A Mixed-Methods Perspective on Latino Male Leadership Development in Postsecondary Education

• In Event: Roundtable Session 30
  In Roundtable Session: Identity Matters in Leadership: Aspects of Race, Gender, and Culture

Abstract

This study uses a sequential explanatory mixed methods research design to explore the leadership development of 608 Latino male college students. The purpose is to understand what curricular and co-curricular factors contribute to their self-perceived change in leadership abilities over four years of college. This study is informed by quantitative data gathered by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) in the first and fourth year of college and further elucidated by one-on-one interviews with Latino students attending institutions that participate in the CIRP surveys. Factors that influence Latino males’ leadership development in college include participation in: an ethnic student organization, leadership training, and student government. Students’ social self-concept also has an effect on students’ change in leadership abilities.

Authors

• Gina Ann Garcia, University of Pittsburgh

• Adrian H. Huerta, University of California - Los Angeles