Colegio Cesar Chavez

Colegio Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez lecturing at Colegio Cesar Chavez, 1977
TypePrivate
Active1973–1983
Location, ,
United States

Colegio Cesar Chavez (Spanish for "Cesar Chavez College") was an American college-without-walls in Mount Angel, Oregon. The college was named after Mexican American civil rights activist César Chávez. Colegio was established in 1973 and closed in 1983.[1][2] Colegio was the first accredited, independent four-year Chicano/Latino college in the United States. In 1975 it was granted candidacy status from the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges.[3] In 1977, Colegio granted degrees to 22 graduates, a number exceeding the combined number of Chicanos who graduated that same year from University of Oregon and Oregon State University.[4] In his book Colegio Cesar Chavez, 1973–1983: A Chicano Struggle for Educational Self-Determination, author Carlos Maldonado writes that Colegio Cesar Chavez was one of the few institutions that was named after Cesar Chavez during his lifetime.

  1. ^ Oral History interview about Colegio Cesar Chavez. Oregon State University. 2013
  2. ^ Colegio Cesar Chavez "Oral History" interview audio file Oregon State University. 2013. Oregon State University. 2013.
  3. ^ The Oregon Story: 1850–2000. Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company (August 5, 2000). Page 114. (ISBN 1-55868-543-X)
  4. ^ Nosotros: The Hispanic People of Oregon (ISBN 1-880377-01-2), p. 58

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