1. LIST OF A FEW PUBLICATIONS by
Margaret (Peggy) Sands Orchowski Ph.D.
Book:
“Immigration and the American Dream: Battling the Political Hype and Hysteria”
(Rowman & Littlefield) 2008, recommended by Gov’r Bill Richardson as a “must read
for everyone in Congress and in every DC think tank
Policy Brief:
“The Politics of Immigration Reform and How Progressives Fit In” August 2010,
30-page Public Policy Brief #10-2 for Progressives for Immigration Reform of
Washington DC
MONTHLY 900 word COLUMN “UNCENSORED” featuring four to five original
news pieces on education and immigration in the Hispanic Outlook Magazine, the first
week issue of the magazine every month since 2007 (over 80 columns to date)
Investigative Story: with support from a grant from the Fund for Investigative
Journalism “Hispanic Engineers Face Global Competition for Grad School”
Hispanic Outlook April 7, 2014 investigative story
Magazine Articles and Analysis: As a Congressional Reporter since 2007, I have
written and had published two to three feature articles a month on higher education and
immigration in the Hispanic Outlook magazine as well as in other publications listed in
my CV. For examples of the wide range of topics I have written about, the following is a
listing of a few of my feature articles in just the past four years:
“The Fervor Over Student Aid” Hispanic Outlook Oct. 6, 2014
“Author Russell Shorto Reveals Amsterdam, The Most Liberal City in the World”
The Wire, National Press Club, April 23, 2014
“The State of Hispanic Serving Institutions” Hispanic Outlook July 22, 2014
“What Happened to Immigration Reform?” Hispanic Outlook May 5, 2014
“Are Hispanic Millennials Leading Their Generation?” Hispanic Outlook Jan. 27,
2014
“Did Obama Pivot on Immigration Reform?” Washington Monthly magazine web
Dec. 10, 2013
“Dreamers Could Make or Break Immigration Reform in 2013” Hispanic Outlook
Oct. 21, 2013

2. “Spanish Language Media “Is Toast” In Twenty Years” Hispanic Outlook Sept. 7,
2013
“Humor, MOOCs Mix At Graduate School Counsil’s DC Conference”Hispanic
Outlook May 7, 2013
“Changing Latino Image: They Like Us, They Really Really Like Us” Hispanic
Outlook April 29, 2013
“It Will Take A Community to Redesign Higher Education” Hispanic Outlook April
10, 2013
“Senator Rubio at AEI: “Know Before You Go” to College” Hispanic Outlook Jan
17, 2013
“Obama's hold on Latino vote not so cut and dry” The Hill Congress Blog Oct. 10
2012
Series of stories on Hispanic Delegates at the Democratic and Republican
Conventions” June, July 2012 on site in SC and Florida, Hispanic Outlook election wire
“DREAM ACT a 2012 Priority of HACU (Hispanic Assn. of Colleges and
Universities) Hispanic Outlook, Aug. 20, 2012
“Obama Pushes Colleges on Civic Learning at WH Conference” Hispanic Outlook
March 21, 2012
“Express to Success” for Latino Students at SBCC Hispanic Outlook, March 12, 2012
“Ed Secretary To Fight Rising College Costs” Hispanic Outlook Feb. 14, 2012
“Impact of 2012 Election on Education Policy” Hispanic Outlook, Feb. 7, 2012
“Senate Considers Innovations to State College Funding” Hispanic Outlook Jan. 9,
2012
“Expanded School Time Controversial” Hispanic Outlook Jan. 9, 2012
“Regulations Challenged for “Highly Qualified Teachers” Nov. 12, 2011
Four stories on the Council of La Raza pre-election legislative conference in
Washington DC May 2011 for the Hispanic Outlook
Developing the Latino Vote Nov. 14, 2011
Empowering Latinas Oct. 31, 2011
Focus on Education Oct. 17, 2011
Obama Tells La Raza “no executive action for DREAMERs” Oct. 4, 2011

3. “Graduate Education and National Prosperity Linked” Hispanic Outlook June 27,
2011
“Number of Conservative Hispanic Voters Increasing” Hispanic Outlook May 23,
2011
“2011 Immigration Reform Focuses on Educated Migrants” Hispanic Outlook May
11, 2011
“Latino Engineering Students Increasingly Active on Campuses” Hispanic Outlook”
April 24, 2011
“CTE (Career and Technical Education) Skills at College Urged by Ed Secretary”
Hispanic Outlook April 15, 2011
“First Lady Urges Latinos To Study Abroad” Hispanic Outlook April 4, 2011
“Why DREAM Act Failed last year but could pass in new Congress” Hispanic
Outlook March 21, 2011
“Senator Proposes White House Council on ForeignLanguage Acquisition” Hispanic
Outlook Feb. 7, 2011
“Hispanic State Legislators Oppose Gainful Employment Regs” Hispanic Outlook
Jan. 20, 2011
“Professional Hispanic Engineers Organize to Motive Latino Students in STEM”
Hispanic Outlook Nov. 29, 2010
“Obama Hispanic Initiative Focuses on Partnerships” Hispanic Outlook Nov 29 2010
“College Completion Plan With A Difference” Hispanic Outlook Nov. 4, 2010
“Why Fewer boys Attend College Than Girls” Hispanic Outlook, Sept. 20, 2010
PROFILES:
New Undersecretary of Education Martha Kantor Strong on CCs and Latinos
Hispanic Outlook March 23, 2010
“Cecilia Munoz: A Wise Latina In The White House” Hispanic Outlook Feb. 22, 2010