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Assistant Latino Studies Professor Antonio de la Cova shows
off his Web site www.latinamericanstudies.org. The site has
gotten more than 2.5 million hits since it was launched in January.

The Journal of Borderlands Education has published its first issue.

An en excellent article by Eric Johnson of ASU should be of interest to members of AZBLE:

Dreams of (Under)Achievement: A Critical Metaphor Analysis of the American Dream and the Formation of Language Policy in Arizona

You can access this issue at:

http://education.nmsu.edu/jbe/

Scholars program

Arizona Republic, The (Phoenix, AZ)
November 14, 2006
Author: Carl Holcombe, The Arizona Republic Estimated printed pages: 2

What: The Arizona Business Education Coalition hopes to expand its Arizona Academic Scholars program into Pinal County school districts. The program encourages students to take a more-rigorous academic class load to help better prepare for college and skilled jobs. ABEC hopes to combine the federal program with Central Arizona College's Promise For The Future program, which also encourages high academic standards.

Details: Students who sign up for the Scholars program and complete a four-year program of science, math, history, English and two years of a foreign language with at least a "C" in every class can achieve Arizona Scholar status. Arizona Scholars who qualify for Pell Grants get an extra $750 as freshmen and up to $4,000 as juniors and seniors if they major in a field related to science, math, technology or a language not commonly studied by students. CAC's Promise For The Future encourages Pinal County eighth-graders to sign a contract that will earn them free tuition at CAC campuses for their first two years if they graduate from high school with at least a 2.75 GPA. At CAC, they must then maintain full-time student status and a 2.5 GPA.

Register: For the Scholars program, a school district must sign up for the program. Parents can check with their school districts. Information:
www.azacademicscholars.org or (480) 730-1087. For information about the Promise For The Future program or to enroll, contact CAC at monica_sheridan@centralaz.edu or 1-(520)-494-5020.
Edition: Final Chaser
Section: VALLEY & State
Page: B3
Column: PARTNERS IN EDUCATION

Index Terms: AWARD
Copyright (c) The Arizona Republic. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of Gannett Co., Inc. by NewsBank, inc.
Record Number: pho157552878

For more information about the Pauline Miguel Scholarship Fund and other scholarships supported by the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, go to www.cfsoaz.org/ page17482.cfm.

● For information about other scholarships available to American Indian students, go to www.finaid.org/otheraid/ natamind.phtml.