South Texas
‘Embrace the culture, embrace the language’: Offering bilingual courses benefits students beyond the classroom, Texan professor says
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is classified as a Hispanic-serving institution where some bilingual courses are offered. The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with astronomy professor Juan Madrid about teaching his classes in both Spanish and English and what it means for the students.
Immigrants, legal groups allege harsh treatment at U.S. border
Immigration advocates are speaking out over what they say is unfair, even inhumane, treatment of immigrants caught illegally entering the United States. For their part, U.S. officials say the conditions are perfectly humane, but if they don’t like them they shouldn’t come here in the first place.
In Immigration Debate, Focus Turns to Texas Border
Migrant traffic across the Southwest border of Texas is on the rise as illegal crossings from Mexico have shifted away from Arizona. According to the Obama administration, the change is a result of a successful border security approach in Arizona, which is now pushing migrants east to the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. This […]
Too Fat to Work as a Health Professional?
Citizens Medical Center is, by most measures, a respected and respectable hospital. A non-profit, their mission is to serve their community of South Texas. And in their mission, they’ve been mostly successful, appearing on Thomas Reuters’ list of top 100 American hospitals three times over the past decade. And yet, the Victoria, Texas hospital has […]