Hispanic Student Experience

The most important service offered to Latina students at East Los Angeles College is the Latina Completion and transfer Academy. The reason this service is the most important is because of their self-efficacy through cultural relevant teaching and learning, they empower and support Latinas, their main goal is to succeed in maintaining high rate of transferring out members. The academy provides their own courses with flexible hours that members can attend as well as childcare during those courses. They also provide private tutoring and textbooks to ensure the success of members. Their main focus is to have members transfer to a UC or obtain certificates.

There are many data that show Latinx high school dropout rates have significantly decreased while Latinx college enrollment has increased. In 1996, the dropout rate for Latinx high school students was thirty four percent. Twenty years later that rate decreased by more than half and was at a record ten percent in 2016. That same year, forty-seven percent of Latinx high school graduates enrolled in a post-secondary institution, up fifteen percentage points from 1999 (Gramlich, 2017). Despite Latinx college enrollment being at an all-time high compared to former years, Latinx are still inordinately behind other groups in obtaining a post-secondary degree.

Hispanics overcoming challenges by: Tejas Kar Many people from all over the world have overcome many challenges. For example, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandala, Abraham Lincoln and minor people like Rosa Parks. Many other people, like Hispanics have also overcome a wide varied of challenges.

Hispanics, initial drawbacks frequently come from their parents ' immigrant and economic position and their sparse knowledge regarding the United States education system. While Hispanic students navigate through the school system, insufficient resources in schools and their awkward rapport with teachers continues to weaken their academic achievement. Initial drawbacks continue to mount up, causing the Hispanic population in having the least high school and college degree accomplishment, which is counterproductive of having a possibility for stable employment. According to Portman & Awe (2009) school counselors and comprehensive school counseling programs are anticipated to play a dynamic role in addressing the discrepancy between diverse

The Hispanic Student Association, or HSA for short, was founded in 1999 by Nestor "Ito" Rodriguez the former president of HSA. Who is now currently the head of the Hispanic alumni council and married to Jaclyn Rodriguez. The organization is located on the main campus in the university center (UC) through the involvement zone in room 221. The purpose of HSA is to spread and demonstrate to other students the marvels of the Hispanic culture and to enrich their minds of the cultural diversity that is around them. To accomplish this HSA does many social events and gatherings, such as the St. Jude walk/run and Hispanic heritage month, which allows students of any background to come and enjoy the Hispanic culture in a safe and discrimination free

According to the authors only little focus has been given to Latinas in college, the reason being for the low number of educational attainment. For this specific survey, Ten Latinas who were first-generation college students were interviewed for an hour each. The interview consisted of questions that touched on life roles, challenges faced in the academic environment, cultural impact, impact that college causes the family and community, and the difficulties faced of being a Latina in college. Fitting in and redefined career development pathways were the two themes that were very noticeable in the interviews. Latina students main concern was fitting in with the family and in the college environment and being criticized for not being “Latina enough”.

One of my biggest supporters are my parents. Their support and conviction about the worth of acquiring an education has shaped my beliefs, values and ambition to continue higher education and use my career in a progressive way to give back to my community. Unfortunately, not everyone had the same support system like I did. Many of my peers struggled whether to continue their education or financially support their family. This is a very dangerous reality within the Latino community that needs to be addressed and resolved immediately.

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund is a student group on campus that aimed to provide support and resources to Hispanic students at Columbia and Barnard. I was responsible for keeping minutes at meetings, sending out weekly newsletters, and planning events. I joined this group because I wanted to be more involved in the Hispanic community on campus and wished to be in a position to benefit this community as well. I attended weekly Saturday meetings and helped in the planning of at least 1 event every month. I left the group due to personal problems that forced me to focus more on my mental health and school.

Limary Rodríguez, 21 years old and from development, education and empowerment of young in the Latino community. I believe in the transformation of our communities by the exchange of ideas and the inclusion of all. But, in order achieve, we as young people need platforms like this program to help us grow as líderes and individuals. I have not had any relevant professional experience. But I am prepared to live new experience that will make me grow as a professional and a better human being.

Being an immigrant and first generation college student, I took the time to think about what I want. My counselor recommended SCU because of the high quality of the education. SCU is a very competitive college in California. I was looking for the school that offer good engineering major, a comfortable learning environment, and location; SCU provide what I need. Because San Jose is close to my home in Seattle, I can continue to help to family.

“Grade retention among Latinos is linked to high school dropout rates, about 11% of Hispanic youth who had dropped out of high school had been retained in a grade at some point in their school career, compared to 4.3% of Hispanic youth who completed”. (Adriana D. Kohler and Melissa Lazarín.)

CHAPTER FOUR Proposed Data Analysis Plan To describe the sample in this study and to answer the proposed three research questions, the following analyses will be used: Description of the Sample In describing the sample, the following data will be presented; distribution of subjects’ income, parents’ level of education, and distribution of subjects’ mean response values in the areas of self-handicapping, self-efficacy, and capital. A Pearson correlation and Standard Equation Modeling (SEM) will be conducted to identify linear relationships and the relationships between the measured variables respectively. To determine how the factors are connected, the distribution of subjects’ holistic mean response will be used to prepare semi-structured

It is getting harder for immigrants living in the United States to fulfill their American Dream, which causes them to put pressure on their first generation American child to fulfill the dream for them. To many immigrant parents, the Dream consist of getting a high paying stable job, and being able to provide for the rest of the family. However, even if a first generation child goes to a well respected college to get the stable, high paying job of their parents dreams, it is sometimes not enough. Due to language barriers and ethnic sounding names, first generation Americans are constantly being put down by employers who care more about appealing to the White public than provide an educated person a job. Immigrant parents fail to understand

The primary users of this study are the Hispanic students, even though the population is small. According to http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Baring-Philadelphia-PA.html, there are 0.6% of Hispanics that do not speak English in the school. 57.7 % of the families in this community are below the poverty level. Majority of the parents in that community have little education themselves. There are only 0.3 % Hispanic students attending the school, so there won’t be much of a need for specific cultural information on Spain.

Martha Peraza SOC 3340 Inequality in Education California State University, Bakersfield Abstract In the United States, there exists a gap in equality for different demographics of students. The factors contributing to educational disadvantages include socioeconomic struggles, gender of students, language or culture, and particularly for the scope of this paper, race.