Browsing by Author "Nora, Amaury"

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    Future research on Hispanic students: What have we yet to learn? and What new and diverse perspectives are needed to examine Latino success in higher education?
    Crisp, Gloria; Nora, Amaury (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, 2012-07-01)
    The paper expands a recent review by Nora and Crisp (2009) by offering a line of investigation that identifies research most needed to advance our understanding of how Hispanic students experience college, with a focus toward identifying factors that support student success. First, the authors highlight several specific methodological, conceptual, and theoretical issues limiting the existing knowledge base on Hispanic students. Within the identification of those issues, the authors call for new perspectives that they hope researchers will consider in studying the success of Hispanic college students. Then, they discuss what they believe to be areas of research that deserve the immediate attention of higher education scholars, incorporating recommendations from scholars engaged in work on Hispanic student success.
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    Hispanic Student Participation and Success in Developmental Education
    Crisp, Gloria; Nora, Amaury (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, 2012-07-01)
    The paper’s aim is to summarize what is currently known regarding Latino/a students who participate in developmental education at both two and four-year institutions. The authors begin by describing the characteristics of developmental education. Next, they provide a profile of characteristics and outcomes for Latino/a students who participate in remediation. A brief synthesis of the developmental education literature is given, providing emphasis to studies that have included or disaggregated findings for Latino/a students. They conclude with key recommendations for research, theory, and policy.
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    Hispanics and Higher Education: An Overview of Research, Theory, and Practice
    Crisp, Gloria; Nora, Amaury (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, 2009)
    Latinos lag behind other groups educationally (Fry, 2004). In 2000, only 10% of Hispanics aged 25–29 had earned a bachelor’s degree or higher compared to 34% of Whites and 18% of African-Americans (Llagas & Snyder, 2003). This variation in postsecondary educational attainment has caused substantial labor market inequalities with this population. In contrast to African-Americans who continue to suffer from discrimination that contributes to disparities in earnings, Hispanics are presently paid comparably to Whites given the same amount of education (National Research Council, 2006). This paper gives an overview of the main issues that Latino student face in higher education.
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    Lost Among the Data: A Review of Latino First Generation College Students
    Salis Reyes, Nicole Alia; Nora, Amaury (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, 2012-07-01)
    The paper’s aim is to provide a profile of what is currently known about Hispanic first-generation college students. Since there is relatively little extant literature that specifically examines the experiences of Hispanic first-generation college students; however, the authors construct this profile in part through extractions from the growing bodies of literature that have been written to provide information on Hispanic college students as well as on first-generation college students more generally.
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    Overview Of Hispanics In Science, Mathematics, Engineering And Technology (Stem): K-16 Representation, Preparation And Participation
    Crisp, Gloria; Nora, Amaury (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, 2012-07-01)
    The paper’s aim is to summarize what is currently known regarding Hispanic students in STEM. The authors begin with a summary of pre-college circumstances known to influence Latino/a students’ decisions to major in STEM as undergraduate students. A synthesis of what is known to date regarding the factors impacting the retention of Hispanic students in STEM fields is then provided. They conclude with key recommendations for research, policy and practice.
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    Priced Out: A Closer Look at Postsecondary Affordability for Latinos
    Rendon, Laura I.; Dowd, Alicia C.; Nora, Amaury (Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, 2012-08-16)
    A key barrier to college access and completion for Latinos is financial. Latino families experience the college affordability landscape in dramatically different ways than White and Asian families, whose needs may well be met by their own ability to pay for college and by existing federal, state, and institutional aid. Latinos, however, are being priced out of college because this cohort is disadvantaged by high rates of poverty, limited financial, academic and social capital, high levels of unmet financial need, high risk of accruing unmanageable debt, and financial illiteracy. Consequently, this article aims to illuminate the importance of college affordability for Latino students and families, to highlight the extent of borrowing and debt for Latinos, to identify challenges to accessing financial aid, and to provide federal policy recommendations that can facilitate Latino student financing of higher education.