In Pursuit of Success: Latino Male College Students Exercising Academic Determination and Community Cultural Wealth

Pérez, David

doi:10.1353/csd.2017.0011

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“…Faculty mentors provided these young men with insider academic information that legitimized their intellectual and professional goals. Our study confirms that these interactions can help Latino males feel more confident in their academic abilities and more determined to stay engaged, but the reality is that too often such interactions with faculty have to be initiated by students while faculty members within PWIs are not held accountable for their role in facilitating academic thriving (Pérez, 2017;Schreiner et al, 2009).…”

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“…First, the majority of studies do not address the unique experiences of Latino male college students. Despite the proliferation of research on Black male achievers (Harper, 2014), few scholars have focused exclusively on successful Latino male undergraduates (Carrillo, 2013a(Carrillo, , 2013bPérez, , 2017, especially across varied institutional contexts. Second, major theoretical perspectives rarely incorporate the voices of REM students with exception to Harper (2006Harper ( , 2009Harper ( , 2013.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, the extant literature published on this student population has focused on factors that contribute to low enrollment, persistence, and completion rates in higher education (Barajas & Pierce, 2001; Carrillo, 2013b; Clark, Ponjuán, Orrock, Wilson, & Flores, 2013; Gloria et al, 2009; Noguera, Hurtado, & Fergus, 2012; Sáenz & Ponjuán, 2009; Schwartz et al, 2009). Whereas the experiences of Black male achievers have received considerable attention (Harper, 2014; Moore, Madison-Colmore, & Smith, 2003; Strayhorn, 2013), researchers are also devoting increased attention to successful Latino male undergraduates at a time when the national conversation on males of color is gaining momentum as a result of President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative (Carrillo, 2013a; Gonzalez, 2002; Huerta & Fishman, 2014; Morales, 2008; Pérez, 2015, 2017; Sáenz, Ponjuán, & Figueroa, 2016).…”

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Thriving Latino Males in Selective Predominantly White Institutions

Pérez

Sáenz

2017

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

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Researchers focus disproportionately on factors that contribute to low enrollment, persistence, and graduation rates among Latino males in higher education. Instead of examining factors that undermine the success of these undergraduates-which often perpetuates deficit-oriented discourses about Latino male college students, their families, and communities-this scholarly paper explores how participants conceptualized and embodied success at two selective, predominantly White institutions. Using qualitative data available from The National Study on Latino Male Achievement in Higher Education, this scholarly paper reveals how Latino male undergraduates exhibited five qualities associated with the thriving quotient: 1) Engaged Learning, 2) Academic Determination, 3) Positive Perspective, 4) Social Connectedness, and 5) Diverse Citizenship. Implications for research, policy, and practice focus on creating and sustaining college environments that promote thriving among Latino males in higher education.

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Thriving Latino Males in Selective Predominantly White Institutions

Pérez

Sáenz

2017

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

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“…The class background of this Latina student seems to have prepared her for higher education, as she is able to rely on a sibling and parents who hold relevant and useful knowledge. But her response also conveys what Pérez (2017) has identified as an overreliance on peers and family among Latina/o students, who seek out and depend upon informal networks of information, rather than the formal channels of access established by the university to aid in student progress toward a degree.…”

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It’s Capital! Understanding Latina/o Presence in Higher Education

Ayala

Contreras

2018

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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Latina/o educational differentials have been studied predominantly from a deficit standpoint that emphasizes a lack of cultural capital. More recently, researchers began to reject this deficit perspective, foregrounding instead the cultural capital that enables Latina/o students to succeed academically. The very idea that Latina/o students possess cultural capital is new to higher education, which has historically undervalued Latina/o student experience and community history. Cultural capital, however, plays a crucial role in Latina/o student academic achievement. The authors’ study of junior- and senior-level Latina/o students attending a primarily White four-year research university in the Midwest examines Latina/o community cultural wealth, particularly with regard to navigating the academy. The authors also suggest institutional changes to develop policies that address Latina/o student presence from a capital rather than a deficit perspective.

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“…an "under-examined, but critically important aspect of the college experience for Latina/o students" (Lozano, 2015b, p. 3). Lozano (2017) (Holland, 2014), academic determination (Pérez, 2017), undergraduate experiences (Luna & Martinez, 2013), experiences at HSIs (Kouyoumdjian, Guzmán, Garcia, & Talavera-Bustillos, 2015), and graduate education experiences (Espino, 2017 (Rubin & Rubin, 2005) conducted by the principle investigator and her graduate assistant.…”

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ELEVATING LATINA VOICES OF LEADERSHIP: Latina Student Leaders’ Beliefs, Approaches, and Influences to Leadership

Haber-Curran¹,

Tapia-Fuselier²

2020

Journal of Leadership Education

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There is a recent call for and emergence of leadership research that purposefully centers students' social identities and lived experiences in order to gain more nuanced understandings of college student leadership development and elevate marginalized voices in the leadership narrative. In this qualitative study, the researchers focused on the leadership approaches of Latina college student leaders at Hispanic Serving Institutions and the influences that shape their approaches to leadership. The findings reveal participants' unique forms of capital as well as sources of on-campus support that shape and influence their leadership beliefs and styles, including a focus on community, a commitment to making a positive impact, and non-hierarchical approaches to leadership.

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In Pursuit of Success: Latino Male College Students Exercising Academic Determination and Community Cultural Wealth

Cited by 41 publications

References 37 publications

Thriving Latino Males in Selective Predominantly White Institutions

Thriving Latino Males in Selective Predominantly White Institutions

It’s Capital! Understanding Latina/o Presence in Higher Education

ELEVATING LATINA VOICES OF LEADERSHIP: Latina Student Leaders’ Beliefs, Approaches, and Influences to Leadership

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