Variation Within the “New Latino Diaspora”: A Decade of Changes Across the United States in the Equitable Participation of Latina/os in Higher Education

Authors

Deryl K. Hatch, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow
Naomi Mardock Uman, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow
Crystal E. Garcia, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2016

Citation

Published in Journal of Hispanic Higher Education 2016, Vol. 15(4) 358–385.
doi 10.1177/1538192715607333

Comments

Copyright © 2015 Deryl K. Hatch, Naomi Mardock Uman, and Crystal E. Garcia. Published by SAGE Publications. Used by permission.

Abstract

This study problematizes the common discourse that rapid and widespread Latina/o demographic growth in the United States is a driving force in realizing higher education equity gains. Using equity indices for students, faculty, and administrative leaders at the state level, we present a portrait of changes in Latina/o participation in higher education over the last decade and propose a classification scheme for understanding variation across states at the intersection of changes in both demographics and equitable participation.

En este estudio se problematiza el discurso común del veloz y extendido crecimiento demográfico latino en los Estados Unidos como promotor de mayor equidad en la educación terciaria. A través de índices de equidad al nivel estatal de estudiantes, profesores y funcionarios administrativos, se presenta un retrato de los cambios en la participación de latina/os en la educación terciaria en la última década y se propone una clasificación esquemática de estados que facilita la comprensión de variantes que surgen de la confluencia entre cambios demográficos y participación equitativa.