The recent literature on Latino persistence does not take into account these students' distinct cultural backgrounds. Most researchers of Latino persistence use the selfdesignation "Latino" as a proxy variable representing Latino culture. A Latino Critical Theory (LatCrit) lens is applied to the persistence literature to demonstrate the need to infuse these studies with a focus on Latino culture. ResumenLa literatura reciente en retención latina no toma en consideración antecedentes culturales distintivos de estos estudiantes. La mayoría de los investigadores de persistencia latina usan el término auto designado "latino" como agente variable representante de la cultura latina. Se aplicó un lente de Teoría Crítica Latina (LatCrit) a la literatura en persistencia para demostrar la necesidad de infundir en estos estudios un enfoque sobre cultura latina.

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This paper examines how rural origin combines with ethnicity as a factor in higher education access among one ethnic group, the Uyghur, a Muslim minority who mostly reside in China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. As one of China’s 55 officially recognized minority groups, many of whom reside in rural areas, Uyghurs make an interesting case study for equality of higher education access. The paper is based on a review of relevant policies, ethnographic fieldwork and semi-structured interviews with Uyghur university students, graduates, and the faculty who teach them.  The paper uses ‘intersectionality’ to illustrate that the circumstances of ethnic minorities from some rural areas are unique and distinct from those of ethnic minorities from urban areas, and thus ethnicity and rural origin should not be considered in isolation in policy-making or research endeavors.

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