Porras, Jerry I.

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Abstract: This interview with Professor Jerry I. Porras is part of the Oral History Project on Racial and Ethnic Diversity. Professor Porras discussed what happened in Stanford's history to initiate and then to shape the increase in diversity at the university from the 1960s to the present. He began by recounting his youth in El Paso and continued by describing the scholastic and professional trajectory that led him to Stanford. Porras discussed both the admirable and less-than-admirable aspects of the University’s record of diversity outreach. Most of the conversation about diversity issues focused on people -- undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty -- of Chicano and Latino descent. One idea that emerges is that the character of diversity outreach at Stanford has evolved over time. This interview offers an enlightening window on that evolution.

Type of resource	mixed material
Date created	October 4, 2011

Author	Porras, Jerry I.
Publisher	Stanford Historical Society.

Subject	Jerry I. Porras
Subject	Stanford Historical Society
Subject	Oral histories
Subject	Interviews
Subject	Diversity

Related item	Title Finding aid
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/yq068tg8793

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Preferred Citation: Porras, Jerry I. (2011).
Oral history. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at:
http://purl.stanford.edu/yq068tg8793

Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022

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