US: Exploring the experiences of Latina/o students

The latest, special issue of the Harvard Educational Review highlights the needs and interests of Latina/o students enrolled in American colleges and the ever-increasing population of future Latina/o undergraduates. It draw on the tradition of consejos - words of wisdom coming from those with experience - honouring both the insights of its contributors and the interpersonal advice that was critical to the persistence of many of the Latina/o students whose stories are presented in the journal.

Through six scholarly articles and eight personal narratives, the journal collection "identifies unexplored questions, unchallenged assumptions, and new insights regarding Latina/o students' undergraduate experiences", it says, and urges readers to heed these lessons and to respond to the wake-up call for critically examining the existing structures and barriers to personal and intellectual development that are particular to Latina/o undergraduates.

Contents

Harvard Educational Review
Winter 2009

* Foreword - Sylvia Hurtado
* Editors' Introduction
* "Ángeles, Sacrificios, y Dios: A Puerto Rican Woman's Journey Through Higher Education" - Marisa Rivera
* "Latina/o Undergraduate Students Mentoring Latina/o Elementary Students: A Borderlands Analysis of Shifting Identities and First-Year Experiences" - Dolores Delgado Bernal, Enrique Alemán Jr and Andrea Garavito
* "Existentialism at Home, Determinism Abroad: A Small-Town Mexican American Kid Goes Global" - a Joe Robert González
* "From the Bricks to the Hall" - Mellie Torres
* "The Re-education of a Pocha-Rican: How Latina/o Studies Latinized Me" - Arelis Hernandez
* "Sin Papeles y Rompiendo Barreras: Latino Students and the Challenges of Persisting in College" - Frances Contreras
* "Dimensions of the Transfer Choice Gap: Experiences of Latina and Latino Students Who Navigated Transfer Pathways" - Estela Mara Bensimon and Alicia C Dowd
* Critical Race Theory, Racial Microaggressions, and Campus Racial Climate for Latina/o Undergraduates - Tara Yosso, William Smith, Miguel Ceja, and Daniel Solórzano
* "ME: Mexican American and Educated" - Marlen Vasquez
* "Increasing Latino/a Representation in Math and Science: An Insider's Look" - Jarrad Aguirre
* "Challenging Racist Nativist Framing: Acknowledging the Community Cultural Wealth of Undocumented Chicana College Students to Reframe the Immigration Debate" - Lindsay Pérez Huber
* "Results Not Typical: One Latino Family's Experiences in Higher Education" - Margarita Jimenez-Silva, Norma V Jimenez Hernandez, Ruth Luevanos, Dulcemonica Jimenez and Abel Jimenez Jr.
* "Barriers to Success: A Narrative of One Latina Student's Struggles" - Jannell Robles
* "The Xicana Sacred Space: A Communal Circle of Compromiso for Educational Researchers" - Lourdes Diaz Soto, Claudia G Cervantes-Soon, Elizabeth Villarreal, and Emmet E Campos

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