From High School to College: Parental Practices of Latino First-Generation College Students

• In Event: Bridging Home, Community, and School: Latino Parent Aspirations for Higher Education

Abstract

Despite efforts of several Chicana/o-Latina/o researchers to document the experiences of parents in the educational process of their children, most mainstream higher education researchers have consistently overlooked the study of the engagement of Latino parents at home and school. Given the strong familial ties often attributed to Latina/o communities, examining Latino parental engagement is a viable avenue to increase high school graduation and college enrollment rates. This study is based on a survey and in-depth iterative interviews with a purposive sub-sample seeking to document parent practices. Using Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth Framework, this study seeks to understand the multiple ways Latino parents contribute to, participate in, and influence the college transition of their children.

Author

• Lisceth Brazil - Cruz, University of California - Davis