Latino Students' Transitions to College: A Social and Intercultural Capital Perspective.
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...For example, borrowing from Putnam’s (2000) notion that participation in civic activities represents a form of social capital, recent findings by Nunez (2009) demonstrate a direct relationship between students’ obligations to give back to the community and Latino/a students’ sense of belonging....
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...The extent to which new students are able to manage this transition and socially integrate into the institution is an important factor for determining future success, as measured through traditional academic markers, such as grades (Kuh, Cruce, Shoup, Kinzie, & Gonyea, 2008; Zins, Bloodworth,…...
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...More recent research shows that Latino students who are socially and academically engaged at college and who are able to navigate diverse ethnic campus environments report a greater sense of connection with the university (Nuñez, 2009)....
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...The majority of belonging research at the college level has focused on the campus community and promoting belongingness among minority students (e.g., Castellanos and Jones 2003; Hurtado and Carter 1997; Nunez 2009; Strayhorn 2008a, b, 2010; Strayhorn and Saddler 2009; Walton and Cohen 2007, 2011)....
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...Alternative models that test different variables or pathways might also fit the data (Kline, 1998)....
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