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.