Latinos'intent to persist in Community College: a comparison between the experiences of first- and non-first generation Latino community college students in San Diego County, California
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2017-01-12
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This
master’s
thesis
answers
the
question
how
the
intent
to
persist
is
formed
for
first-‐generation
Latino
community
college
students
and
how
this
differs
from
non-‐first-‐generation
Latino
community
college
students
in
San
Diego.
This
is
vital,
since
Latinos
in
the
United
States
have
the
lowest
percentage
of
graduates
and
first-‐generation
Latino
students
have
an
even
lower
persistence
rate
than
non-‐first-‐generation
Latino
students
(Reyes
and
Nora
2012).
I
have
created
statements
about
Latino
student
persistence,
which
aided
me
to
conduct
semi-‐structured
interviews
with
first-‐
and
non-‐first-‐generation
Latino
students
at
Southwestern
Community
College.
I
conclude
that
students
from
both
groups
have
formed
a
strong
desire
to
succeed
in
college
prior
to
college
and
that
this
desire
has
been
reinforced
on
campus.
The
only
difference
is
that
the
first-‐generation
students
have
less
time
available
to
study
or
be
involved
in
college
than
non-‐first-‐generation
Latino
students,
because
of
their
financial
worries.
Though,
the
non-‐first-‐generation
students,
who
also
struggled
financially,
had
just
as
little
time
available
as
the
first-‐generation
students.
While
Reyes
and
Nora
argue
for
more
comparative
research
between
first-‐
and
non-‐first-‐generation
students,
this
thesis
concludes
that
more
meaningful
results
can
be
found,
when
the
students
are
instead
differentiated
by
their
social
statuses.
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