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Book SynopsisHow can striving Hispanic-Serving Institutions serve their students while countering the dominant preconceptions of colleges and universities?Winner of the AAHHE Book of the Year Award by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher EducationHispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)not-for-profit, degree-granting colleges and universities that enroll at least 25% or more Latinx studentsare among the fastest-growing higher education segments in the United States. As of fall 2016, they represented 15% of all postsecondary institutions in the United States and enrolled 65% of all Latinx college students. As they increase in number, these questions bear consideration: What does it mean to serve Latinx students? What special needs does this student demographic have? And what opportunities and challenges develop when a college or university becomes an HSI? In Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Gina Ann Garcia explores how institutions are serving Latinx students, both through traditional
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction. What It Means to Serve Students
Chapter 1. Creating the Dominant Narrative: The Racialization of Postsecondary Institutions
Chapter 2. White Institutions Becoming HSIs: The Case of Chicago
Chapter 3. Enhancing the Cultural Experience of Latinx Students
Chapter 4. Serving the Latinx Community in the Third Space
Chapter 5. Pushing the Bar on Legitimized Outcomes
Chapter 6. Reframing the HSI Narrative
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