Academic Success Among Mexican American Women in a Community College

A Feminist Critique of Articles About Women Published in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice : 1990-2000

“…Fifteen women-centered articles (Bower, 1996;Castellanos & Fujitsubo, 1997;Dycus & Newlon, 1995;Ebbers, Gallisath, Rockel, & Coyan, 2000;Grover, 1992;Johnson, Schwartz, & Bower, 2000;Long & Blanchard, 1991;Miller & Creswell, 1998;Murrell, Riggs, & Lee, 1996;Rotkis & McDaniel, 1993;Rountree & Frusher, 1991;Rountree & Lambert, 1992;Smith & Leaman, 1991;Townsend, 1998;Wood, 1999) and 11 gender-as-variable articles (Bonham & Luckie, 1993;Deming & Gowen, 1990;Gowdy & Robertson, 1994;Grimes & Antworth, 1996;Hawthorne, 1994;Kempner & Taylor, 1993;McCarthy-Tucker, 1999;McKenney & Cejda, 2000;Piland, Hess, & Piland, 2000;Silcox & Herren, 1993;Winter, 1998) were identified from among the 491 articles published in the CCJRP between 1990 and 2000. In these terms, a feminist critique is appropriate and necessary.…”

“…In contrast, Castellanos and Fujitsubo (1997) developed a model of Mexican-American women's process of matriculation in the community college system, based on the intersecting oppressions of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. These researchers used an instrument specifically based on the experiences of Mexican-American young women.…”

La Tercera Frontera : Building Upon the Scholarship of the Latino Experience as Reported in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice

“…We found that seven articles published in the journal from 1990 to 2000 focused directly on indirectly on Latinos (Ackermann, 1991;Bonham & Luckie, 1993;Brazziel & Brazziel, 1994;Castellanos & Fujitsubo, 1997;Opp & Smith, 1994;Starrfield, 1992;Vazquez & Garcia-Vazquez, 1998. ) Of these, only two directly concerned Latinos (Castellanos & Fujitsubo, 1997;Vazquez & Garcia-Vazquez, 1998).…”

“…The articles we reviewed reported on findings from quantitative studies although Castellanos and Fujitsubo (1997) also used limited follow-up interviews. Six of the seven articles focused on various aspects of student behavior or student experience, usually 800 L. Lujan et al characterized as matters of retention and attrition.…”

“…More recent studies published in CCJRP (Castellanos & Fujitsubo, 1997;Vazquez & Garcia-Vazquez, 1998) have focused specifically on Latinos and researchers may find these to be more helpful in designing future studies about this underrepresented population. The lack of additional specific data concerning Latino students cannot be regarded as a deficiency in any of the studies.…”