Michael A Olivas
Biographic Data
| ID | 1354892 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael A Olivas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael A |
| FAMILY NAME | Olivas |
| SIGNATURE | OLIVAS M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Houston Law Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 34 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Empirical Data on Immigration
This chapter presents empirical data to address the range of allegations against undocumented immigrants; for example, they drain the national economy. The data come from various sources, including the federal government, conservative think tanks, and leading immigrant rights advocacy groups. These studies document the effects of recent immigration and refute the claims of the xenophobes like “Mexican immigration is an invasion of the United Stat…
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric
This chapter examines the dominant narrative, which is largely negative, concerning undocumented immigration in America. In particular, it considers the claims that illegal immigrants are part of a cultural and population overthrow, that they are the main cause of the crime wave sweeping the country, and that they are hurting the national economy by stealing American jobs and lowering domestic wages, among other things. The chapter first discusse…
A Pragmatic Proposal for Immigration Reform
This chapter examines different views on how to resolve the so-called immigration crisis in the United States and offers a pragmatic and economically sound proposal for immigration reform, with particular emphasis on undocumented immigration. It argues that we need to end the hostile rhetoric aimed at undocumented immigrants and calls for an immigration policy based on reality rather than hateful attacks. It also discusses the three policy option…
Sociological and Psychological Insights on Anti-Immigrant Bias
This chapter examines sociological and psychological perspectives on America's anti-immigrant efforts and how such views affect both immigrant communities and the country as a whole. In particular, it considers insights from media studies scholars, psychologists, and other social scientists to elucidate why anti-immigrant attitudes persist, why they are considered acceptable, and how they affect public policy. After discussing implicit biases and…
Those Damned Immigrants
"The election of Barack Obama prompted people around the world to herald the dawning of a new, postracial era in America. Yet a scant one month after Obama's election, Jose Oswaldo Sucuzhanay, a 31-year old Ecuadorian immigrant, was ambushed by a group of white men as he walked arm and arm with his brother. Yelling anti-Latino slurs, the men beat Sucuzhanay into a coma. He died 5 days later. The incident is one of countless attacks--ranging from …
Suing Alma Mater
Those Damned Immigrants
Exposes the false narratives at the heart of Americans' fear of Latino/a immigrationThe election of Barack Obama prompted people around the world to herald the dawning of a new, postracial era in America. Yet a scant one month after Obama’s election, Jose Oswaldo Sucuzhanay, a 31-year old Ecuadorian immigrant,was ambushed by a group of white men as he walked arm and arm with his brother. Yelling anti-Latino slurs, the men beat Sucuzhanay into a c…
Failing Law Schools
Making People Illegal
Book Review| January 01 2010 Making People Illegal: What Globalization Means for Migration and Law Making People Illegal: What Globalization Means for Migration and Law. By Catherine Dauvergne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. ix + 216 pp. Tables, notes, index, and bibliography. $80 (cloth). Michael A. Olivas Michael A. Olivas University of Houston Law Center Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Americ…
The Inception of Modern Professional Education
Reviewed by: The Inception of Modern Professional Education: C. C. Langdell, 1826–1906 Michael A. Olivas The Inception of Modern Professional Education: C. C. Langdell, 1826–1906, by Bruce A. Kimball. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009. 448 pp. $60.00 (cloth). ISBN 978-0-8078-3257-8 It is often attributed to Henry Kissinger, but it was Woodrow Wilson who likely first said that the reason academic squabbles were so vicious was b…
Speaking of Higher Education
Speaking of Higher Education: The Academic's Book of Quotations." The Journal of Higher Education, 78(4), pp. 486–487
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Hernandez v. Texas
Chicano-Latino Law Review, I never studied the Hernandez v.Texas' case in law school, and never heard of it in civics class or in regular civilian life.As I pursued my career as a law professor and legal scholar, I saw tantalizing references to the case, and looked it up one day in the law library, pulling out the U.S. Supreme Court Reporter volume.The law librarian who helped me knew exactly where the volume was, as many people had requested her…
Silence at Boalt Hall
(2004). Silence at Boalt Hall: The Dismantling of Affirmative Action. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 75, No. 5, pp. 599-601
A Professional Professoriate
A Professional Professoriate: Unionization, Bureaucratization, and the AAUP." The Journal of Higher Education, 72(3), pp. 368–369
Sometimes There is No other Side
Sexual Harassment on Campus
Harassment on Campus: A Guide for Administrators, Faculty, and Students, edited by Bernice R. Sandier and Robert J. Shoop. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1997. xii + 323 pp. $36.00 Harassment in Higher Education: Reflections and New Perspectives, by Billie Wright Dziech and Michael W. Hawkins. New York: Garland Publishing, 1998. xix + 191 pp. $55.00 There was a time in higher education, not so long ago, when sexual harassment in any of its…
The Law of Higher Education
"The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making." The Journal of Higher Education, 67(3), pp. 365–366
The Education of Latino Lawyers
Reflections on Professorial Academic Freedom
Indian College Country
Racial Harassment/Hate Speech Bibliography
1. Anderson, D. A. Tortious Speech. Washington and Lee Law Review, 47 (1990), 71-104. 2. Balkin, J. M. Some Realism about Pluralism: Legal Realist Approaches to the First Amendment. Duke Law Journal (1990), 375-430. 3. Barron, J. A. Punitive Damages in Libel Cases First Amendment Equalizer? Washington and Lee Law Review, 47 (1990), 105-22. 4. Bartlett, K. T., and J. O'Barr. Chilly Climate on College Campuses: An Expansion of the 'Hate Speech' Deb…
The Political Economy of Immigration, Intellectual Property, and Racial Harassment
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael A. OlivasMichael A. Olivas is professor of law, associate dean for research at the University of Houston Law Center, and director of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston
Administering Intentions
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael A. OlivasMichael A. Olivas is professor of law and director of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004
Commentary
The Law of Higher Education
Financial Aid Packaging Policies
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael A. OlivasMichael A. Olivas is associate professor of law and education and director of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston
Making People Illegal
Book Review| January 01 2010 Making People Illegal: What Globalization Means for Migration and Law Making People Illegal: What Globalization Means for Migration and Law. By Catherine Dauvergne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. ix + 216 pp. Tables, notes, index, and bibliography. $80 (cloth). Michael A. Olivas Michael A. Olivas University of Houston Law Center Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Americ…
Sexual Harassment on Campus
Harassment on Campus: A Guide for Administrators, Faculty, and Students, edited by Bernice R. Sandier and Robert J. Shoop. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1997. xii + 323 pp. $36.00 Harassment in Higher Education: Reflections and New Perspectives, by Billie Wright Dziech and Michael W. Hawkins. New York: Garland Publishing, 1998. xix + 191 pp. $55.00 There was a time in higher education, not so long ago, when sexual harassment in any of its…
Research and Theory on Hispanic Education
Research Article| September 01 1983 Research and Theory on Hispanic Education:Students, Finance, and Governance Michael A. Olivas Michael A. Olivas Michael A. Olivas is Associate Professor of Education and Law,and Director, Institute for Higher Education Law, University of Houston. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Aztlán (1983) 14 (1): 111–146. https://doi.org/10.1525/azt.1983.14.1.111 Views Icon Views Art…
Reflections on Professorial Academic Freedom
The Political Economy of Immigration, Intellectual Property, and Racial Harassment
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael A. OlivasMichael A. Olivas is professor of law, associate dean for research at the University of Houston Law Center, and director of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston
Administering Intentions
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael A. OlivasMichael A. Olivas is professor of law and director of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004
The Law of Higher Education
Hunger of Memory
Toward Equal Access
Chicanos in Higher Education
(1978). Chicanos in Higher Education: Proceedings of a National Institute on Access to Higher Education for the Mexican American. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 197-199
Toward Equal Access
The Dilemma of Access
The Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978
Michael A. Olivas, The Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978: The Failure of Federal Indian Higher Education Policy, American Indian Law Review, Vol. 9, No. 2 (1981), pp. 219-251
Institutionally Funded Student Financial Aid
Hunger of Memory
Research and Theory on Hispanic Education
Research Article| September 01 1983 Research and Theory on Hispanic Education:Students, Finance, and Governance Michael A. Olivas Michael A. Olivas Michael A. Olivas is Associate Professor of Education and Law,and Director, Institute for Higher Education Law, University of Houston. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Aztlán (1983) 14 (1): 111–146. https://doi.org/10.1525/azt.1983.14.1.111 Views Icon Views Art…
Financial Aid Packaging Policies
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael A. OlivasMichael A. Olivas is associate professor of law and education and director of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston
Latino college students
The Law of Higher Education
Administering Intentions
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael A. OlivasMichael A. Olivas is professor of law and director of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004
Commentary
Racial Harassment/Hate Speech Bibliography
1. Anderson, D. A. Tortious Speech. Washington and Lee Law Review, 47 (1990), 71-104. 2. Balkin, J. M. Some Realism about Pluralism: Legal Realist Approaches to the First Amendment. Duke Law Journal (1990), 375-430. 3. Barron, J. A. Punitive Damages in Libel Cases First Amendment Equalizer? Washington and Lee Law Review, 47 (1990), 105-22. 4. Bartlett, K. T., and J. O'Barr. Chilly Climate on College Campuses: An Expansion of the 'Hate Speech' Deb…
The Political Economy of Immigration, Intellectual Property, and Racial Harassment
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael A. OlivasMichael A. Olivas is professor of law, associate dean for research at the University of Houston Law Center, and director of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston
Reflections on Professorial Academic Freedom
Indian College Country
The Education of Latino Lawyers
The Law of Higher Education
"The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making." The Journal of Higher Education, 67(3), pp. 365–366
Sometimes There is No other Side
Sexual Harassment on Campus
Harassment on Campus: A Guide for Administrators, Faculty, and Students, edited by Bernice R. Sandier and Robert J. Shoop. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1997. xii + 323 pp. $36.00 Harassment in Higher Education: Reflections and New Perspectives, by Billie Wright Dziech and Michael W. Hawkins. New York: Garland Publishing, 1998. xix + 191 pp. $55.00 There was a time in higher education, not so long ago, when sexual harassment in any of its…
A Professional Professoriate
A Professional Professoriate: Unionization, Bureaucratization, and the AAUP." The Journal of Higher Education, 72(3), pp. 368–369
Silence at Boalt Hall
(2004). Silence at Boalt Hall: The Dismantling of Affirmative Action. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 75, No. 5, pp. 599-601
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Hernandez v. Texas
Chicano-Latino Law Review, I never studied the Hernandez v.Texas' case in law school, and never heard of it in civics class or in regular civilian life.As I pursued my career as a law professor and legal scholar, I saw tantalizing references to the case, and looked it up one day in the law library, pulling out the U.S. Supreme Court Reporter volume.The law librarian who helped me knew exactly where the volume was, as many people had requested her…
Speaking of Higher Education
Speaking of Higher Education: The Academic's Book of Quotations." The Journal of Higher Education, 78(4), pp. 486–487
Making People Illegal
Book Review| January 01 2010 Making People Illegal: What Globalization Means for Migration and Law Making People Illegal: What Globalization Means for Migration and Law. By Catherine Dauvergne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. ix + 216 pp. Tables, notes, index, and bibliography. $80 (cloth). Michael A. Olivas Michael A. Olivas University of Houston Law Center Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Americ…
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