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Latinos & Latinas in Higher Ed

Latinos & Latinas in Higher Ed. What Constitutes Success?. L.E.A.P. 2008. Dr. Victor Chacón, Presenter. Agenda. Introductions – Icebreaker Survey – 3 questions Presentation: issues & data Conclusions, resource sharing. Three questions. What does it take to succeed academically?

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Latinos & Latinas in Higher Ed

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  1. Latinos & Latinas in Higher Ed What Constitutes Success? L.E.A.P. 2008 Dr. Victor Chacón, Presenter

  2. Agenda • Introductions – Icebreaker • Survey – 3 questions • Presentation: issues & data • Conclusions, resource sharing

  3. Three questions • What does it take to succeed academically? • How do you define success? Identify it. • What stands in your way? What barriers keep you from succeeding in school?

  4. Washington Population Source: OFM

  5. Hispanic Two or More Races API Black AIAN Key White = White, Non-Hispanic Two or More Races: Non-Hispanic Hispanic = Hispanic/Latino (can be of any race) AIAN = American Indian and Alaska Native, Non-Hispanic API = Asian and Pacific Islander , Non-Hispanic Black = Black or African American, Non-Hispanic Projected Growth in Minority School-Age Population2000 - 2030 Source: Office of Financial Management, U.S. Census Bureau (Census 2000)

  6. WA State Hispanic Teachers/Students % Source: OSPI

  7. Indicators • Financial, economic • Language • Pressure: peer • Pressure: family • Pressure: cultural • Assimilation • Relationships and Communication • with Instructors • familiarity w system • Academic preparation • Personal ambition

  8. Financial Need • How to pay for school? • Education isn’t free • Federal Financial Aid • Don’t qualify? Oops… • Grants • Scholarships • Savings • P/T job • Parents • Family

  9. Language • Monolingual or Bilingual? • Asset or detriment? • Bilingual means Bicultural • Code-shifting, frame-shifting • Myth: Latinos don’t want to learn English, not assimilating • Accent: I’m embarrassed of how I speak • Be proud of who you are!

  10. Pressures • Peers, friends matter • I’m not smart... • Learning is for wimps • You think you’re better than us? • Entertainment, fun, & sports trump education • You’re young only once • I’ll do it later – later, later... • Future – what future?

  11. Relationships & Communication With – • Your close friends • Instructors, Faculty • Tutors, Mentors • Administrators, Staff • Colleges, Universities • Yourself: • Self-examination • Personal empowerment • Reading, knowledge of issues, literacy • Speak up, speak out • A.K.S.A. – MC Model

  12. Academic Preparation • Who runs academia? • Who has your interests at heart? • What do ‘they’ know about you that you don’t? • Stop being a number, communicate! • Voice your needs: • Tutoring, clarification, support w homework • El que no habla...

  13. Research Findings • Best student-teacher relationships grounded on cultural values, acceptance of who you are • Majority of Latinos lack tutor support • Family (and friends) trump education • Work trumps education • Latinos thrive in group learning situations • Most 1st year college students lack math, science skills • If it’s meant to be, it’s up to me! (Matier)

  14. Source: Post-Secondary Educational Opportunity, 2004

  15. Success Skill Development • Learn to plan, strategize, organize your life • Learn to DREAM* – dreaming’s good! Write • Set short & long-term goals for yourself • Focus on what you want, not what you don’t • Watch your negative self-talk, re-direct • Develop networking skills along the way • In order to get, learn to give, pay it forward • The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing...don’t get side-tracked

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