Date of Award
2020
Degree Type
Open Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Education PhD, Joint with San Diego State University
Program
School of Educational Studies
Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair
Deborah Faye Carter
Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member
Luke Duesbery
Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member
Eligio Martínez
Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member
Valerie Ooka Pang
Terms of Use & License Information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Rights Information
© 2020 Freddie Sánchez
Keywords
Community Cultural Wealth, Higher Education, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Latino Males, Retention
Subject Categories
Education
Abstract
This qualitative dissertation explores factors that contribute to first-generation Latino male retention and graduation at California State Universities (CSU) that are also designated as Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI). This study is informed by the main research question: How do Latino males use their own Community Cultural Wealth for their retention while enrolled at southern California CSUs designated as Hispanic-Serving Institutions? Utilizing Yosso (2005) Community Cultural Wealth model as the Theoretical framework guiding the research study, the study explores how participants used the various forms of capital: Aspirational, Familial, Linguistic, Navigational, Resistant and Social to successfully graduate. A phenomenological design was used in the study. Individual interviews, questionnaires and a photo elicitation process were part of the data collection design. This dissertation expands on Yosso’s (2005) Community Cultural Wealth Model. Findings include additional forms of capital that supported students through graduation: Valor (courage), Spiritual/Religious Capital and Ser Servicial (compassion to serve & give back). Implications for research, theory and practice are presented in this study with a focus on how four-year Hispanic-Serving Institutions in southern California can increase the retention and subsequent graduation of Latino males.
ISBN
9798662407886
Recommended Citation
Sánchez, Freddie. (2020). Factors Influencing the Retention and Graduation of Latino Male Students: Four-Year Hispanic-Serving Institutions. CGU Theses & Dissertations, 647. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/647.
