“I Didn't Know What Anti-Blackness Was Until I Got Here”: The Unmet Needs of Black Students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

2021 ◽  
pp. 004208592110449
Author(s):  
Whitney N. Pirtle ◽  
Breanna Brock ◽  
Nonzenzele Aldonza ◽  
Kaline Leke ◽  
Dallas Edge
Keyword(s):  
Black Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Hispanic Serving Institutions ◽  
Institutional Embeddedness ◽  
Hispanic Serving ◽  
Minority Serving Institutions

Amidst institutional reckonings with anti-blackness, minority-serving institutions (MSIs) are thought to be an intervention. But, how do Black students perceive being served at Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs)? Analyzing focus groups ( n= 33), we find Black students perceived anti-blackness at an HSI from: overrepresentation of white personnel in power; lack of culturally attuned and financial support; racially hostile climate; and little solidarity from non-Black Latinx and other peers. We show that HSIs contend with anti-Black institutional embeddedness, too, and argue that the goals of HSIs to serve racially minoritized students will not be achieved unless they address institutional, organizational, and interpersonal anti-Blackness.

scholarly journals The Intentional and the Grassroots Hispanic-Serving Institutions: A Critical History of Two Universities

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Doran ◽  
Øscar Medina
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Transformational Change ◽  
Hispanic Serving Institutions ◽  
Transformational Process ◽  
Critical History ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Hispanic Serving ◽  
Physical Spaces ◽  
Minority Serving Institutions

This study examines the institutional histories of Loma Verde University and Azul City University and their development over time into Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Utilizing a theoretical framework of transformational change, we focus on various aspects of these institutions, including curriculum, the allocation of physical spaces, and the creation of programs that specifically serve Latinx students. The study makes use of archival documents that tell the story of the struggles at each institution to cultivate a campus that addressed the needs of Latinx students to promote their long-term academic success. The findings suggest that these institutions were on paths that were heavily influenced by their local contexts and student population; that the transformational process to serving Latinx students was long and faced setbacks; and that their successes came in different forms. These conclusions indicate that the histories of Hispanic-Serving Institutions may be as rich and diverse as the Latinx population itself, furthering the notion that these institutions are unique among other types of Minority-Serving Institutions.

scholarly journals Further Contextualizing Racial Identity: Multiracial Students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

JCSCORE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-68
Author(s):  
Nik Cristobal ◽  
Marc P. Johnston-Guerrero ◽  
Gina A. Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Hispanic Serving Institutions ◽  
Multiracial Students ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Diverse Student Body ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Hispanic Serving ◽  
Minority Serving Institutions

Despite the recent growth of literature on multiracial college students, there is still limited understanding about multiracial students at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). This qualitative study explores the interplay of racialized identity and the unique contexts of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) using data from eight multiracial students attending two HSIs in the Midwest. Findings explore how students made sense of their multiracial identities within specific ecological contexts of HSIs, including a mesosystem of diversity and inclusion and an exosystem of Latinidad. Overall, multiracial students generally felt included and provide a promising platform to better understand the unique positioning of HSIs in serving an increasingly diverse student body.

scholarly journals Centering Hispanic-Serving Institutions’ strategies to develop talent in computing fields

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1842582
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie Núñez ◽  
Jessica Rivera ◽  
Jennifer Valdez ◽  
Victoria Barbosa Olivo
Keyword(s):  
Hispanic Serving Institutions ◽  
Hispanic Serving

Assessing the Benefits of College Internships at a Hispanic Serving Institution

2021 ◽  
pp. 153819272110416
Author(s):  
Amy Adamczyk ◽  
Katheryn Crawford ◽  
Yuna Kim
Keyword(s):  
Hispanic Serving Institutions ◽  
Hispanic Serving Institution ◽  
Hispanic Serving

Few studies have investigated the usefulness of internships at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) where internships can have major financial and time-related costs. Focusing on a 4-year public HSI, this study examines differences between internship and non-internship students and changes across the semester for development in a range of areas. A structured internship appears to have some value, including increased interaction with faculty outside of the classroom, and confidence in verbally expressing ideas and class presentations.

scholarly journals In a State of Becoming: How Institutions Communicate Asian American and Pacific Islander- and Latinx-Servingness Through Campus Artifacts

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-119
Author(s):  
Cynthia Maribel Alcantar ◽  
Blanca E. Rincón ◽  
Kristine Jan Espinoza
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Pacific Islander ◽  
Ethnographic Methods ◽  
Western State ◽  
Hispanic Serving Institutions ◽  
Hispanic Serving

This study examines the ways campus artifacts communicate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)- and Latinx-servingness at dually designated Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs) and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). Using critical ethnographic methods, the researchers collected data at three AANAPISI- HSIs regionally concentrated in a western state. Findings from this study reveal that the campus environments of the three institutions were in a state of flux and are captured through two interconnected themes that emerged from the data: striving to become and undermining progress towards becoming. This study has implications for understanding how AANAPISI-HSIs communicate AAPI- and Latinx-servingness through campus artifacts.

Diversity and Rehabilitation Counseling: A Historical Perspective of the Contributions of Minority Serving Institutions to the Field of Rehabilitation Counseling

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-158
Author(s):  
Bridget H. Staten ◽  
David Staten ◽  
Antoinette C. Hollis ◽  
Tyra Turner Whittaker
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Black Colleges ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Tribal Colleges And Universities ◽  
History Of ◽  
Hispanic Serving ◽  
Minority Serving Institutions

This article provides a historical overview of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Asian American and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AAPISIs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). A review of the history of MSIs and their inception is covered. Also, trends in federal support for MSIs is provided to gain a better understanding of the importance of these institutions to the field of rehabilitation counseling. A historical perspective of rehabilitation counselor education programs is provided including the role of the Council on Rehabilitation Education. Implications for additional empirical research are provided.

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