Programs and Strategies to Increase Latino Students’ Educational Attainment

Bibliographic Data

ID9730002
AuthorsRoberto Haro (San Francisco State University, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume36
Issue2
Pages205-222
Publication date2004-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0013124503261331
OpenAlexW2076966079
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited5

This article presents strategies that Latino parents and Latino students need to know regarding preparing for and selecting the best undergraduate college or university for the career desired, especially if the choice involves engineering, mathematics, or the sciences. Access to pertinent information on preparation for admission to a college or a university of choice, and then how to negotiate the system to graduate in a timely manner with high grades, is discussed. Sources for advice on going to college can be located at community centers, public libraries, schools, and especially outreach programs and the internet. Moreover, the role of faculty and of academic-guidance personnel on most good campuses that are able to assist students to make informed decisions about career plans is provided. Whether a Latina or Latino student succeeds in going to graduate school involves having correct information, interacting and mentoring with supportive faculty, learning to use a computer with Internet capabilities, and completing a rigorous academic program

Academic achievement · Community college · Graduate students · Medical education · Negotiation · Outreach · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Public university · Sociology · The Internet · Computer Science · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Psychology

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