the significance of literacy and empowerment concerns in the
lives of Latinos in secondary and post-secondary opportunities * Dr.
Ricardo Stanton Salazar of Unievrsity of California at San Diego on the
micro-processes that affect access to institutional agents. * Dr. Olga
Vaquez of the University of California at San Diego on the development of
bilingual and bicultural community ties based on after-school programs to
facilitate in-school learning * Dr. Loiuse Moll of University of Arizona on
the unique aspects and strengths of Latino communities and how schools can
build upon this capacity to promote academic achievement of Latino
adolescents. Index.
