Dr. Antonio R. Flores,
president and CEO of the Hispanic Association of
Colleges and Universities, did not have to dig deeply
to f ind compelling evidence that plenty of work
remains f or his organization to do to ensure that
his constituents are well represented in higher
education and the world at large.
Two screens in the ballroom Saturday displayed the
cover of the latest edition of Time magazine that
f eatured a headline of “The United States of Texas”
and a map to promote an article inside about the
state’s impact and inf luence on national issues.
Flores said that despite the f act that 40 percent of
the state’s population is Latino, the six-page “article
basically does not mention once — not even one
word — about the tremendous contributions and
the presence of the Latino community.”

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