The Latina/o Pathway to the Ph.D. by Hector Garza

There is a paucity of the Latina/o faculty and leaders whom research shows are essential for changing campus climate and influencing institutions to adapt to the needs of a changing student body. Regardless of the type of higher education institution they attend, Latinas/os often encounter social and academic isolation, unaffordable costs, and lack of support.This historic under-representation has created a vicious cycle of limited social and economic mobility. When Latina/o students do enter higher education, few attend those colleges or universities that are gateways to graduate degrees. Given that by twelfth grade half will stop out or be pushed out of high school, and only seven percent will complete a college degree, it is not surprising so few enter graduate studies.

The under-education of Latina/o youth begins early. It proposes educational and administrative strategies to open up the pipeline, and institutional practices to ensure access, support, models and training for Latinas/os aspiring to the Ph.D. This is the first book specifically to engage with the absence of Latinas/os in doctoral studies.

and is disproportionately under-represented in college and in graduate programs. The Latina/o population constitutes the largest racial and ethnic minority group in the U.S.

The Latina/o Pathway to the Ph.D. by Hector Garza