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ERIC Number: ED641193
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 118
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3811-6921-8
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Completing College at Hispanic Serving Institutions: Campus Practices and Strategies for Student Success
Xochilth Valeria Lopez-Salgado
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles
Over the past decade there has been a growing number of studies that focus on Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), however, there has only recently been a push to examine these institutions with an asset-based lens given that HSIs may be doing more with less. This study examined how HSIs integrate student and institutional identities and engage in transformative practices and strategies to serve Latinx students and their increasingly diverse students. The study sheds light on how HSIs organize for student success with their existing resources, obtain federal agency support, and strive to serve students with multiple minoritized social identities. To peel back the layers to understand the movements of institutional change this study employed a multiple case study design using public data, websites, and interviews with administrators, faculty, and student affairs staff from three four-year HSI institutions. This allowed for an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon of organizational change and servingness across different levels of work. Garcia, Nunez & Sansone's (2019) multidimensional conceptual framework effectively revealed the multitude of factors that describe the ways in which institutions operationalize their HSI identity and organize for student success. Through cross-case analysis, findings will guide institutions in disrupting current structures to strive for equity-minded approaches. Key findings are institutions' proactive recruitment efforts, students' role in co-creating culturally sustaining initiatives, data-driven decision making, financial aid as a praxis of care, strategies in diversifying faculty and the use of HSI grants for cross campus collaborative models that creates momentum for a culture shift in institutions. Many of these initiatives were the impetus for institutional transformation embedded in practices after data revealed an increase in more equitable outcomes. Implications for future research and practice on servingness in HSIs is discussed. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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