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
| dc.contributor.advisor | Vries, L. de | |
| dc.contributor.author | Regterschot, Mitchell | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-01-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/5367 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.thesis.faculty | Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen | en_US |
| dc.thesis.specialisation | Conflicts, Territories and Identities | en_US |
| dc.thesis.studyprogramme | Master Human Geography | en_US |
| dc.thesis.type | Master | en_US |
| dc.title | 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 | en_US |
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