Becoming Hispanic-serving institutions : opportunities for colleges and universities

Becoming Hispanic-serving institutions : opportunities for colleges and universities /

"Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)--not-for-profit, degree-granting colleges and universities that enroll at least 25 percent or more Latinx students--are among the fastest-growing segments in America. They now represent 13 percent of all postsecondary institutions in the United States and e...

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Main Author: Garcia, Gina Ann, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Higher Education.
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Education (Higher)
Hispanic Americans > Education (Higher) > Case studies.
Hispanic American college students > Services for.
Hispanic American college students > Services for > Case studies.
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration.
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration > Case studies.
Educational equalization > United States.
Educational equalization > United States > Case studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. What it means to serve
  • Creating the dominant narrative: the racialization of postsecondary institutions
  • White institutions becoming HSIS: the case of Chicago
  • Enhancing the cultural experience of Latinx students
  • Serving the Latinx community in the third space
  • Pushing the bar on legitimized outcomes
  • Reframing the HSI narrative.

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