Success of Hispanics in Higher Education From Amazon

STUDYING LATIN/X/A/O STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Author: Nichole M. Garcia (Editor)

Publisher: Routledge; 1st edition.

ISBN-13:  978-0367442507

This edited volume examines the diverse Latinx/a/o student populations in higher education. Chapter authors argue that various forms of knowledge and culturally relevant methodologies can help advance and promote the success and navigation of Latinx/a/o students. The contributors of this book challenge the deficit framing often found in higher education, and expand conceptualizations, theories, and methodologies used in the study of Latinx/a/o student populations to incorporate AfroLatinx/a/o perspectives, center Central American students in research, and bring Undocumented Critical Theory into the conversation.

THE LATINO STUDENT’S GUIDE TO COLLEGE SUCCESS

Author: Leonard A. Valverde (Editor)

Publisher: Greenwood; 2nd edition

ISBN-13: 978-0313397974

The Latino community is the fastest growing minority group in America, and quickly becoming a major player in America’s workforce. Unfortunately, Latinos encounter cultural and societal obstacles that can hinder academic achievement. This inspirational guide gives Latino students practical skills for advancing in a college environment.

The revised and updated second edition of this popular book features the latest economic and demographic changes that have emerged since the first edition was published. It also includes six new chapters introducing the impact of technological advancements and changes in cultural trends.

LATINOS IN HIGHER EDUCATION (DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION)

Author: D. Leon

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

ISBN-13: 978-0762309801

The volume has three main sections: Demographics and Demand, The Crossover to College, and Rising in Academia. The first section focuses on the growing Latino demand for higher education in this country. The second examines the means of getting Latinos over the gap between high school and college. And the third treats routes to careers as faculty and administrators. Like most major phenomena, the issue of Latinos in US education has many facets, and each chapter explores and illuminates a new one.

ENSURING THE SUCCESS OF LATINO MALES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A NATIONAL IMPERATIVE

Authors:  Victor B. Sáens (Editor)

Publisher: Stylus Publishing

ISBN-13: 978-1579227883

The question of why Latino males are losing ground in accessing higher education-relative to their peers-is an important and complex one, and it lies at the heart of this book.

While uncovering the lack of awareness at all levels of our colleges and universities about the depth and severity of the challenges facing Latino males, this book provides the foundation for rethinking policy; challenges leaders to institutionalize male-focused programs and services; and presents data to inform needed changes in practice for outreach and retention.

Growing Up and College Experience from Harvard University Press

THE END OF ADOLESCENCE

Author: Nancy E. Hill, Alexis Redding

Publisher: Harvard University Press

ISBN: 9780674916500

Is Gen Z resistant to growing up? A leading developmental psychologist and an expert in the college student experience debunk this stereotype and explain how we can better support young adults as they make the transition from adolescence to the rest of their lives.

Experts and the general public are convinced that young people today are trapped in an extended adolescence—coddled, unaccountable, and more reluctant to take on adult responsibilities than previous generations. Nancy Hill and Alexis Redding argue that what is perceived as stalled development is in fact typical.

INDENTURED STUDENTS

Author: Elizabeth Tandy Shermer

Publisher: Harvard University Press

ISBN: 9780674251489

The untold history of how America’s student-loan program turned the pursuit of higher education into a pathway to poverty.

Elizabeth Tandy Shermer untangles the history that brought us here and discovers that the story of skyrocketing college debt is not merely one of good intentions gone wrong. Today 45 million Americans owe more than $1.5 trillion in college debt, with the burdens falling disproportionately on borrowers of color, particularly women.

In fact, the federal student loan program was never supposed to make college affordable.

OLDER AND WISER

Author:  Jean E. Rhodes

Publisher: Harvard University Press

ISBN: 9780674248076

Youth mentoring programs must change in order to become truly effective.

Youth mentoring is among the most popular forms of volunteering in the world. But does it work? Does mentoring actually help young people succeed? In Older and Wiser, mentoring expert Jean Rhodes draws on more than thirty years of empirical research to survey the state of the field. Her conclusion is sobering: there is little evidence that most programs—even renowned, trusted, and long-established ones—are effective. But there is also much reason for hope.

HOW COLLEGE WORKS

Author: Daniel F. Chambliss, Christopher G. Takacs

Publisher: Harvard University Press

ISBN: 9780674979802

Constrained by shrinking budgets, can colleges do more to improve the quality of education? And can students get more out of college without paying higher tuition? Daniel Chambliss and Christopher Takacs conclude that the limited resources of colleges and students need not diminish the undergraduate experience. How College Works reveals the surprisingly decisive role that personal relationships play in determining a student’s collegiate success, and puts forward a set of small, inexpensive interventions that yield substantial improvements in educational outcomes. When students form the right bonds, they make the most of their education.