High-achieving Latino students : successful pathways toward college and beyond

• Other Authors: Paik, Susan J. (Editor), Kula, Stacy M. (Editor), González, Jeremiah J. (Editor), González, Veronica V. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, inc., 2020.
• Series: Research in educational productivity.
• Subjects: Hispanic Americans > Education.; Hispanic Americans > Education, Higher.; Hispanic American students.; Hispanic American college students.; Academic achievement > Social aspects > United States.; Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.; Educational strategies and policy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806605828
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-64802-012-4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 284 pages) : illustrations

"High-Achieving Latino Students: Successful Pathways Toward College and Beyond addresses a long-standing need for a book that focuses on the success factors of Latino students in the US. Much of the research focuses on the failure of Latino students or uses a deficit lens; this book uses a stre...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Carl A. Cohn
• Introduction and overview: Using AI? success lens to understand latino achievement / Susan J. Paik, Stacy M. Kula, Jeremiah J. González, and Verónica V. González
• Part I. Social, cultural, and familial capital
• Chapter 1. High-achieving latino students at elite colleges: The role of school structure and pre-college programs in k-12 preparation / Jeremiah J. González
• Chapter 2. Asset-based factors of high-achieving puerto rican high school students: Understanding familial and social capital / René Antrop-González
• Chapter 3. Madres y abuelas (mothers and grandmothers): Informing and shaping high-achieving latinx college students' educational success / Jeanett Castellanos, Alberta M. Gloria, Oscar F. Rojas Pérez, and Monica Quezada
• Chapter 4. High-achieving first-generation latino community college students: Their journeys, struggles, and stories of success / Verónica V. González
• Part II. Individual agency and other strength-based factors
• Chapter 5. High-achieving latino students in low-performing high schools: The importance of resilience / Liliana Jarvis
• Chapter 6. Family, community, and culture: A framework for culturally-rooted grit (crg) in second-generation high-achieving latino students at elite colleges and universities / Stacy M. Kula
• Chapter 7. From surviving to thriving: Critical perspectives on high-achieving latino undergraduate males at selective universities / David Pérez II, Victor B. Sáenz, and Jorge Burmicky
• Part III. Untold stories of success: Barriers and opportunities
• Chapter 8. Contexts that facilitate academic success and college pathways for undocumented students: Lessons from early academic experiences of high-achieving, undocumented latino students attending highly-selective private colleges / Gloria Itzel Montiel
• Chapter 9. Científicos latinxs: Uncovering the counter story of success in stem / Laura Rendón, Amaury Nora, Ripsimé Bledsoe, and Vijay Kanagala
• Chapter 10. The life and success of sonia sotomayor: Perseverance and productive giftedness / Susan J. Paik, Kenya R. Marshall-Harper, Charlina Gozali, and Tammy Johnson
• Part IV. Intervention and strategies that promote high achievement
• Chapter 11. Early intervention matters: Towards AI? path of high achievement for latino middle school males / Eligio Martínez Jr. and Michelle Castellanos
• Chapter 12. High-achieving latinx k-12 students: Factors that support academic achievement and school persistence toward stem careers / Hersh C. Waxman, Mario I. Suárez, and Yolanda N. Padrón
• Chapter 13. Serving gifted, advanced, and high-ability latino students: Programming for success / Jaime A. Castellano
• Part V. Conclusion and recommations: What works in practice, research, and policy
• Chapter 14. Why school leaders matter in supporting high achievement: Reflections for school leadership / Gudiel R. Crosthwaite
• Chapter 15. The importance of effective practices for high-achieving students: Reflections for practice / Jeremiah J. González, Verónica V. González, Stacy M. Kula, and Susan J. Paik
• Chapter 16. Good research and policy matter for school success: Reflections for research & policy / Stacy M. Kula, Susan J. Paik, Verónica V. González, and Jeremiah J. González
• Biographies.