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Chicano/Latino Males, Social Mobility and Military Enlistment

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ID9729889
AuthorsEligio Martinez (0000-0002-3773-1371, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, USA, corresponding author), Adrian H Huerta (0000-0002-6920-9350, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA)
Year2020
Volume52
Issue1
Pages117-142
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0013124518785021
OpenAlexW2883589718
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited46

Chicanos/Latinos comprise the largest racial and ethnic population in the U.S. public K-12 schools, yet hold some of the largest rates of academic underperformance in high school and college completion. This study aims at understanding the academic trajectories of five Chicano/Latino males and their decision to enlist in the military after high school graduation. Using in-depth semistructured interviews, participants discussed the role that high school structures, family, social capital, and sociocultural forces played in their career decision-making process. Results showed that students viewed the military as a way of upward social mobility and their most viable career option after completing high school. The study also highlights the lack of resources available to students who may not be viewed as college material by school personnel

Academic achievement · Cultural capital · Ethnic group · Graduation (instrument · Medical education · Mexican americans · Pedagogy · Population · Social capital · Social mobility · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Career Development and Diversity · Demography · Education and Military Integration · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology

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