Latino Access to Community Colleges and Hispanic-Serving Institutions: A National Study

By A. Nuñez, P. Johnelle Sparks, E. Hernandez. 2011

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This article examines the factors that affect Latinos’ enrollment in community colleges that are Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs). Compared with community colleges that are not HSIs, HSI community colleges are serving students at greater risk for not completing college. Latinos who are enrolled in community college HSIs, compared with their counterparts not in HSIs, are more likely to be first-generation college-going, male, and older. They also have higher high school grade point averages and higher educational expectations. Este artículo examina los factores que afectan la inscripción de estudiantes latinos en colegios comunitarios preparatorios que son instituciones de servicio hispano (HIS). Analizamos una muestra nacional de estudiantes universitarios de primera generación, y de primer año, para explorar el fondo demográfico, características académicas, consideraciones para elegir universidad, y los contextos locales asociados con las inscripciones en los colegios comunitarios preparatorios que son HSIs. HSIs colegios comunitarios preparatorios parecen inscribir estudiantes con expectativas educacionales superiores pero también con alto riesgo de salirse del colegio.

Subfields: Education, Sociology and Political Science

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In Education

1. A. Nuñez
2. N. Trevino
3. Alex J. Bowers
4. S. DeFreitas
5. Marcela G. Cuellar
6. Esau Tovar
7. R. Sprott
8. M. Simon

In Sociology and Political Science

1. A. Nuñez
2. Alex J. Bowers
3. S. DeFreitas
4. Esau Tovar
5. M. Simon

Citations in the corpus

• The relationship between intrinsic motivation and academic achievement for first generation Latino college students (2014, background): “…(Areepattamannil 2012), Canadian (Areepattamannil 2012; Vallerand and Bissonnette 1992; Faye and Sharpe 2008), Asian (Lepper et al. 2005; Bui 2002; Núñez et al. 2011), African American (Crumpton and Gregory 2011; Bui 2002; Próspero et al. 2012; Núñez et al. 2011) and Caucasian (Gottfried 1985,…”
• Exploring What Leads High School Students to Enroll in Hispanic-Serving Institutions (2011, background): “…2010), 4-year HSIs appear to be providing additional access to students interested in staying near their home communities, and 2-year HSIs appear to be serving male students, who are underrepresented in other sectors of higher education (Buchmann, 2009; Laden et al., 2008; Nuñez et al., 2011).”