Achieving Goals: Role of Support and Structure for Latina/o Student Post–High School Goals

• In Event: Roundtable Session 43
  In Roundtable Session: Fostering Noncognitive and Social-Emotional Skills in Out-of-School Time Settings

Abstract

The number of Latina/o students in k-12 schools is increasing every year. However, high school graduation rates for Latina/o students are very low. A review of Latina/o responses for the Minnesota Student Survey shows important trends in the role of support and structure in OST activities and their plans to go to a 4 year college. We argue that Latina/o students who report higher levels of support and participate in structured OST activities are more likely to accomplish their goals. Latina/o students with plans to attend a 4 year college or university engage in more structured activities than those in other groups, and less unstructured OST activities than groups of students with different goals.

Authors

• Raul Guzman Ayala, Carleton College

• Michael C. Rodriguez, University of Minnesota

• Jose R. Palma Zamora, University of Minnesota