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“We’re fully anticipating that some of the smaller schools will not make it,” said Patricia Gandara, a research professor of education at UCLA. “Some of the liberal arts schools, especially, are struggling to stay afloat. It’s a really terrible problem.”
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Significantly, the Biden/Harris ticket received more votes than Hillary Clinton four years ago with record turnout in metro areas where those groups operate—with nearly 80 percent of Latinos backing Democrats, according to an analysis by UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute.
“Latinos will remain key to American recovery… This can only happen if Latinos, with at least one top-tier appointment, are in the room with President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris when key decisions are made,” writes UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute Executive Director, Sonja Diaz.
“There are things that bind us together, but our politics are unique,” said Matt Barreto, a UCLA professor of political science and Chicano and Chicana studies who advised the Biden campaign. “At the end of the day, Latinos want to be engaged, as Latinos but also as Americans.” (Also: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.)
The UCLA Voting Rights Project, UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, and the Luskin School of Public Affairs will host an event with voting rights practitioners, expert witnesses, and legal scholars from around the country for sessions to workshop the substantial and procedural pathways to protecting the right to vote during the 21st century. Keynote…
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