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This book focuses on the growing Latino demand for higher education in the United States, examines the means of getting Latinos over the gap between high school and college, and treats routes to careers as faculty and administrators in its three main sections: Demographics and Demand, The Crossover to College, and Rising in Academia.
List of contents
Demographics and Demand. Seize the moment: a unique window of opportunity (A. Carnevale). Resource shares and educational attainment: the US Latino population in the twenty-first century (R. Matinez, A. Aguirre). The Crossover to College. Transition Points from High School to College (T. Falbo et al.). Beyond stigma: social identities and the educational achievement of Chicanos (A. Hurtado et al.). "Being there for us": Latino students and their first year experiences in Community Colleges (R. Jalomo, Jr.). Successful transitions of Latino students from High Schools to college (H. Romo, J. Salas). Rising in Academia. Distance site programs - a new way for Hispanics to enter graduate program pipeline (J.B. Colchado). Faculty mentoring faculty: pass the torch, please (D.J. Leon). Latinos and academic leadership in American Higher Education (R. Haro). Building a LEAP for Latinos in Higher Education (D.J. Leon).
Summary
This book focuses on the growing Latino demand for higher education in the United States, examines the means of getting Latinos over the gap between high school and college, and treats routes to careers as faculty and administrators in its three main sections: Demographics and Demand, The Crossover to College, and Rising in Academia.
