Chicano studies department up for vote at Mission College in California

“The Mission Faculty Senate is slated to vote today on a controversial plan to expand the Chicano studies discipline into its own department.

Proponents say creating a separate Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies would improve recruitment and retention at the 7,300-student campus, which is nearly 70 percent Latino.

“The Senate uses phrases like `The college is in economic trouble if we don’t make our numbers,’ and funding has to do with the number of students who eventually enroll,” said Jose Luis Ramirez, a Mission counselor who supports making Chicano studies its own department.”

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