Opening book details…
Can I read Hispanic-serving institutions in American higher education : their origin, and present and future challenges on EtoBox?
Hispanic-serving institutions in American higher education : their origin, and present and future challenges by Jesse Perez Mendez; Fred A. Bonner II; Josephine Méndez-Negrete; Robert T. Palmer; Josephine Méndez-Negrete; Frank Hernandez; Laura I Rendon is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hispanic-serving institutions in American higher education : their origin, and present and future challenges about?
Annotation This is the first book to exclusively address Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), filling a major gap in both the research on these institutions and in our understanding of their approaches to learning and their role in supporting all students while focusing on Hispanic students. Born out of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1992 and are classified as such if their enrollment of Latino students account for a quarter of their undergraduate enrollment, the number of HSIs and their impact in higher education is growing. Today there are approximately 370 HSIs, 277 emerging HSIs, and their numbers are steadily increasing. Given the projected growth of the Latino population, and HSIs record of advancing the success for Hispanic students in STEM fields, as well as of graduating nearly a third of all Hispanic bachelor s degree recipients, their work has important implications for higher education at large. Written by leading and rising scholars on HSIs, this book offers insight into the complexity of these institutions. It not only addresses historic policy origins, but also describes the experiences of various student populations served, faculty issues (i.e.,
Who reads Hispanic-serving institutions in American higher education : their origin, and present and future challenges?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jesse Perez Mendez; Fred A. Bonner II; Josephine Méndez-Negrete; Robert T. Palmer; Josephine Méndez-Negrete; Frank Hernandez; Laura I Rendon
- Publisher
- Stylus Publishing, LLC
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781000976991
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Education
Other editions & translations
More by Jesse Perez Mendez; Fred A. Bonner II; Josephine Méndez-Negrete; Robert T. Palmer; Josephine Méndez-Negrete; Frank Hernandez; Laura I Rendon
Similar books
- Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Opportunities for Colleges and Universities (Reforming Higher Education: Innovation and the Public Good) — Gina Ann Garcia (2019)
- Hispanic-Serving Institutions : Advancing Research and Transformative Practice — Anne-Marie Nunez; Sylvia Hurtado; Emily Calderón Galdeano (2015)
- American Higher Education: Issues and Institutions (Core Concepts in Higher Education) — John R. Thelin (2017)
- Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Practice: Defining "Servingness" at HSIs (hc) (Hispanics in Education and Administration) — Gina Ann Garcia (2020)
- Educational Challenges at Minority Serving Institutions — Marybeth Gasman, Andrés Castro Samayoa, William Casey Boland, Paola "Lola" Esmieu (2018)
- Teaching Writing with Latino/a Students : Lessons Learned at Hispanic- Serving Institutions — Murphy, Susan Wolff; Cárdenas, Diana; Kirklighter, Cristina (2007)