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Chapter 12 - Student Success Considerations for First-generation, Working-class Latinx College Students

from Part III - Institutional Arrangements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

By
Norma A. Núñez-Pacheco  and
Georgianna L. Martin
Edited by
Blake R. Silver  and
Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron
Blake R. Silver
Affiliation:
George Mason University
Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron
Affiliation:
George Mason University
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Summary

College access does not begin or end with an acceptance letter; it continues throughout students’ college experiences, especially for first-generation, working-class Latinx students who are experiencing many college milestones for the first time. It is predicted by scholars that the rapid growth of the Latinx population will make them a large college applicant pool in the near future. These predictions show that retention efforts for Latinx students are an important investment for institutions of higher education. However, support for Latinx first-generation, working-class college students is often lacking at universities. In this conceptual chapter, we center on first-generation, working-class Latinx students of immigrant origin and the identity intersections experienced by individual students to equip administrators, academic advisors, and university data analysts with the knowledge to improve Latinx student success efforts through an overview of (1) academic advising, (2) data analytics, (3) social class, and (4) theories and frameworks related to the identity intersections of Latinx students.

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student successLatinxfirst generationworking classacademic advisingdata analyticssocial classsocial capitalLatino critical race theory
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Supporting College Students of Immigrant Origin
New Insights from Research, Policy, and Practice
 , pp. 249 - 267
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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