TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the nexus between community cultural wealth and the academic and social experiences of Latino male achievers at two predominantly White research universities
AU - Pérez, David
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While their contributions were not institutionally recognized, Latino male achievers reported that peers acknowledged their achievements. Miguel was inducted into the Latino Honor Society, which allowed him to establish and maintain connections with other prominent Latina/o student leaders. Furthermore, his involvement with the MSC presented opportunities to advance his “intercultural agenda” through the Undergraduate Student Association (USA), the representative branch of student government at PU. As the first Latino to serve on the USA’s senior leadership team, Miguel capitalized on this experience by collaborating with REM student leaders to address concerns regarding the USA’s “long history of racism and exclusion.” Reportedly, the results of this investigation were published in a 40-page report that was disseminated to administrators, faculty, and students at the university. Similarly, Ricardo was elected by his peers to serve as Vice President of the Student Council for SU’s Diversity Fellowship (SUDF), a merit-based scholarship program. Ricardo served on the council for three years where he organized orientation events and social gatherings for fellows. More importantly, he used this position to provide administrators with feedback on how to improve the SUDF.
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PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - Latino males are grossly underrepresented at four-year postsecondary institutions in the United States. This phenomenological study seeks to address this emergent educational crisis by focusing on the experiences of two Latino male achievers at predominantly White research universities. Community Cultural Wealth is used to explore how Latino male collegians with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) above 3.75 employed linguistic, resistant, and navigational capital to enhance their academic and social experiences during college. The reports offered by participants in this study are intended to advance knowledge regarding the experiences of Latino male collegians as well as to enhance research, policies, and practices that increase the educational attainment of Latina/o students within higher education.
AB - Latino males are grossly underrepresented at four-year postsecondary institutions in the United States. This phenomenological study seeks to address this emergent educational crisis by focusing on the experiences of two Latino male achievers at predominantly White research universities. Community Cultural Wealth is used to explore how Latino male collegians with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) above 3.75 employed linguistic, resistant, and navigational capital to enhance their academic and social experiences during college. The reports offered by participants in this study are intended to advance knowledge regarding the experiences of Latino male collegians as well as to enhance research, policies, and practices that increase the educational attainment of Latina/o students within higher education.
KW - Hispanic male undergraduates
KW - Latino male collegians
KW - achievement
KW - community cultural wealth
KW - phenomenology
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U2 - 10.1080/09518398.2014.901573
DO - 10.1080/09518398.2014.901573
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84901341189
SN - 0951-8398
VL - 27
SP - 747
EP - 767
JO - International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
JF - International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
IS - 6
ER -