As the Hispanic/Latin* population in the United States experiences rapid growth, a concerning decline in college completion rates among these students demands further investigation. This study aims to establish an understanding of historical disparities that pervade the provision of advanced education and experiences, which consequently impact…

An interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used in the current study to examine how Latinx counselors-in-training (CITs) define and experience psychological safety in their classroom environments while enrolled in CACREP-accredited master's degree programs in the United States. In the present study, IPA was employed to make sense of the…

The dissertation examined the significance of disaggregated data in relation to college students' sense of belonging among Latinx ethnic subgroups. Sense of belonging has been positively associated with student persistence, retention, and completion of degree (Korpershoek et al., 2020). Latinx consist of numerous ethnic subgroups, and…

Hispanic and Latinx students are typically an underperforming population at many colleges and universities across the country, but that is not the case at one Hispanic Serving Institution in Georgia. The Hispanic and Latinx student population at Dalton State College is an anomaly when it comes to their retention and graduation rates. This study…

For more than a century, the state of Florida has been home to a rich, diverse cultural tradition and history stemming from its pan-ethnic Latine population. While large metropolitan areas such as Miami and Orlando are home to sizable Latine communities, the idyllic and traditionally West-Central region of the state currently experiences a…

Latinidad and Blackness are typically conceptualized as individual cultural and ethnoracial identities throughout the United States. Latinidad embraces diverse experiences based on ethnicity, race, geography, dialect, citizenship, food, and more. Despite the rapid population increase of Latinas/os/xs in the United States, especially in higher…

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the gender inequities of unpaid household and childcare labor, especially for Black and Latina mothers who are also breadwinners. Notwithstanding, higher educational attainment has been found to be an important predictor of earnings and reentry into the labor market although disparities of earnings for women of…

The purpose of this study was to compare reading scores of students and school systems using the Trilingual process (public charter district) to students and school systems using the Dual Language, Bilingual, and ESL process (public school district). Participants were low socioeconomic status Grade 3 Hispanic/Latinx students. Focused in this…

This qualitative research examined factors that influence baccalaureate degree completion among low-income, first- and second-generation Mexican and Dominican students. This research explored the challenges that students from these specific Latino sub-groups confront throughout their college careers. The literature review offered a historical…

While the number of graduate students from different parts of the world in the United States is decreasing, the trend in Latin American populations is the opposite. Nonetheless, the current lack of information regarding the reasons behind this tendency, in terms of English language proficiency and cultural aspects, affects all parts involved:…

Employing an archival research approach, this study explores the formation of Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida. As one of the few institutions to open its doors with a specific mission to promote greater international understanding, this study explores diasporic migration and community formation in efforts to challenge the…

In the current study, the researcher investigated if there was a significant difference in Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) reading scale scores between English as a Second Language students who were instructed using the System 44 program and students who were instructed in a more traditional setting. The current study…

This study explores the interplay of bilingualism, identity, literacy and culture for CubanAmerican students in the Cuban diaspora. I contextualize their experiences within the social, historical, and political background of Cuban immigration, situating their stories within the conflicting narratives of Cuban-American imagination in the U.S., to…