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Martinez, Magdalena – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2023
In this case study, I draw attention to key Nevada Latina/o legislators' policy ways of knowing and their higher education policy priorities. A focus on the policy actors uncovered structural, racial, and cultural assumptions in policy-making often absent in the exclusive analysis of policy interventions. Their policy ways of knowing were shaped…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Hispanic Americans
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Solinas-Saunders, Monica; Hobson, Charles J.; Griffin, Andrea; Azemi, Yllka; Szostek, Jana; Novak, John M. – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2024
Using data from the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), longitudinal trends in graduate degree completion rates for Hispanic and White students were analyzed over a period of 17 years (2002-2019). The results indicated that there was a significant positive…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, White Students, Graduation Rate, Critical Race Theory
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Román Liera; Cynthia D. Villarreal; Guillermo Ortega – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2024
Latinx faculty play a significant role in supporting the success of Latinx students. However, a culture of niceness at Historically White Serving Institutions with Hispanic-Serving Institution designations could reproduce inequities for Latinx faculty and thus contribute to their departure. We created a composite counterstory from interview data…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Minority Group Teachers, College Faculty, Predominantly White Institutions
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Jaqueline V. Dighero; Ilene N. Cruz; Gabriela Chavira – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2024
Using LatCrit and QuantCrit, we examined the effect of school climate, ethnic identity, and self-esteem on GPA in a sample of 300 Latinx high school students. We found significant positive correlations between climate and GPA as well as self-esteem and GPA. Moreover, using structural equation modeling, we found self-esteem mediated the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Public Schools, Grade 9, Grade 10
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Przymus, Steve Daniel; Malin, Karrabi – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2023
Using "testimonios," we highlight six current university Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students' funds of knowledge, or the lived experiences and culturally developed skills, specific to being DACA recipients, that these students leveraged in the past, currently lean on now for continued success, and learn what resources…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Hispanic American Students, Critical Race Theory, Family Influence
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Martinez, Eligio, Jr.; Barraza, Ever; Paredes, Audrey D. – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2023
The purpose of this study was to understand the at-home lived experiences of Latina/o/x college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Critical Race Theory as the guiding framework, the authors used storytelling to capture the at-home experiences of 19 Latina/o/x college students during the pandemic. Findings revealed how the pandemic…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics