Notes

1. United States, White House Initiative, Latinos in Education. (Washington: GPO,1996) 4.

2. The term Hispanic was used in place of Latino because the statistics we received from "Enrollment and Degree Statisitcs by Race" http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/enrollment/ were compiled using this term.

3. Statistics taken from "Enrollment and Degree Statisitcs by Race" http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/enrollment/.

4. Richard Fry, Latinos in Higher Education: Many Enroll, Too Few Graduate (Washington: Pew Hispanic Center, 2002)

5. White House Initiative 5

6. "College Register,"College Register, http://www.xnetworks.com/nhinet/cr.html.

7. Aymar Jean, "Fewer Black Students Enrolled" The Michigan Daily 15 Oct. 2004.

8. Karina Moore, Latino student recruitment officer, Personal interview. 17 Dec. 2004.

9. Maria Montoya, Director of the Latino Studies Program, Personal interview. 13 Dec 2004.

10. Washington House Initiative 4-6.

11. "Enrollment and Degree Statisitcs by Race," Office of the Registrar,University of Michigan, http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/enrollment/.

12. "UM Fact Sheet," Campus Information Center, University of Michigan, http://www.umich.edu/~info/.

13. "America's Best Graduate Schools" U.S.News & World Report issues dated March 22, 1993; March 29, 1999; April 9, 2001; April 15, 2002; April 14, 2003; and April 12, 2004.

14. "Latino Studies Program," Program in American Culture, University of Michigan, http://www.lsa.umich.edu/ac/latina/.

15.David Frye, "Latin American and Caribbean Studies," International Institute, University of Michigan, http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/lacs/.

16. "LSA Course Guide," University of Michigan, http://www.lsa.umich.edu/cg/.

17. Roland Vazquez, Director of the Latin Jazz Ensemble, Personal interview. 17 Dec 2004.

18. "Museo de las Americas," http://www.museo.org/

19. Munoz, Angela, Coordinator of Mulit-Ethnic Student Affairs, Personal interview. 13 Dec 2004.

20."Arts at Michigan," Arts at Michigan, University of Michigan, http://www.arts.umich.edu/.

21."Latino Dance History," Amore Dance, http://www.amoredance.com/DanceHist.htm

22."MSalsa," MSalsa, University of Michigan, http://www.umich.edu/~msalsa/.

23. "Michigan Argentine Tango Club," Michigan Argentine Tango Club, The University of Michigan, http://www.umich.edu/~umtango/.

24. "The U of M Ballroom Dance Club," The U of M Ballroom Dance Club, The University of Michigan, http://www.umich.edu/~umbdc/.

25."The U of M Ballroom Dance Team," The U of M Ballroom Dance Team, The University of Michigan, http://www.umich.edu/~umbdt/home.htm.

26. Information was obtained when we visited these restaurants.

27. "Student Matters," Division of Student Affairs, University of Michigan, http://www.umich.edu/~ovpsa/studentmatters/mesa.htm.

28. Visit the individual websites mentioned on the page

29.Christine Granados,"Born Again Latinos" Hispanic Magazine. May 2000.

30. Munoz, Personal interview

31. Leonardo Valverde, The Latino Student's Guide to College Success (Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2002)

32. Munoz, Personal interview

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