Their Encouragement and Support Matters: The Influence on First-Generation Latina College Students' Academic Expectations

• In Event: 63.066 - Social Justice: Hispanics in Higher Education

Abstract

One possible explanation for Latinas’ low rates of participation in higher education is the effect of culturally gendered norms and familial expectation on the formation of a Latina’s possible self. The current quantitative study examined perceived mother and father encouragement on Latina first generation college students’ academic expectations.

Author

• Amber Michelle Gonzalez, California State University - Sacramento