QUESTIONS FOR GUESTS, JOURNALISTS ON FRIDAY'S PROGRAM

posted by Michael Chihak

Arizona Week guests discussing the growing Latino population on Friday's program will be:

• Bill Hart, senior policy analyst for the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University.

• Anna Ochoa O'Leary, assistant professor of Mexican American and Raza Studies at the University of Arizona.

We will ask them to describe Arizona's future with, eventually, a Latino majority population.

What will that mean for the state's economy and business climate, especially because Latinos currently lag non-Latinos in Arizona in educational attainment.

What will it mean for state institutions, most especially public schools, the community colleges and the universities?

What will be the social changes that will occur, in terms of language, the arts, community social structure and other factors?

In politics, will Latinos gain a greater voice in proportion to their swelling population numbers?

What will be the changes in Arizona politics as a result of Latino population growth?

Which will be more influential in Arizona, the fact that the Latino population is growing rapidly or that the Latino population is so youthful?