The Caribbean Research Center

Founded: 1985.
Institutional Coordination: Medgar Evers College of The City University of New York.
Description: " The Caribbean Research Center is an integral academic component of Medgar Evers College, the City University of New York. Since its establishment in 1985, it has been funded by annual appropriations from the New York State legislature, to address the concerns, problems and needs of the rapidly growing Caribbean segment of the metropolitan New York State population."
Geographic Area: Regional: New York
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Colleges & Universities Programs; Education & Leadership ; Caribbean

Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies

Founded: 2000
Institutional Coordination: Wayne State University, Michigan
Description: "Web site under construction. Please contact: Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies. 656 West Kirby, Room 3324 Faculty/Administration Building Detroit, MI 48202. JosÈ Cuello, Director. Email: jcuello@cms.cc.wayne.edu. Phone: 313.577.4378; Fax: 313.577.1274".
Geographic Area: Regional: Michigan
Subject Category: Social Science Research;

Center for Chicano Studies

Founded: 1969
Institutional Coordination: University of California, Santa Barbara
Description: "Since 1969, the Center for Chicano Studies at UCSB has served as the campus ORU for sponsored research in Chicana/Chicano Studies. Because the Center's origins were intricately bound to the larger Chicano student movement concerned with questions of community education and Chicano/Latino underrepresentation among undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty at the University of California, the mandate of the Center has traditionally embraced the development of programs aimed at addressing these concerns. Hence, the Center evolved into a unit that sought to develop faculty research initiatives in Chicana/o Studies and participate in the recruitment and retention of Chicano/Latino faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates as well as work with the larger Chicano/Latino community in the local area. To date, the Center for Chicano Studies is one of only two ORU's in the University of California system devoted to these goals."
Geographic Area: Regional: California
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Colleges & Universities Programs; Education & Leadership ;

Center for Latino Policy Research

Founded: 1988.
Institutional Coordination: Institute for the Study of Social Change. University of California, Berkeley
Description: "The Center for Latino Policy Research is dedicted to providing the academic community, government officials, and advocacy organizations with timely and important research on topics related to the Latino population. These efforts are particularly crucial in California where Latinos constitute a substantial and rapidly growing segment of the state. CLPR's current research priority is Chicano/Latino youth academic achievement and college participation and also includes issues of education, healthcare, political participation, immigration, and labor mobility. "
Geographic Area: Regional; California
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education; Public Policy;

The Center for Mexican American Studies, (CMAS)

Founded: 1970.
Institutional Coordination: University of Texas at Austin
Description: "The Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) focuses on Mexican American scholarship and educational programs on the University of Texas campus, and is a national leader in teaching, research, and publications. Since its creation in 1970, CMAS has worked to enhance our understanding of the Mexican and Mexican American experience, as well as the broader Latino experience, and to strengthen the presence of Mexican Americans and other Latinos in the intellectual terrain, both within and beyond US borders. CMAS accomplishes its mission by offering an undergraduate degree program with concentrations in public policy, pre-law, and cultural studies and a doctoral portfolio program. In addition, the Center offers an extensive public programming calendar throughout the academic year".
Geographic Area: National
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Public Affairs Organizations; Education & Leadership ; Public Policy;

Center for Research on Latinos in a Global Society, (CLRGS)

Founded: 1970.
Institutional Coordination: University of California -- Irvine
Description: "Interdisciplinary research in Chicano/Latino Studies is conducted under the auspices of the center for research on Latinos in a global society (CRLGS). Its multifold goals are: (1) to examine the emerging role of Latinos as actors in global economic, political, and cultural events; (2) to promote Latino scholarship; (3) to enhance the quality of research in Latino studies; (4) to provide a forum for intellectual exchange and the disseminiation of research findsing; and (5) to promote the participation of undergraduate and graduate students in research on Latino issues".
Geographic Area: National
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education & Leadership ; Public Policy; Colleges & Universities;

The Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, (CESLAC)

Founded:1992
Institutional Coordination: UCLA Department of Medicine
Description: "California has enjoyed a resource for cutting-edge research, education, and public information about Latinos, their health, and their role in California. Under the leadership of Professor David E. Hayes-Bautista, the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture (CESLAC) has been the lead institution to: 1) Explode myths and stereotypes about Latinos in California society provide reliable data on Latino health 2) Emphasize the positive contributions of Latinos to the state's economy and society 3) Inform the public about the important emerging Latino medical market"
Geographic Area: Regional; California;
Subject Category: Medicine; Health Care Services; Community Development;

Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños / Center for Puerto Rican Studies

Founded: 1991.
Institutional Coordination: Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY)
Description: "The Centro is a research center dedicated to the study and interpretation of the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. We are committed to making this research available and useful to those in community organizations, public policy, and academia. The Centro is also the world's only repository of archival and library materials dedicated exclusively to the Puerto Rican diaspora. The Centro is a university-based research institute whose mission consists of two components. One is to collect, preserve and provide access to archival and library resources documenting the history and culture of Puerto Ricans. The other is to produce, facilitate, and disseminate interdisciplinary research about the diasporic experiences of Puerto Ricans and to link this scholarly inquiry to social action and policy debates."
Geographic Area: National
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education; Museums, Archives and Libraries; Puerto Rico; Puerto Rican community; Advocacy; Racism; Civil rights;

Cesar E. Chavez Institute for Public Policy, (CECIPP)

Founded: 1985.
Institutional Coordination:San Francisco State University
Description: "The Cesar E. Chavez Institute for Public Policy (CECIPP) was established by San Francisco State University to help create a base for academic research on critical issues facing Raza communities in California, with a particular geographic emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area. The Institute assists students, faculty, and community organizations by providing funds for research which applies to social, economic, political, cultural and educational projects that have a direct bearing on Chicanos/Latinos."
Geographic Area: Regional; California;
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Public Affairs Organizations; Education & Leadership ; Public Policy; Political Participation; Demographic trends;

Chicano/Latino Research Center

Founded: 1990.
Institutional Coordination: University of California, Santa Cruz
Description: "Located at Casa Latina and founded in 1992, the Chicano/Latino Research Center engages in cross-border (re)conceptualization and research. Our interdisciplinary work spans empirical social scientific with interpretative approaches within cultural studies and the humanities. Given our location in California, literally in the borderlands between the first and third worlds, we study the local changing demographic and cultural panorama which mainly include people of indigenous, Mexican, and Central American origin who have links to other regions in las Americas. We historicize and theorize about constructions of identity and social formations, particularly transformations of working class, ethnic, and gendered subjectivities in California's fin del siglo multiethnic society. We study how subjects negotiate complex lives in the context of economic restructuring, globalization and neoliberal policies in the U.S. and Latin America, which create new forms of impoverishment and disentitlement. Our approach also includes interpreting how the nation-state is being redefined through contestation of exclusionary practices by social movements or cultural expressions which may have transnational ties. We have a history of conferences and workshops sponsored in conjunction with Mexican universities (UAM, UNAM), research centers (COLEF, Tijuana), and scholars. We have three edited volumes forthcoming which emerged out of binational conferences sponsored by our clusters. Currently there are nine research clusters which work on various aspects of this cross-border perspective".
Geographic Area: Regional; California;
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Feminism; Education & Leadership ; Public Policy; Border Studies; Political Participation; Demographic trends;

Chicano Studies Research Center, (CSRC)

Founded: 1969.
Institutional Coordination: University of California, Los Angeles
Description: " The CSRC ongoing mission is to develop research projects, scholarly publications, and archival and library collections that serve the Chicano and Latino communities. The CSRC also offers library reference support, ongoing workshops and guest speakers, and annual grants and fellowships".
Geographic Area: Regional: California
Subject Category: Colleges & Universities Programs; Education;

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, (CHCI)

Founded: 1978.
Institutional Coordination: U.S. Congress
Description: "The CHCI is one of the leading Hispanic non-profit and non-partisan 501(c)(3) organizations in the country. CHCI was established in 1978 by Congressman Edward Roybal, Congressman E. “Kika” de la Garza, and Congressman Baltasar Corrada to develop the next generation of Latino leaders. To fulfill its mission, CHCI offers nationally-recognized educational and leadership development programs, services, and activities that promote the growth of its participants as effective professionals and strong leaders. As CHCI neither solicits nor accepts federal funding, support for these programs is provided by corporations, individuals, and philanthropic foundations."
Geographic Area: National;
Subject Category: Political Organizations; Congress; Congressional; Public Affairs Organizations; Economic Development; Education & Leadership

Cuban Research Institute, (CRI)

Founded: 1991.
Institutional Coordination: Florida International University
Description: "The CRI was established in 1991 by the Provost of Florida International University (FIU) upon the recommendation of a faculty committee, so as to fulfill, in the area of Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, the University’s three-fold mission: research, teaching, and service. As the largest institution of public higher education in southern Florida, FIU (a part of the State University System of Florida) has unique obligations and opportunities in developing Cuba-related programs, derived from the following conditions: Its location in the largest concentration of the Cuban diaspora, a community with more than 700,000 persons of Cuban origin, geographically situated at the limited gateway between Cuba and the United States."
Geographic Area: National
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education; Cuba; Cuban community; Advocacy; Racism; Civil rights; ;

CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, (CUNY-DSI)

Founded: 1994.
Institutional Coordination: The City College of New York
Description: "The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute is an interdisciplinary research unit of the City University of New York at City College devoted to the production, gathering, and dissemination of knowledge on Dominicans in the United States, the Dominican Republic, and elsewhere. Officially accredited by the Board of Trustees as an organized research unit of the University on February 22, 1994, the Institute sponsors research projects covering areas which include, but are not limited to education, migration, language, literature, history, economics, women's issues, politics, youth, cultural identity, sports, performing arts, and visual arts".
Geographic Area: National;
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education; Dominican Republic; Dominicans

Ernesto Galarza Applied Research Center

Founded: 1993.
Institutional Coordination: University of California -- Riverside
Description: "Our Mission is: 1) To develop applied research, training, and practicing projects and programs that contribute to the intellectual growth and social well-being of the Mexican/Latino populations. 2) To initiate and improve the formation and implementation of local, state national, and transnational practices and policies that contribute to the educational, economic, ecological, health, labor, and technological advancement of Mexican/Latino communities of the United States and transnationally when possible; 3) To provide maximum oportunities for faculty and students to become engaged in the research, training, teaching and application of policy and practices on topics central to the Center.".
Geographic Area: Regional; California
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education; Migration; Public Policy

Hispanic Border Leadership Institute, (HBLI)

Founded: 1985.
Institutional Coordination: A consortium of eight higher education institutions in the Southwest
Description: "HBLI is a consortium of eight higher education institutions serving five southwestern states: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. The mission of HBLI is to improve the education of Hispanics from pre-kindergarten to doctoral studies by creating systemic change through: a) preparing a cadre of change agents to assume executive roles in K-12 schools, community colleges, higher education, state departments, professional associations, and the federal government b) developing leadership skills of elected school board members, community college trustees and university regents and c) helping state legislators to shape state laws through research and seminars".
Geographic Area: Regional; Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas
Subject Category: Colleges & Universities Programs; Social Science Research; Consortium; Education & Leadership.

Hispanic Research Center, (HRC)

Founded: 1985.
Institutional Coordination: Arizona State University
Description: "The Hispanic Research Center (HRC) at ASU is an interdisciplinary unit dedicated to research and creative activities that is university wide but administered through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The HRC performs basic and applied research on a broad range of topics related to Hispanic populations, disseminates research findings to the academic community and the public, engages in creative activities and makes them available generally, and provides public service in areas of importance to Hispanics".
Geographic Area: National;
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education & Leadership".

Hispanic Research Center, (HRC)

Founded: 1989.
Institutional Coordination: University of Texas at San Antonio
Description: "The Hispanic Research Center (HRC) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), founded in l989, was created to foment high quality research at this University on the nation’s fastest growing population. Through the Hispanic Research Center's educational and social research efforts, researchers not only examine problems but also attempt to identify solutions. Social, historical, political and cultural research taking place at the Center describes and examines diverse aspects of the Mexican American and Latino population".
Geographic Area: National and Regional; Texas
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education & Leadership; Community Development;

Inter-Faculty Committee on Latino Studies, (IFCLAS)

Founded: 1994.
Institutional Coordination: Harvard University
Description: "Since its inception in 1994, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) has encouraged and supported teaching and research on the issues that link the Americas and its diaspora through a variety of initiatives including research projects, conferences and publications. The Center's Inter-Faculty Committee on Latino Studies, chaired by Victor Thomas Professor of Education Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, has steered the development of efforts in the areas of immigration and Latino Studies, the latter broadly defined as the scholarly study of the Latin-American origin population of the United States and its transnational links across disciplines".
Geographic Area: National and Regional; New England
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education & Leadership; Emigration and immigration.

Institute for Latino Studies

Founded: 1999.
Institutional Coordination: University of Notre Drame
Description: "The Institute for Latino Studies plays a pivotal role in providing an academic environment at Notre Dame that advances knowledge and understanding of the Latino experience in the United States. Founded in 1999 upon the outstanding intellectual tradition in Latino studies established at Notre Dame by Julián Samora (professor in the Department of Sociology, 1959–1985), the Institute seeks to enhance interdisciplinary study and research in Latino studies as a vital component of the University’s academic mission. The Institute is committed to maintaining a balance among research, education, and outreach in a distinctively Catholic tradition".
Geographic Area: Regional: Indiana
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education & Leadership; Community Development;

Inter-University Program for Latino Research, (IUPLR)

Founded:1983
Institutional Coordination: A consortium of 16 Latino research centers
Description: "In 1983, leading scholars founded the Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR) to effect change through expanding the body of knowledge on the Latino community-at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels. IUPLR's guiding principle is to share resources and advance scholarship, thus illuminating conditions and solving problems that affect Latinos in the United States. IUPLR-sponsored research also serves to inform public policy on these issues.
IUPLR, based at major universities across the United States, is the only nationwide university-based research organization bringing together scholars from a wide variety of disciplines to conduct policy-relevant research on Latinos. The primary objectives of IUPLR are to expand the pool of scholars and leaders, to strengthen the capacity of Latino research centers, and to facilitate the availability of policy-relevant, Latino-focused research. IUPLR offers training programs, sponsors interdisciplinary research pertinent to Latinos and the nation as a whole, and creates links between scholars, policy experts, public officials, and community advocates.
Geographic Area: National;
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education & Leadership; Consortium

Julián Samora Research Institute, (JSRI)

Founded: 1989.
Institutional Coordination:Michigan State University (CUNY)
Description: "The JSRI is committed to the generation, transmission, and application of knowledge to serve the needs of Latino communities in the Midwest. To this end, it has organized a number of publication initiatives to facilitate the timely dissemination of current research and information relevant to Latinos."
Geographic Area: Regional; Midwest; Michigan; Wisconsin; Minesota; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa;
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education; Education & Leadership ; Public Policy; Advocacy; Racism; Civil rights; ;

Latin American Health Institute, (LHI)

Founded: 1987.
Institutional Coordination: University of Massachusetts, Boston
Description: "The Latin American Health Institute has become the premier Latino public health organization in New England. Serving over twenty-five thousand Latino families and individuals and over two-thousand health care providers and institutions annually, LHI has far-reaching impact on the health of the Commonwealth's largest minority population. The Latin American Public Health Council is a voluntary assembly of advocates, professionals, and community members that seeks to develop an agenda for eliminating health disparities and improving the health status of Latin Americans in Massachusetts."
Geographic Area:Regional; New England; Massachusetts.
Subject Category: Medicine; Health Care Services; Community Development;

Latino Issues Forum, A Public Policy and Advocacy Institute

Founded: 1987.
Institutional Coordination:Independent
Description: "Latino Issues Forum (LIF) is a non-profit public policy and advocacy institute dedicated to advancing new and innovative public policy solutions for a better, more equitable and prosperous society. Established in 1987, LIF's primary focus is on the broader issues of access to higher education, economic development, health care, citizenship, regional development, telecommunications issues and regulatory issues. LIF also serves as a clearinghouse to assist and provide the news media with accurate information and sources in Latino community for fair and effective coverage of issues. LIF addresses public policy issues from the perspective of how they will affect the social and economic future of the Latino community."
Geographic Area: National
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Public Affairs Organizations; Public Policy; Advocacy; Racism; Civil rights; ;

Latino Research Program Project, (LRPP)

Founded:1999
Institutional Coordination: School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.
Description: "The main goal of our project is to conduct research on how to improve mental health care for Latino populations".
Geographic Area: National;
Subject Category: Medicine; Health Care Services; Mental Health; Community Development;

Latino/a Research & Policy Center, (LRPC)

Founded:1997
Institutional Coordination: University of Colorado at Denver
Description: "The Latino/a Research & Policy Center (LRPC) is an organized research unit for the University of Colorado at Denver and faculty, students, community and civic leaders interested in research and public policy addressing Latino issues in Colorado".
Geographic Area: Regional; Colorado
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Public Affairs Organizations; Public Policy;

The Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy, (MGI)

Founded: 1989.
Institutional Coordination: University of Massachusetts, Boston
Description: "The Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy was established at the University of Massachusetts Boston through the initiative of Latino community a ctivists and academicians in response to a need for improved understanding of Latino experiences and living conditions in Massachusetts. The task of the institute is to inform policy makers about issues vital to the Commonwealth's growing Latino community and to provide this community with information and analysis necessary for effective participation in public policy development".
Geographic Area:Regional; New England; Massachusetts.
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Public Affairs Organizations; Education & Leadership ; Public Policy; Political Participation; Demographic trends;

Mexican American Studies & Research Center, (MASRC)

Founded: 1981.
Institutional Coordination: University of Arizona
Description: " The Mexican American Studies & Research Center is committed to contemporary applied public policy research on Mexican Americans. As the leading public policy research center addressing issues of concern to this minority group in Arizona, the MASRC works collaboratively with key community agencies in promoting leadership and empowerment of Mexican Americans within the state and the nation. The Center achieves these goals through its applied research agenda, through its publications, and through the comprehensive curriculum it offers students at the University of Arizona. As an intellectual center, it disseminates information to a broad audience, which includes elected officials, educators, students, policy makers and other researchers."
Geographic Area: Regional: Arizona
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Public Policy; Colleges & Universities Programs; Education;

The National Latino Research Center, (NLRC)

Founded:
Institutional Coordination: California State University, San Marcos
Description: "Specializes in applied research, training, technical assistance and research-based services that contribute to the knowledge and understanding of the rapidly growing U.S. Latino population."
Geographic Area: Regional; California;
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Public Affairs Organizations; Education & Leadership

National Hispana Leadership Institute, (NLRC)

Founded: 1988
Institutional Coordination: Independent
Description: "NHLI's program is of high quality, innovative and substantive. As such, it looks to recruit participants who are diverse, talented and accomplished. It complements and builds upon other training programs by integrating personal growth with formal courses of study. The dynamic curriculum allows participants to put their talents into action through emphasis on personal strengths and management of personal weaknesses. Participants are taught to reflect on themselves so that they may look ahead with renewed and expanded perspectives. By examining how as Hispanics and women they have historically looked at community issues, they prepare to reach out and build bridges with other groups of society."
Geographic Area: National
Subject Category: Education; Education & Leadership; Colleges & Universities Programs; Women

The Pew Hispanic Center

Founded: 2001
Institutional Coordination: The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Description: "The Pew Hispanic Center's mission is to improve understanding of the diverse Hispanic population in the United States and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the nation. The Center strives to inform debate on critical issues through dissemination of its research to policymakers, business leaders, academic institutions and the media."
Geographic Area: National
Subject Category: Education; Education & Leadership; Colleges & Universities Programs; Women

PRLDEF Institute for Puerto Rican Policy

Founded: 1989.
Institutional Coordination: Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF)
Description: "PRLDEF, on behalf of Puerto Ricans and the wider Latino community, seeks to . . . Secure, promote and protect our full civil and human rights. Attain our full civic participation, engagement and empowerment. Preserve a healthy and vibrant Latino culture. Realize our participation in a strong civil society that enjoys fully- developed community-based institutions. Ensure our access to the legal and other professions. Achieve educational excellence. Become a recognized and respected leader in national civil rights and international human rights communities ".
Geographic Area: National
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Public Policy; Puerto Rico; Puerto Ricans Advocacy; Racism; Civil rights; ;

Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives

Founded: 1998.
Institutional Coordination:Smithsonian Institution
Description: "The Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives's mission, as expressed in its founding charter by Congress in 1846, is "an Establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. Our mission is to advance the knowledge and contributions of Latinos in the United States." "The Center is dedicated to the generation of new knowledge .. to the end that American history and culture may be understood and displayed in all its diversity".
Geographic Area: National
Subject Category: Art & Humanities; Museums, Archives and Libraries; Education;

The Southwest Hispanic Research Institute

Founded: 1980.
Institutional Coordination: University of New Mexico -- Albuquerque
Description: "The Southwest Hispanic Research Institute (SHRI) at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque is located in the geographic center of the Hispanic Southwest. Established in July of 1980, SHRI serves as an interdisciplinary center to promote scholarly discourse, conduct teaching and research, and disseminate information concerning historical, contemporary, and emerging issues which impact on Hispanic communities of the greater Southwest. SHRI supports faculty research on a cross disciplinary basis and promotes inquiry regarding the transformation of Hispanic regional culture. A wide variety of collaborative research projects with academic departments at UNM are sponsored annually by SHRI. Between 1980 and 1994, funding to SHRI and other UNM co-sponsors for extramural research projects approached three million dollars".
Geographic Area: Regional: Arizona
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education; Public Policy;

Stanford Center for Chicano Research, (SCCR)

Founded: 1989.
Institutional Coordination:Stanford University
Description: "The SCCR provides a forum for the identification and examination of issues critical to Mexican American and Latino communities in California and across the nation. An important goal of the SCCR is to enhance dialogue between the research community and the public. As concerned citizens and researchers in academia, faculty seek to contribute to the local, state and national discourse of public policy and to promote effective long-term problem solving through their work at the Center".
Geographic Area: National and Regional: California
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education; Public Policy;

Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, (TRPI)

Founded: 1985.
Institutional Coordination: Independent
Description: "The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) advances critical, insightful thinking on key issues affecting Latino Communities through objective, policy-relevant research, and its implications, for the betterment of the nation. The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) is a freestanding, nonprofit, policy research organization which has attained a reputation as the nation's "premier Latino think tank." Through its strong capacity to conduct primary and secondary data analysis, TRPI is uniquely positioned to fill the void in information that exists among policymakers and political leaders regarding the complexities that characterize the U.S. Latino population--e.g. its heterogeneous composition, its bilingualism, and its diverse nativity."
Geographic Area: National
Subject Category: Social Science Research; Education; Public Policy;

University of California Committee on Latino Research

Founded: 1988.
Institutional Coordination: University of California System
Description: "The University of California Committee on Latino Research (UCCLR) is a faculty-governed committee that advises the President on the use and distribution of research funds dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of knowledge on Chicano and Latino issues of policy relevance to California. The UCCLR is the successor committee to the University of California SCR 43 Advisory Committee, itself a subset of the original University of California SCR 43 Task Force. The Task Force was established in 1988 to develop the University's response to Senate Concurrent Resolution 43 (Presley, 1987), charging the University to examine important issues concerning California's growing Latino population. The UCCLR meets twice a year to discuss concerns of importance to scholarship and research on Chicano/Latino issues in California and oversee a program of competitive funding in individual faculty research and campus research infrastructure support."
Geographic Area: National
Subject Category: Colleges & Universities;