Broadening the Conceptualization of the Latine Doctoral Pipeline to Support Diverse Latine Doctoral Pathways (Poster 23)

• In Event: AERA Promising Scholarship in Education Research: Dissertation Fellows and Their Research
  In Invited Poster Session: AERA Promising Scholarship in Education Research: Dissertation Fellows and Their Research Poster Session

Abstract

Latine are the largest racial-ethnic minority group in the United States, comprising 19% of the US population. Yet, they make up a mere seven percent of all doctoral degree recipients. Most studies on Latine doctoral pathways focus solely on Latine that have successfully enrolled into programs and have not examined the contemporary impact of COVID-19 on doctoral access. My study compares the PhD application pathways of 45 Latine who applied and enrolled (enrollees) in doctoral programs and who applied and did not enroll (aspirants). The findings suggest that Latine aspirants report greater instances of participating in research programs that lack equity-oriented infrastructure and racially hostile climates. Latine application processes are further disadvantaged by race-neutral institutional responses to COVID-19.

Author

• Maricela Bañuelos, University of California - Irvine