Higher Education Access and Choice for Latino Students (eBook, ePUB)

Critical Findings and Theoretical Perspectives
Redaktion: Perez, Patricia; Ceja, Miguel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Now the largest and fastest-growing ethnic population in the U.S., Latino students face many challenges and complexities when it comes to college choice and access. This edited volume provides much needed theoretical and empirical data on how the schooling experiences of Latino students shape their educational aspirations and access to higher education. It explores how the individual and collective influence of the home, school and policy shape the college decision-making process.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317512615
• Artikelnr.: 42645630

Autorenporträt

Patricia A. Pérez is an Associate Professor in Chicana/o Studies in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at California State University, Fullerton. Her research focuses on postsecondary equity, access, retention and choice for Latina/o students and other students of color. Miguel Ceja is a Professor in Education Leadership and Policy Studies and Director of Doctoral Programs at California State University, Northridge. His research focuses on access and equity in higher education for students of color, college choice, diversity and campus racial climate and community college student success.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: What do we Know About Latina/o College Access and Choice?
Patricia A. Pérez and Miguel Ceja Part I: Home, Elementary, & Secondary
Context 2. Sixth Grade Teachers' Perceptions of the College Bound Student
Jolene McCall, Maria Estela Zarate, and Wendy Y. Perez 3. Constructing
College "Choice" for Latino Students: The Organizational Culture of an
Urban Catholic High School Paul Rodriguez and Anne-Marie Nuñez 4. Unpacking
the Layers: Financial Aid and Latino High School Students' Postsecondary
Plans José Muñoz and Blanca Rincón 5. A Model for Understanding the
Latina/o Student and Parent College-going Negotiation Process Cynthia
Alvarez Part II: Political Context & Postsecondary Choice 6. Neoliberal
Futures and Postsecondary Opportunity: Janet Napolitano and the Politics of
Latina/o College Choice Ryan Evely Gildersleeve, Carlos Cruz, Diana Madriz,
and Cindy Melendrez-Flores 7. Rising Voices: College Opportunity and Choice
Among Latina/o Undocumented Students Patricia A. Pérez, James L. Rodríguez,
and Josue Guadarrama 8. The Behavioral Typology of First-time Latina/o
Students: The Application in Three Hispanic-serving Community Colleges Lu
Liu, Barbara McNeice-Stallard, Dustin Tamashiro, John Barkman, and Lan Hao
9. Latina/o Students' College Destinations: Gender, Generational Status,
and College Sector Selectivity Karla I. Loya, Jihee Hwang, and Leticia
Oseguera 10. La Selección Latina: Latina/o Students at Selective Four-year
Colleges and Universities Joseph J. Ramirez and Sylvia Hurtado Part III:
Model College Access & Transition Programs 11. Rethinking College Access
Programs: Latinos, Immigrants, and Community Colleges Mary Martinez-Wenzl
and Patricia Gándara 12. Community Cultural Wealth and Latina/o College
Choice: The Role of a College Access Program Brianne A. Dávila and Roseanne
M. Macias 13. Supporting the College Transition Process and Early Academic
Success Through an Integrative Summer Learning Experience Jermaine F.
Williams and Frank E. Ross III 14. Conclusion: Toward a New Latina/o
College Access and Choice Agenda Miguel Ceja and Patricia A. Pérez