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Abrica, Elvira J.; Dorsten, Amanda K. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter describes the importance of students' conceptualizations of race, defined as the abstract ideas that students have about race as well as how they express these ideas as influencing their own experience or that of the social identity group(s) to which they belong. Empirical findings from a study of racial conceptualization among Latino…
Descriptors: College Students, Racial Attitudes, Racial Identification, Hispanic American Students
Salinas, Cristobal, Jr.; Doran, Erin E.; Swingle, Ethan C. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter provides a primer on the evolution of terminology used to classify the Latinx/a/o population in the United States, the origins of the term "Latinx," and an analysis of how community colleges currently use the term.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Hispanic American Students, Classification, Definitions
Olivarez, Catherine Prieto – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter addresses how Latinx students and their families understand the process of going to and choosing to attend a community college.
Descriptors: College Choice, Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes, Family Attitudes
Sommer, Cynthia L. Santana; Cuellar, Marcela G. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter presents an initial inquiry about students who take student success courses with a Latinx focus at two California community colleges, one with an HSI designation and one without.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Hispanic American Students, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Vasquez, Marissa C.; Salinas, Cristobal, Jr.; Rodriguez, Sarah L.; Gonzalez, Ángel – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter provides insights on the community college transfer experiences of Latino men. In particular, we conceptualize how Latino men navigate different spaces (intellectual, emotional, geographical) with the support of family members.
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Resilience (Psychology), Hispanic American Students, Males
Castillo, Rafael – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This article describes the Catch the Next Ascender model, developed under the aegis of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as a corrective to increase persistence and completion rates among the Texas Latinx college population.
Descriptors: College Students, Hispanic American Students, College Programs, Academic Persistence
Carales, Vincent D.; López, Ruth M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter describes various strength-based theoretical perspectives useful in understanding the experiences of Latinx community college students. We highlight key findings from studies that utilized these perspectives and conclude with recommendations for practitioners and leaders to consider as they support Latinx students.
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Student Experience
Elenes, Briseida Ileana – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This article presents the testimonios of the gendered and cultural pathways of two Latina community college administrators. Recommendations for improving Latina leadership development include the development of a Carnala Community Network and institutional interventions for providing culturally relevant professional development opportunities.
Descriptors: Females, Community Colleges, Leadership Training, Personal Narratives
Sabay, Sarah; Wiles, Kristian – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter is a review of a successful partnership between TRIO Student Support Services (TRIO SSS) programs at South Seattle College and the University of Washington. Practices used by the two institutions are described, with examples and enriching perspectives of student services leaders of each institution.
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Partnerships in Education, Educational Practices
Amey, Marilyn J. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
Authors in this volume presented numerous examples of pathways that provide opportunity for more successful transfer especially for racially minoritized students. They describe processes for enacting partnerships between community colleges and universities along with the opportunities and challenges encountered in advancing more equitable…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Universities, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Minority Group Students
DuVal, Chris; Artis, Wayne – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter describes a long-term successful transfer partnership between Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC) and the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS). The Best Choices program provides clearly defined pathways for students planning on transferring from PPCC to UCCS, including overall transfer plans that extend from start to finish.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Universities, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Transfer Programs
Wellington-Baker, Kristi; Hammer, Joyce – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
Too many Washingtonians, especially low-income persons of color, are not completing postsecondary education credentials that lead to meaningful labor market returns. This chapter provides an evidence-based, student-centered transfer framework that reinforces transparency, equity-mindedness, and the adaptive leadership necessary to transform higher…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Low Income Students, Minority Group Students, College Transfer Students
Bragg, Debra D. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter makes the case for the urgency to address the racial transfer gap that pervades the vertical transfer function involving community colleges and universities. Lessons from research on high-performing transfer partnerships lay a foundation for transfer policies and practices described in other chapters in this volume of New Directions…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Universities, Intercollegiate Cooperation, College Students
Carlsen, Paula K.; Gangeness, Jeanine E. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter describes a strong partnership with a long history between Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) and Winona State University (WSU), and focuses on the advising process utilized by a shared advisor employed by both institutions that has resulted in an improved transfer experience for students.
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Academic Advising, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Student Experience
Soler, Maria Claudia – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter describes "transfer swirl" as the back-and-forth movement that students make between more than two community colleges before transferring to a university. A discussion on the implications of using inconsistent definitions to refer to students who transfer swirl occurs.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Two Year College Students