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The Current Status of Latin American Studies Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2022

Martin C. Needler  and
Thomas W. Walker
Martin C. Needler
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico
Thomas W. Walker
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico
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This Study was conducted under the auspices of the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs, the organization of institutional members of LASA. Needless to say, the conclusions expressed here are those of the authors alone, and not those of the project's sponsors. The study focuses primarily on teaching programs, and specifically on the courses announced in the college catalogues. Clearly, there are other ways of proceeding and there are other types of information about Latin American studies programs that would be of value. It should also be borne in mind that the information given in such catalogues is only an approximate description of reality. However, the subject matter covered was believed to be that of greatest interest in view of the limitations of resources and personnel available.

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Reports
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , Spring 1971 , pp. 119 - 140
Copyright
Copyright © 1971 by the University of Texas Press

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Notes

1. In addition to CLASP, some funding was provided by the University of New Mexico through its Division of Inter-American Affairs. The authors would like to express their thanks for this aid and also to acknowledge the valuable assistance of Cynthia Benner, Nana Ellison, John P. Grillo, Sheila Tesar, Anne Walker, and Frederick K. Wilson, Jr.

2. Data from the survey are now stored at the Latin American Political Data Bank at the University of Florida, where any requests for their use should be directed.

3. Otis A. Singletary, ed., American Universities and Colleges, 10th ed. (Washington, D.C.: The American Council on Education, 1968).

4. This way of putting the matter excludes the possibility that a new college is established with a program that exceeds the limits of Range III from the beginning. The event is, of course, unlikely, but if the reader wishes he can regard the formulation used here as a figure of speech.

5. Linguistics does not appear in Table 6 separately because an average of less than 1 hour of work is offered in the “Range 2” and “Range 3” categories; however, linguistics courses are reflected in the Spanish and Portuguese totals where appropriate.

6. Estellita Hart, Courses on Latin America in Institutions of Higher Education in the United States: 1948-1949 (Washington, D.C.,: Division of Education, Department of Cultural Affairs, Pan American Union, 1949; Jean L. Luft and B. Carolyn Gee, “United States Institutions of Higher Learning Offering Latin American Work: A Tentative Directory” (Washington, D.C.: Hispanic Foundation, Reference Department, Library of Congress, 1958, mimeographed.) The study by R. Herbert Minnich and J. V. D. Saunders, Latin-American Content Courses at Selected American Universities 1963-1964 (Gainesville: University of Florida, 1964) gives more detail, but with respect to a smaller number of schools.

MR. Claude H. eads, for many years the manager of the Printing Division of the University of Texas at Austin, died on December 12, 1970. The printer of LARR, Mr. Eads was a skilled administrator and technician whom we greatly respected.

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