LatinX Students in Higher Education

Nichole Margarita Garcia is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Rutgers University, USA.

“Garcia provides an important and much-needed work that situates Latinx success and achievement in higher education within a cultural framework that is refreshing and long overdue. LatinX Students in Higher Education is the book that we all need to read. It is historically rich, culturally relevant, and has powerful Counter-Stories that disrupt and replace deficit framing of LatinX students, families and histories. This powerful book needs to be a staple in all libraries.” Tyrone C. Howard, University of California, Los Angeles, USA “A Powerful, Comprehensive Contribution to Understanding LatinX College Students—Dr. Nichole Margarita Garcia's LatinX Students in Higher Education offers a meaningful resource for practitioners, scholars, and policymakers seeking to actualize visions of equity for LatinX college students. The book does an incredible job of synthesizing decades of research in a manner accessible to various audiences, while providing a much-needed intervention in the introduction of the LatinX Intergenerational Bendiciones Framework that accounts for students' unique backgrounds By situating her work in asset-based frameworks, Dr. Garcia reimagines what success looks like for LatinX students in the 21st century, uplifting their talents and knowledges in important and contextually relevant ways.” Antonio Duran, Arizona State University, USA “A Courageous Framework for Understanding LatinX Student Success— The LatinX Intergenerational Bendiciones Framework honors and pushes beyond the intellectual genealogies from which it emerges to re-envision student success. With a nuanced examination of how white supremacy impacts LatinX students and powerful counterstory narratives, Dr. Garcia sheds light on the urgent need for systemic reform. This book is essential reading for all educators and policy makers who are serious about educational justice.” Dolores Delgado Bernal, Loyola Marymount University, USA

• 1. Framing LatinX Demographics and Higher Education Terminology in the U.S. 2. Historical Deficit Racial Framing of LatinX Student Academic Achievement and Success 3. LatinX Academic Achievement and Student Success in the 21st Century 4. Critical Perspectives on LatinX Student Success: Asset-Based Theoretical and Methodological Frameworks from Critical Race Theory and Chicana Feminisms 5. LatinX Intergenerational Bendiciones Framework for Student Success