The Role of Dual Enrollment and Institutional Agents in College Identity Formation and Socialization of Latino Males at Community Colleges

• In Event: Roundtable Session 20
  In Roundtable Session: Identity Formation and College Success Among Latino and African American Men

Abstract

The scant body of literature on dual enrollment programs states that these programs promote postsecondary participation. However, no study has examined the influence of dual enrollment participation on working-class, first-generation, low- to middle-achieving Latino male students and how dual enrollment may inculcate a college-going mindset and how institutional agents encourage or impede this process. Results indicate that participants interacted with various institutional agents who provided various forms of funds of knowledge and helped inculcate a college-going mindset. This study provides a clearer picture of the structured inequalities in the educational pipeline and how dual enrollment can circumvent these artificial educational systems within a Latino student context, policy makers and educators can enhance college participation and completion rates.

Author

• Hugo Alberto Garcia, University of Nevada - Las Vegas