Year-to-Year Persistence of Latina/o Students at a California State University Commuter Campus

• In Event: Roundtable Session 80
  In Roundtable Session: Underrepresented Groups in Postsecondary Education 2

Abstract

The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore secondary data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Freshman survey to analyze what influenced the persistence of Latina/o students at a California State University commuter campus from their first year to their second year. Hierarchical logistic regression was utilized to analyze the data. The findings of the study indicate that degree aspirations, academic goals, and the number of years they studied mathematics in high school are significant predictors of persistence from the first year to the second year of Latina/o students. Implications for future research and recommendations for practitioners are delineated in this study.

Authors

• Diliana Peregrina-Kretz, OISE/University of Toronto

• Angela M. Locks, California State University - Long Beach

• Leticia Oseguera, The Pennsylvania State University