Sylvia Hurtado
Biographic Data
| ID | 280130 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sylvia Hurtado |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sylvia |
| FAMILY NAME | Hurtado |
| SIGNATURE | HURTADO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1530-9970 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 398 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Institutionalizing grant-funded interventions
Research training interventions and undergraduate sense of belonging in the first year of college
Employing propensity scores to create balanced groups of student participants and a control group (controlling for selection effects), multivariate analysis revealed that students involved in the training program had a higher sense of belonging in college than the control group. • students’ mentoring experiences explain variation in sense of belonging attributable to the program and suggest that mentorship in the first year contributes to student…
Cross‐Institutional Mentoring
Bold interventions are needed to change racial disparities and unacceptably low STEMM completion rates at historically white institutions that have the resources to train a new generation of scientists with diverse backgrounds. Three university case studies were conducted on the Meyerhoff Adaptation Partnership, which sought to develop student‐centered programs to improve student outcomes and change STEMM institutional cultures. We employ an inst…
An Innovative Biomedical Research Training Model
Much is told regarding the need for greater diversity in the biomedical research workforce in terms of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. However, there are few evidence-based models that are tested and can have significant effects in this regard. Thus, there is a need for development and evaluation of innovative models that may help train a more diverse biomedical research workforce. In this study, we provided the rationale, conceptual m…
The Role of STEM Program Directors in Broadening the Impact of STEM Interventions
STEM transformation has been a longstanding goal for higher education institutions who not only wish to maintain global economic competitiveness but most recently have also aimed efforts at achieving STEM equity. While researchers have typically looked to students’ and faculty’s experiences for answers, STEM program directors possess great insight from working closely with students in both faculty and administrative roles. This study explores the…
High School and College Choice Factors Associated with High-Achieving Low-Income Students’ College Degree Completion
Gaps in college degree completion between low-, middle-, and high-income college students are typically attributed to differences in academic preparation and ability. However, high-achieving, low-income students are still less likely to graduate from college than their high-achieving, high-income counterparts. This study explores completion rates at the end of the Great Recession, using a community cultural wealth framework to examine additional …
Latinx Student Assets, College Readiness, and Access
While previous research has focused on the continuing educational disparities between the growing Latinx population and other racial/ethnic groups, this study focuses on the importance of the assets and enrichment opportunities that determine variability in Latinx student college access. Using the nationally representative 2009–2016 High School Longitudinal Study data, the authors employed multivariate analyses to study the effects of five asset …
Now Is the Time”
Cultivating citizens for American democracy has historically been a key purpose of higher education, yet today's college students are in contact with more divergent worldviews, increasing demographic diversity sometimes accompanied by fear of “the other,” and resulting conflict in policies amid rising inequality. Now is the time to recenter civic learning within and across all institutions and disciplines, as well as undertake more critical appro…
Improving Underrepresented Minority Student Persistence in STEM
Members of the Joint Working Group on Improving Underrepresented Minorities (URMs) Persistence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)—convened by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute—review current data and propose deliberation about why the academic “pathways” leak more for URM than white or Asian STEM students. They suggest expanding to include a stronger focus on the in…
Defining Attributes and Metrics of Effective Research Mentoring Relationships
Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Thinking about Race
Racial identity salience is an important component of identity development that is associated with a number of educational outcomes. Using the Diverse Learning Environments Survey, this study identifies precollege and college experiences that contribute to a heightened salience of racial identity, and its relationship to perceptions of campus climate
What matters in college for retaining aspiring scientists and engineers from underrepresented racial groups
This longitudinal study examined factors that contribute to the persistence of underrepresented racial minority (URM) undergraduates in STEM fields. The primary source of data came from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's 2004 The Freshman Survey (TFS) and 2008 College Senior Survey (CSS). The sample included 3,670 students at 217 institutions who indicated on the TFS that they intended to major in a STEM field, 1,634 of whom were un…
Making a Difference in Science Education
To increase the numbers of underrepresented racial minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), federal and private agencies have allocated significant funding to undergraduate research programs, which have been shown to increase students’ intentions of enrolling in graduate or professional school. Analyzing a longitudinal sample of 4,152 aspiring STEM majors who completed the 2004 Freshman Survey and 2008 Colleg…
From Gatekeeping to Engagement
The lack of academic engagement in introductory science courses is considered by some to be a primary reason why students switch out of science majors. This study employed a sequential, explanatory mixed methods approach to provide a richer understanding of the relationship between student engagement and introductory science instruction. Quantitative survey data were drawn from 2,873 students within 73 introductory science, technology, engineerin…
A Model for Diverse Learning Environments
We Do Science Here”
Faculty members play a key role in the identification and training of the next generation of scientific talent. In the face of the need to advance and diversify the scientific workforce, we examine whether and how specific institutional contexts shape student interactions with faculty. We conducted a mixed methods study to understand institutional contextual differences in the experiences of aspiring scientists. Data from a qualitative five-campu…
Developing Pluralistic Skills and Dispositions in College
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMark E. EngbergMark E. Engberg is an Assistant Professor at Loyola University of Chicago, and Sylvia Hurtado is Profesor and Director of HERI at the University of California, Los Angeles.Sylvia HurtadoMark E. Engberg is an Assistant Professor at Loyola University of Chicago, and Sylvia Hurtado is Profesor and Director of HERI at the University of California, Los Angeles
Considering the Impact of Racial Stigmas and Science Identity
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMitchell J. ChangMitchell Chang and Sylvia Hurtado are Professors of Higher Education and Organizational Change at the University of California, Los Angeles.M. Kevin EaganMitchell Chang and Sylvia Hurtado are Professors of Higher Education and Organizational Change at the University of California, Los Angeles.Monica H. LinKevin Eagan is a postdoctoral research fellow at the UCLA Higher Education Research…
Diversifying Science
Extending Notions of Campus Climate and Diversity to Students' Transition to College
This study builds upon previous research on the effect of diversity on college students by examining and modeling the effects of diversity experiences for students of color and White students' transition to college. Specifically, structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to examine the direct and indirect effects of interactions with diverse peers and their sense of belonging in the second year at public universities. Positive interactions with …
Assessing the value of climate assessments
The authors synthesize existing climate research and climate instruments, as well as introduce several frameworks to help educators understand how institutions and researchers have assessed diversity in the college environment. Over 90 instruments were reviewed and examined for their attention to multiple dimensions of the campus climate, diversity initiatives, and outcomes measures that capture students ’ values, skills, and knowledge for partic…
Linking Diversity with the Educational and Civic Missions of Higher Education
Linking Diversity with the Educational and Civic Missions of Higher Education Sylvia Hurtado (bio) "The greatest challenge facing Americans is to accept and take pride in defining ourselves as a multiracial democracy." —President Bill Clinton's Initiative on Race, 1998 In this address, I will lay out the practical, theoretical, and empirical rationale for linking diversity with the central educational and civic mission of higher education. While …
Nine themes in campus racial climates and implications for institutional transformation
This chapter synthesizes fifteen years of published research on campus racial climates. It also presents nine themes that emerged from a qualitative study of campus racial climates at five predominantly White universities.
Predicting transition and adjustment to college
Effects of College Transition and Perceptions of the Campus Racial Climate on Latino College Students' Sense of Belonging
Sylvia Hurtado, Deborah Faye Carter, Effects of College Transition and Perceptions of the Campus Racial Climate on Latino College Students' Sense of Belonging, Sociology of Education, Vol. 70, No. 4 (Oct., 1997), pp. 324-345
The Campus Racial Climate
(1992). The Campus Racial Climate. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 63, No. 5, pp. 539-569
The Next Generation of Diversity and Intergroup Relations Research
Recent court decisions and cultural shifts have led to a new focus for work on equity and equality of outcomes in educational settings. This article reviews the contributions of recent diversity studies and then focuses on a longitudinal study of 4,403 college students attending nine public universities. Results show that student interaction with diverse peers during college results in changes in student cognitive, social, and democratic outcomes…
Latino Educational Outcomes and the Campus Climate
The authors present a longitudinal study aimed at understanding the factors that affect educational outcomes for Latinos. They explore Latino students’ perceptions of the campus climate, their sense of belonging in college, their analytical skills and abilities, and their development of a pluralistic orientation necessary to function in a diverse workplace. They conclude with a discussion of implications for improving the climate of public, 4-yea…
Assessing the value of climate assessments
The authors synthesize existing climate research and climate instruments, as well as introduce several frameworks to help educators understand how institutions and researchers have assessed diversity in the college environment. Over 90 instruments were reviewed and examined for their attention to multiple dimensions of the campus climate, diversity initiatives, and outcomes measures that capture students ’ values, skills, and knowledge for partic…
We Do Science Here”
Faculty members play a key role in the identification and training of the next generation of scientific talent. In the face of the need to advance and diversify the scientific workforce, we examine whether and how specific institutional contexts shape student interactions with faculty. We conducted a mixed methods study to understand institutional contextual differences in the experiences of aspiring scientists. Data from a qualitative five-campu…
Thinking about Race
Racial identity salience is an important component of identity development that is associated with a number of educational outcomes. Using the Diverse Learning Environments Survey, this study identifies precollege and college experiences that contribute to a heightened salience of racial identity, and its relationship to perceptions of campus climate
Considering the Impact of Racial Stigmas and Science Identity
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMitchell J. ChangMitchell Chang and Sylvia Hurtado are Professors of Higher Education and Organizational Change at the University of California, Los Angeles.M. Kevin EaganMitchell Chang and Sylvia Hurtado are Professors of Higher Education and Organizational Change at the University of California, Los Angeles.Monica H. LinKevin Eagan is a postdoctoral research fellow at the UCLA Higher Education Research…
Developing Pluralistic Skills and Dispositions in College
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMark E. EngbergMark E. Engberg is an Assistant Professor at Loyola University of Chicago, and Sylvia Hurtado is Profesor and Director of HERI at the University of California, Los Angeles.Sylvia HurtadoMark E. Engberg is an Assistant Professor at Loyola University of Chicago, and Sylvia Hurtado is Profesor and Director of HERI at the University of California, Los Angeles
Modeling Accentuation Effects
Additional informationNotes on contributorsThomas F. Nelson LairdThomas F. Nelson Laird, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University. Mark E. Engberg, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan. Sylvia Hurtado, Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.Mark E. EngbergThomas F. Nelson Laird, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University. Mark E. Engberg, Cen…
Making a Difference in Science Education
To increase the numbers of underrepresented racial minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), federal and private agencies have allocated significant funding to undergraduate research programs, which have been shown to increase students’ intentions of enrolling in graduate or professional school. Analyzing a longitudinal sample of 4,152 aspiring STEM majors who completed the 2004 Freshman Survey and 2008 Colleg…
Now Is the Time”
Cultivating citizens for American democracy has historically been a key purpose of higher education, yet today's college students are in contact with more divergent worldviews, increasing demographic diversity sometimes accompanied by fear of “the other,” and resulting conflict in policies amid rising inequality. Now is the time to recenter civic learning within and across all institutions and disciplines, as well as undertake more critical appro…
Graduate School Racial Climates and Academic Self-Concept among Minority Graduate Students in the 1970s
Longitudinal data on African American and Chicano students attending graduate school in the 1970s is used to test a model reflecting the influence of parental socioeconomic status (SES), gender, precollege assessments, and the graduate school's racial climate on academic self-concept. The study establishes that early influences and the components of academic self-concept change as students move into adulthood. Minority females consistently lag be…
The Campus Racial Climate
(1992). The Campus Racial Climate. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 63, No. 5, pp. 539-569
Graduate School Racial Climates and Academic Self-Concept among Minority Graduate Students in the 1970s
Longitudinal data on African American and Chicano students attending graduate school in the 1970s is used to test a model reflecting the influence of parental socioeconomic status (SES), gender, precollege assessments, and the graduate school's racial climate on academic self-concept. The study establishes that early influences and the components of academic self-concept change as students move into adulthood. Minority females consistently lag be…
Does College Make a Difference? Long-Term Changes in Activities and Attitudes
Latino student transition to college
Effects of College Transition and Perceptions of the Campus Racial Climate on Latino College Students' Sense of Belonging
Sylvia Hurtado, Deborah Faye Carter, Effects of College Transition and Perceptions of the Campus Racial Climate on Latino College Students' Sense of Belonging, Sociology of Education, Vol. 70, No. 4 (Oct., 1997), pp. 324-345
Enhancing Campus Climates for Racial/Ethnic Diversity
This paper summarizes findings from classic and contemporary research on campus racial climate according to a four-dimensional model: (a) an institution’s historical legacy of inclusion or exclusion of various racial/ethnic groups, (b) its structural diversity, or the numerical representation of various racial/ethnic groups, (c) the psychological climate of perceptions and attitudes between and among groups, and (d) the behavioral climate, of cam…
Diversity and Higher Education
In the current context of legal challenges to affirmative action and race-based considerations in college admissions, educators have been challenged to articulate clearly the educational purposes and benefits of diversity. In this article, Patricia Gurin, Eric Dey, Sylvia Hurtado, and Gerald Gurin explore the relationship between students' experiences with diverse peers in the college or university setting and their educational outcomes. Rooted i…
Latino Educational Outcomes and the Campus Climate
The authors present a longitudinal study aimed at understanding the factors that affect educational outcomes for Latinos. They explore Latino students’ perceptions of the campus climate, their sense of belonging in college, their analytical skills and abilities, and their development of a pluralistic orientation necessary to function in a diverse workplace. They conclude with a discussion of implications for improving the climate of public, 4-yea…
The Next Generation of Diversity and Intergroup Relations Research
Recent court decisions and cultural shifts have led to a new focus for work on equity and equality of outcomes in educational settings. This article reviews the contributions of recent diversity studies and then focuses on a longitudinal study of 4,403 college students attending nine public universities. Results show that student interaction with diverse peers during college results in changes in student cognitive, social, and democratic outcomes…
Modeling Accentuation Effects
Additional informationNotes on contributorsThomas F. Nelson LairdThomas F. Nelson Laird, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University. Mark E. Engberg, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan. Sylvia Hurtado, Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.Mark E. EngbergThomas F. Nelson Laird, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University. Mark E. Engberg, Cen…
Linking Diversity with the Educational and Civic Missions of Higher Education
Linking Diversity with the Educational and Civic Missions of Higher Education Sylvia Hurtado (bio) "The greatest challenge facing Americans is to accept and take pride in defining ourselves as a multiracial democracy." —President Bill Clinton's Initiative on Race, 1998 In this address, I will lay out the practical, theoretical, and empirical rationale for linking diversity with the central educational and civic mission of higher education. While …
Nine themes in campus racial climates and implications for institutional transformation
This chapter synthesizes fifteen years of published research on campus racial climates. It also presents nine themes that emerged from a qualitative study of campus racial climates at five predominantly White universities.
Predicting transition and adjustment to college
Extending Notions of Campus Climate and Diversity to Students' Transition to College
This study builds upon previous research on the effect of diversity on college students by examining and modeling the effects of diversity experiences for students of color and White students' transition to college. Specifically, structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to examine the direct and indirect effects of interactions with diverse peers and their sense of belonging in the second year at public universities. Positive interactions with …
Assessing the value of climate assessments
The authors synthesize existing climate research and climate instruments, as well as introduce several frameworks to help educators understand how institutions and researchers have assessed diversity in the college environment. Over 90 instruments were reviewed and examined for their attention to multiple dimensions of the campus climate, diversity initiatives, and outcomes measures that capture students ’ values, skills, and knowledge for partic…
Diversifying Science
We Do Science Here”
Faculty members play a key role in the identification and training of the next generation of scientific talent. In the face of the need to advance and diversify the scientific workforce, we examine whether and how specific institutional contexts shape student interactions with faculty. We conducted a mixed methods study to understand institutional contextual differences in the experiences of aspiring scientists. Data from a qualitative five-campu…
Developing Pluralistic Skills and Dispositions in College
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMark E. EngbergMark E. Engberg is an Assistant Professor at Loyola University of Chicago, and Sylvia Hurtado is Profesor and Director of HERI at the University of California, Los Angeles.Sylvia HurtadoMark E. Engberg is an Assistant Professor at Loyola University of Chicago, and Sylvia Hurtado is Profesor and Director of HERI at the University of California, Los Angeles
Considering the Impact of Racial Stigmas and Science Identity
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMitchell J. ChangMitchell Chang and Sylvia Hurtado are Professors of Higher Education and Organizational Change at the University of California, Los Angeles.M. Kevin EaganMitchell Chang and Sylvia Hurtado are Professors of Higher Education and Organizational Change at the University of California, Los Angeles.Monica H. LinKevin Eagan is a postdoctoral research fellow at the UCLA Higher Education Research…
From Gatekeeping to Engagement
The lack of academic engagement in introductory science courses is considered by some to be a primary reason why students switch out of science majors. This study employed a sequential, explanatory mixed methods approach to provide a richer understanding of the relationship between student engagement and introductory science instruction. Quantitative survey data were drawn from 2,873 students within 73 introductory science, technology, engineerin…
A Model for Diverse Learning Environments
Making a Difference in Science Education
To increase the numbers of underrepresented racial minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), federal and private agencies have allocated significant funding to undergraduate research programs, which have been shown to increase students’ intentions of enrolling in graduate or professional school. Analyzing a longitudinal sample of 4,152 aspiring STEM majors who completed the 2004 Freshman Survey and 2008 Colleg…
What matters in college for retaining aspiring scientists and engineers from underrepresented racial groups
This longitudinal study examined factors that contribute to the persistence of underrepresented racial minority (URM) undergraduates in STEM fields. The primary source of data came from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's 2004 The Freshman Survey (TFS) and 2008 College Senior Survey (CSS). The sample included 3,670 students at 217 institutions who indicated on the TFS that they intended to major in a STEM field, 1,634 of whom were un…
Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Thinking about Race
Racial identity salience is an important component of identity development that is associated with a number of educational outcomes. Using the Diverse Learning Environments Survey, this study identifies precollege and college experiences that contribute to a heightened salience of racial identity, and its relationship to perceptions of campus climate
Higher Education Research Studies (29 works) · Psychology (29 works) · Sociology (22 works) · Political science (20 works) · Medicine (17 works) · Mentoring and Academic Development (17 works) · Higher education (14 works) · Pedagogy (14 works) · Career Development and Diversity (13 works) · Medical education (12 works)