ERIC Number: EJ1114035
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 27
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Complicating a Latina/o-Serving Identity at a Hispanic Serving Institution
Garcia, Gina A.
Review of Higher Education, v40 n1 p117-143 Fall 2016
As institutions not founded to "serve" Latina/o students, Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) are criticized for solely being "Hispanic-enrolling," with access and graduation rates being hypothesized as indicators of an organizational identity for HSIs. Drawing from a case study with 88 participants, the purpose of this investigation was to complicate what it means to be Latina/o-serving by listening to the way students, faculty, and administrators at a four-year HSI construct their Latina/o-serving identity. Findings show that members made sense of their organizational identity through an expression of values and processes for sustaining and enhancing the culture and education of Latina/o students.
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Institutional Characteristics, Self Concept, College Students, Graduation Rate, Case Studies, Access to Education, Institutional Mission, College Faculty, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Focus Groups, Hispanic American Culture, Semi Structured Interviews, Grounded Theory
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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