Latinos in higher education and Hispanic-serving institutions : creating conditions for success

Latinos in higher education and Hispanic-serving institutions : creating conditions for success / Anne-Marie Núñez, Richard E. Hoover, Kellie Pickett, A. Christine Stuart-Carruthers, Maria Vázquez.

Latinos' postsecondary educational attainment has not kept pace with their growing representation in the U.S. population. How can Latino educational attainment be advanced? This monograph presents relevant contemporary research, focusing on the role of institutional contexts. Drawing particular...

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Main Authors: Nuñez, Anne-Marie (Author), Hoover, Richard E. (Author), Pickett, Kellie (Author)
Other Authors: Stuart-Carruthers, A. Christine, Vazquez, Maria
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley/Jossey-Bass, [2013]
Series:ASHE higher education report ; v. 39, no. 1.
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Education (Higher)
Government aid to higher education.
Hispanic Americans > Education (Higher) > Government policy > United States.
Federal aid to higher education.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Government aid to higher education
Education
United States
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Latinos' postsecondary educational attainment has not kept pace with their growing representation in the U.S. population. How can Latino educational attainment be advanced? This monograph presents relevant contemporary research, focusing on the role of institutional contexts. Drawing particularly on research grounded in Latino students' perspectives, it identifies key challenges Latino students face and discuss various approaches to address these challenges. Because so many Latino students are enrolled in federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), it also specifically.
Physical Description:1 online resource (152 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-117) and indexes.
ISBN:9781118714621
1118714628
9781118714522
1118714520
ISSN:1551-6970 ;
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 07, 2018).

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