Ensuring the success of Latino males in higher education : a national imperative / edited by Victor B. Sáenz, Luis Ponjuán, and Julie López Figueroa ; foreword by William Serrata.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saenz, Victor B., editor.

Ponjuan, Luis, editor.

López Figueroa, Julie, 1969- editor.

Serrata, William, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic American men--Education (Higher).

Hispanic American men.

Hispanic American men--Education (Higher)--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book also closely examines key practices that enable first generation Latino male undergraduates to succeed which may seem counterintuitive to institutional expectations and preconceived notions of student behavior.

Contents:

Current Trends and Future Outlooks on the Growing Gender Gap in Educational Attainment for Latino Males / Victor B. Sáenz, Luis Ponjuan, and Julie Figueroa

Latino Males in American High Schools : An Examination of the 2012 High School Longitudinal Study / Luis Ponjuan

The Geography of Academic Support : A Framework to Understand Latino Male Perceptions and Practices in Higher Education / Julie L. Figueroa

(Re)Constructing Masculinity : Understanding Gender Expectations Among Latino Male College-Going Students / Julie Figueroa, Patricia Perez, and Irene Vega

An Intersectionality Analysis of Latino Men in Higher Education and Their Help-Seeking Behaviors / Nolan L. Cabrera, Fatemma D. Rashwan-Soto, and Bryant G. Valencia

Latino Male High School Math Achievement : The Influential Role of Psychosociocultural Factors / Ismael Fajardo, José M Hernandez, and José Muñoz

Examining the Role of Family on Mexican American College Men's Academic Persistence / Lizette Ojeda and Linda G. Castillo

Over the Ivy Wall : Latino Male Achievers Nurturing Cultural Wealth at Highly Selective, Predominantly White Research University / David Pérez II

Caballeros Making Capital Gains in College : The role of social capital in First-Year Persistence at a Predominantly White Four-Year Institution / Tracy L. Ballysingh

Latino Males in Higher Education : Administrator Awareness of the Emerging Challenges / Victor Sáenz, Sarah Rodriguez, Katie Pritchett, Jennifer Estrada, and Kelty Garbee

Educational Opportunity, College Choices, and Higher Education : What Can We Learn From Research on Latinas? / Miguel Ceja

Collaborative Consciousness : Improving Latino Male Student Research, Policy, and Practice / Luis Ponjuan.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781000977271

1000977277

9781000972078

1000972070

9781003444558

1003444555

9781579227890

1579227899

OCLC:

945609602