TY - JOUR
T1 - Increasing latina/o students' baccalaureate attainment
T2 - A focus on retention
AU - Oseguera, Leticia
AU - Locks, Angela M.
AU - Vega, Irene I.
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Notwithstanding years of retention efforts, graduation rates of Latinas/os remain alarmingly low. The purpose of this review is threefold. First, the authors go beyond traditional theory and highlight those scholars who shed new information on retention for Latina/o students. Second, they summarize factors that specifically affect Latina/o students. Third, promising practices for effectively retaining Latina/o students in higher education institutions are highlighted.
AB - Notwithstanding years of retention efforts, graduation rates of Latinas/os remain alarmingly low. The purpose of this review is threefold. First, the authors go beyond traditional theory and highlight those scholars who shed new information on retention for Latina/o students. Second, they summarize factors that specifically affect Latina/o students. Third, promising practices for effectively retaining Latina/o students in higher education institutions are highlighted.
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U2 - 10.1177/1538192708326997
DO - 10.1177/1538192708326997
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:61849136641
SN - 1538-1927
VL - 8
SP - 23
EP - 53
JO - Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
JF - Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
IS - 1
ER -