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Running Head: FACULTY AS INSTITUTIONAL AGENTS
FACULTY AS INSTITUTIONAL AGENTS FOR LOW-INCOME LATINO STUDENTS
IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS FIELDS AT
A HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION
by
Cecilia Santiago
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2012
Copyright 2012 Cecilia Santiago
Object Description
| Title | Faculty as institutional agents for low-income Latino students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields at a Hispanic-serving institution |
| Author | Santiago, Cecilia |
| Author email | santiagc@usc.edu;cecy_santiago@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-09-18 |
| Date submitted | 2012-11-21 |
| Date approved | 2012-11-21 |
| Restricted until | 2012-11-21 |
| Date published | 2012-11-21 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Venegas, Kristan M. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Dowd, Alicia C. Lundberg, Carol |
| Abstract | Despite the exponential growth of Latinos during the past decade and an increase in higher education participation, there continues to be a gap in degree attainment compared to other ethnic and racial groups in this country. This gap is even greater for low-income Latino students seeking a degree in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. A proposed solution for this gap has been the designation of funding for institutions with high Latino enrollment, known as Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). However, little is known about the impact that these institutions have on student outcomes and even less, on how being Hispanic-Serving influences the practices of those who teach and lead within this context. ❧ The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the ways in which faculty, who were nominated by students, acted as institutional agents for low-income Latino students in STEM disciplines at Esperanza University, a four-year public Hispanic-serving Institution. The interviews of the five students and six faculty members who participated in this study reinforced the significance of student-faculty relationships, as those relationships facilitate the students’ integration into the academic and social fabric of the institution. Their stories illustrated the different forms of support that faculty offer their students, which characterizes them as institutional agents. The results of this study affirmed that faculty members are in a position to contribute positively and significantly to the educational experience and success of low-income Latino students, specifically those in high demand fields like STEM. |
| Keyword | faculty; Hispanic-serving institutions; institutional agents; Latinos; social capital; STEM |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Santiago, Cecilia |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-SantiagoCe-1328.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | Running Head: FACULTY AS INSTITUTIONAL AGENTS FACULTY AS INSTITUTIONAL AGENTS FOR LOW-INCOME LATINO STUDENTS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS FIELDS AT A HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION by Cecilia Santiago A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2012 Copyright 2012 Cecilia Santiago |
