What Does Habitus Have to Do With It? Latino Males From the Bronx and the Transition From High School to College

• In Event: Poster Session 11
  In Poster Session: Hispanic Research Issues SIG Poster Sessions

Abstract

Although Latinos are the fastest growing ethnic population they are the least represented in higher education. Also coupled with the low enrollment rate is a noticeable gender difference between Latino males and females (Fry, 2002; Saenz & Ponjuan, 2009). This project aims to expand the discourse concerning Latinos in higher education by specifically focusing on Latino males whose ethnicity and geographical location are virtually absent from the current literature. It hopes to shed light on how students engage in the transition process and what role their habitus plays in the transition. Students’ dispositions toward higher education was shaped by family, school, peer, and a need resist the stereotypical constructs of what it a Latino male from the Bronx is.

Author

• Alejandro E. Carrion, City University of New York