Download or read book Purposeful Hispanic serving Institution Identity Formation for Latino Student Success written by Laura Flores Cailloux and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study and practical application is intended to provide institutional guidance in the absence of direct research findings about creating an effective institutional culture at a predominantly White community college transitioning to a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Many higher education institutions in the United States are on the verge of HSI designation based on demographic shifts in student body composition, but becoming an HSI does not guarantee an institution is ready to support Latino student success in terms of equitable educational attainment (F. Contreras, Malcom, & Bensimon, 2008). Since the literature is nearly silent on institutional cultures which support Latino student success in any higher education context, this research will attempt to bridge the gap between what is known about Latina/o student retention and persistence at the community college and a conceptual model of a supportive institutional culture with the practical outcome of a plan for institutional change. Qualitative research on Latina/o student achievement at community colleges was analyzed utilizing thematic synthesis to develop a conceptual model of Latina/o community college student success. From these themes a conceptual model of institutional culture supportive of Latina/o student success is proposed as well as a planning process to facilitate rethinking the organizational culture to better support Latina/o students.

Download or read book Student Leadership Model for Hispanic Serving and Emerging Hispanic Serving Institutions written by Norma S. Guerra and published by IAP. This book was released on 2024-07-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although empirical evidence indicates that HSIs (Hispanic Serving Institutions) are making some progress in recognizing that enhancing the racial and cultural experiences of Latino/a/x students, “Latinx-enhancing” is part of their role as institutions that enroll and serve large numbers of minoritize students (Garcia, 2019), there are still institutional gaps on prioritizing opportunities for Latino/a/x students to engage in leadership development. Latino/a/x students often rely on informal out-of-college support systems found in their community-- comunidad, such as family and peers to thrive within college (Ceballo, 2004; Easley, et al, 2012), it is important to assist them in their development and implementation of strengths-based problem-solving communication approach (Guerra, 2015, 2016). ENDORSEMENTS: "This book is valuable to scholars and practitioners of higher education, especially those at minority-serving institutions invested in culturally relevant approaches to student success and asset-based development—particularly in relation to Latinx students and communities. Overall, the book paints a beautiful portrait of culturally responsive leadership that is rooted in partnership with the students we serve." — Christian A. Bracho, California State University, Long Beach "The manuscript presents a perspective that has been untapped at HSIs- the student, student leadership and the student advocacy that is required to improve and intentionally influence HSI development. To date, no other work has been developed that addresses the role of the student in growth and servingness at HSIs." — Paloma Vargas, Oxnard College

Download or read book Hispanic Serving Institutions HSIs in Practice written by Gina Ann Garcia and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the general population of Latinxs in the United States burgeons, so does the population of college-going Latinx students. With more Latinxs entering college, the number of Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), which are not-for-profit, degree granting postsecondary institutions that enroll at least 25% Latinxs, also grows, with 523 institutions now meeting the enrollment threshold to become HSIs. But as they increase in number, the question remains: What does it mean to serve Latinx students? This edited book, Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Practice: Defining “Servingness” at HSIs, fills an important gap in the literature. It features the stories of faculty, staff, and administrators who are defining “servingness” in practice at HSIs. Servingness is conceptualized as the ability of HSIs to enroll and educate Latinx students through a culturally enhancing approach that centers Latinx ways of knowing and being, with the goal of providing transformative experiences that lead to both academic and non-academic outcomes. In this book, practitioners tell their stories of success in defining servingness at HSIs. Specifically, they provide empirical and practical evidence of the results and outcomes of federally funded HSI grants, including those funded by Department of Education Title III and V grants. This edited book is ideal for higher education practitioners and scholars searching for best practices for HSIs in the United States. Administrators at HSIs, including presidents, provosts, deans, and boards of trustees, will find the book useful as they seek out ways to effectively serve Latinx and other minoritized students. Faculty who teach in higher education graduate programs can use the book to highlight practitioner engaged scholarship. Legislators and policy advocates, who fight for funding and support for HSIs at the federal level, can use the book to inform and shape a research-based Latinx educational policy agenda. The book is essential as it provides a framework that simplifies the complex phenomenon known as servingness. As HSIs become more significant in the U.S. higher education landscape, books that provide empirically based, practical examples of servingness are necessary.

Download or read book Latina o Student Success at an Emerging Hispanic Serving Community College Understanding the Heuristics at Work in the Black Box written by Derek R. Brandes and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Future research on Latina/o student success is needed, especially studies that examine the impact of college staff on Latina/o student success.

Download or read book Modeling Hispanic serving Institutions HSIs written by Deborah A. Santiago and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hispanic Serving Institutions written by Anne-Marie Nunez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the increasing numbers of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and their importance in serving students who have historically been underserved in higher education, limited research has addressed the meaning of the growth of these institutions and its implications for higher education. Hispanic-Serving Institutions fills a critical gap in understanding the organizational behavior of institutions that serve large numbers of low-income, first-generation, and Latina/o students. Leading scholars on HSIs contribute chapters to this volume, exploring a wide array of topics, data sources, conceptual frameworks, and methodologies to examine HSIs’ institutional environments and organizational behavior. This cutting-edge volume explores how institutions can better serve their students and illustrates HSIs’ changing organizational dynamics, potentials, and contributions to American higher education.

Download or read book Addressing the Unique Needs of Latino American Students written by Anna M. Ortiz and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004-05-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the experiences of Latinos in higher education and seeks to shape a picture of their participation that is representative of the diversity of the group and of the higher education institutions they inhabit. Contributors provide information that will be useful to student affairs professionals who serve Latinos on a regular basis. The insights here have implications for admissions, student activities and Greek affairs, career development, ethnic student services, and academic advising programs and offices. The innovative scholars here all have experience as practitioners that enhances their approach to research. The research findings highlight personal and educational experiences of Latinos in higher education; demonstrate the students' tenacity to overcome economic, educational, and cultural barriers to succeed in colle≥ and illuminate the factors in the college environment that contributed to their success. This is the 105th volume of the quarterly higher education journal New Directions for Student Services.

Download or read book Becoming Hispanic Serving Institutions written by Gina Ann Garcia and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can striving Hispanic-Serving Institutions serve their students while countering the dominant preconceptions of colleges and universities? Winner of the AAHHE Book of the Year Award by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)—not-for-profit, degree-granting colleges and universities that enroll at least 25% or more Latinx students—are among the fastest-growing higher education segments in the United States. As of fall 2016, they represented 15% of all postsecondary institutions in the United States and enrolled 65% of all Latinx college students. As they increase in number, these questions bear consideration: What does it mean to serve Latinx students? What special needs does this student demographic have? And what opportunities and challenges develop when a college or university becomes an HSI? In Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Gina Ann Garcia explores how institutions are serving Latinx students, both through traditional and innovative approaches. Drawing on empirical data collected over two years at three HSIs, Garcia adopts a counternarrative approach to highlight the ways that HSIs are reframing what it means to serve Latinx college students. She questions the extent to which they have been successful in doing this while exploring how those institutions grapple with the tensions that emerge from confronting traditional standards and measures of success for postsecondary institutions. Laying out what it means for these three extremely different HSIs, Garcia also highlights the differences in the way each approaches its role in serving Latinxs. Incorporating the voices of faculty, staff, and students, Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions asserts that HSIs are undervalued, yet reveals that they serve an important role in the larger landscape of postsecondary institutions.

Download or read book Nuestra Identidad Y Experiencias our Identity and Experiences written by Juan Ricardo Guardia and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher education scholars have examined Latino/a student experiences and ethnic identity, yet there is no research describing the ethnic identity development of members of a Latino fraternity at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand how membership in a Latino fraternity at a HSI enhanced members' ethnic identity development. Utilizing Bronfenbrenner's (2005) bioecological theory of human development as the guiding framework for this study, six themes emerged which enhanced members' ethnic identity development: family, the HSI campus, language, involvement, other Greeks and Greeks affairs policies, and gender. Implications for student affairs and higher education administrators at HSIs and non-HSIs and for Latino parents and families are discussed. In addition, recommendations for future research are explored.

Download or read book Latino Student Success at Hispanic Serving Institutions HSIs written by Deborah Santiago and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2003-04 representatives from six baccalaureate-granting Hispanic-Serving Institutions in three state public university systems participated in a project entitled, "Latino Student Success at Hispanic-Serving Institutions." These institutions include two from California State University--(Los Angeles and Dominguez Hills), two from City University of New York (Lehman College and New York City College of Technology), and two from The University of Texas (El Paso and San Antonio). All six institutions receive support through the Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions program, authorized under Title V of the Higher Education Act (as well as other federal programs supporting HSIs). Direct involvement from campus leaders, especially their presidents, proved critical to the Latino Student Success (LSS) project. This summary profiles information gathered from interviews with each of the LSS project presidents. A description of the research methodology and a list of the institutions and presidents are also included herein.

Download or read book High Achieving Latino Students written by Susan J. Paik and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High-Achieving Latino Students: Successful Pathways Toward College and Beyond addresses a long-standing need for a book that focuses on the success, not failure, of Latino students. While much of the existing research works from a deficit lens, this book uses a strength-based approach to support Latino achievement. Bringing together researchers and practitioners, this unique book provides research-based recommendations from early to later school years on “what works” for supporting high achievement. Praise for High-Achieving Latino Students "This book focuses on an important issue about which we know little. There are many lessons here for both scholars and educators who believe that Latino students can succeed. I congratulate the authors for taking on this timely and significant topic." ~ Guadalupe Valdés, Ph.D., Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor in Education, Stanford University. Author of Con Respeto: Bridging the Distances Between Culturally Diverse Families and Schools "This is a must-read book for leaders in institutions of both K-12 and higher education who want to better understand success factors of Latino students in the US. Using a strength-based framework to understand and support Latino achievement is a new paradigm that must be considered by all." ~ Loui Olivas, Ed.D., President, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education "In addition to being the right book at the right time, these editors should be congratulated for giving us a stellar example of how a research-practice collaboration comes together to produce such a valuable and lasting contribution to the field of school reform and improvement. Those who work in schools, universities, think tanks and policymaking centers have been waiting anxiously for this kind of book, and it’s now here." ~ Carl A. Cohn, Ed.D., Former Executive Director, California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, CA State Board of Education member, and Superintendent "There may not be a silver bullet for solving the so-called problem of Latino underachievement, but well-conceived solutions do exist. This powerful book offers strength- and asset-based frameworks that demonstrate Latino achievement is possible. Read this text to not only get informed, but to also get nurtured and inspired!" ~ Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D., Professor in Education, University of Texas at Austin. Author of Subtractive Schooling: US-Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring

Download or read book Latin Students in Engineering written by Lara Perez-Felkner and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-12 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growing population of engineering students who identify as Latin* are underrepresented in the field of engineering. Latin* refers to an individual of Latin American origin or descent, without restricting to a specific gender. The asterisk (*) includes related identity terms such as Latina/é/o/u/x.There is, however, a rising need to train U.S. students in engineering skills to meet the demands of our increasingly technological workforce. Structurally excluding Latin* students hinders their economic and educational opportunities in engineering. Latin* Students in Engineering examines the state of Latin* engineering education at present as well as considerations for policy and practice regarding engineering education aimed at enhancing opportunity and better serving Latin* students. The essays in this volume first consider, theoretically and empirically, the experiences of Latin* students in engineering education and then expand beyond the student level to focus on institutional and social structures that challenge Latin* students' success and retention. Finally, it illuminates emergent work and considers future research, policy, and practice.

Download or read book Latino Change Agents in Higher Education written by Leonard A Valverde and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latino Change Agents in Higher Education offers college and university leaders a practical guide for meeting the challenges of educating the burgeoning population of Latino students. The contributors, a stellar group of experienced leaders in higher education, clearly show that the changes to higher education needed to ensure Latino student success will benefit all students.

Download or read book Completing College at Hispanic Serving Institutions written by Xochilth Valeria Lopez-Salgado and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade there has been a growing number of studies that focus on Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), however, there has only recently been a push to examine these institutions with an asset-based lens given that HSIs may be doing more with less. This study examined how HSIs integrate student and institutional identities and engage in transformative practices and strategies to serve Latinx students and their increasingly diverse students. The study sheds light on how HSIs organize for student success with their existing resources, obtain federal agency support, and strive to serve students with multiple minoritized social identities. To peel back the layers to understand the movements of institutional change this study employed a multiple case study design using public data, websites, and interviews with administrators, faculty, and student affairs staff from three four-year HSI institutions. This allowed for an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon of organizational change and servingness across different levels of work. Garcia, Nuñez & Sansone's (2019) multidimensional conceptual framework effectively revealed the multitude of factors that describe the ways in which institutions operationalize their HSI identity and organize for student success. Through cross-case analysis, findings will guide institutions in disrupting current structures to strive for equity-minded approaches. Key findings are institutions' proactive recruitment efforts, students' role in co-creating culturally sustaining initiatives, data-driven decision making, financial aid as a praxis of care, strategies in diversifying faculty and the use of HSI grants for cross campus collaborative models that creates momentum for a culture shift in institutions. Many of these initiatives were the impetus for institutional transformation embedded in practices after data revealed an increase in more equitable outcomes. Implications for future research and practice on servingness in HSIs is discussed.

Download or read book The Actions Institutional Agents Take to Support First generation Latino College Students at a Catholic Hispanic serving Institution written by Diana Marie Hernández and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the study was to examine the actions institutional agents took to support first-generation Latino students at a Catholic Hispanic-Serving Institution using Stanton-Salazar’s (2010) framework. All but one of the 14 roles in the framework were present. An in-depth examination of the framework led to the creation of a fluidity model, aligning with Stanton-Salazar (2010) and Jiménez’s (2012) findings that institutional agents fulfilled simultaneous and multiple roles. In addition, the data demonstrated that institutional agents’ roles worked in tandem with Rendón’s (1994) validation theory. Last, context and whether St. Jude’s was Hispanic-serving versus Hispanic-enrolling (Corral, Gasman, Nguyen, & Samayoa, 2015; Hurtado, González, & Calderón Galdeano, 2015; Malcom-Piqueux, 2010; D. A. Santiago, 2009) were addressed. St. Jude’s was both Hispanic-serving and Hispanic-enrolling according to D. A. Santiago’s (2009) definition. A conceptual model was introduced based upon all of the findings. Based upon the findings, Stanton-Salazar’s (2010) framework can serve researchers and practitioners alike as a roadmap to advance the academic and social needs of first-generation Latino students. Keywords: Latino, Hispanic-Serving Institution(s), validation, first-generation

Download or read book Latino a x Student Success written by Adan Quetzalcoatl Sanchez and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an increase of Latino/a/x students enrolling in higher education in the United States. Yet, Latino students' retention and graduation rates continue to be significantly lower compared to White students (Musu-Gillette et al., 2016). In part, this problem stems from how higher education institutional practices have maintained one-size-fits-all models to support Latino/a/x students without considering the diversity within this complex group defined by their multiple and intersecting identities. Research shows that underrepresented students, such as Latino students, struggle in college and in their transition for different reasons (Carter, Hurtado, & Spuler, 1996; Harackiewicz et al., 2014; Hurtado, 1994). Therefore, higher education institutions must create a college community that promotes social and intellectual integration to strengthen student commitment (Gentry, 2014) and sustain updated efforts by dedicating time in collaborating with students (Espinoza & Espinoza, 2012) since both student and institutional variables influence college persistence (Titus, 2004). Since there is a lack of research and understanding of Latino/a/x students' within-group differences, this study examined higher educational institutional practices aimed to support Latino/a/x students' multiple and intersecting identities to identify how to enhance institutional efforts to ensure Latino/a/x student success. In particular, California Community College system was central to the study since the vast majority of Latino students enroll in these higher education institutions (California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2018a). The aim of this study was to argue that the relationship between student and institution must be intentional and well-coordinated since current higher education institutional practices designed to support the needs of students of color such as Latino/a/x students may not be fully supporting their multiple and intersecting identities. This dissertation stresses how critical it is for an institution to dig deeper into the Latino/a/x students' lives to understand and validate their diverse experiences in order to provide intentional and sustainable practices where students can explore their complex identities and ultimately meet their holistic needs. Doing so can lead a higher education institution to proactively understand their Latino/a/x student population and improve institutional practices that may contribute to an overall student success including higher retention and graduation rates (Hurtado, 1994).

Download or read book Latina o Student Success in Higher Education written by Marcela Cuellar and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: