The majority in the minority: expanding the representation of Latina/o faculty, administrators, and students in higher education

Foreword / Laura I. Rendón

Preface / Lee Jones, Jeanett Castellanos

Latina/o undergraduate experiences in American higher education / Jeanett Castellanos, Lee Jones

Historical perspectives on Latino access to higher education, 1848-1990 / Victoria-María MacDonald, Teresa García

PART ONE : UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCES AND RETENTION

Access to higher education for Hispanic students: real or illusory? / Amaury Nora

Latina/o and African American students at predominantly white institutions: a psychosociocultural perspective of cultural conguity, campus climate, and academic persistence / Alberta M. Gloria, Jeanett Castellanos

Active faculty involvement: maximizing student achievement efforts / Guadalupe Anaya, Darnell G. Cole

PART TWO : STUDENT VOICES

Notes from a Latino graduate student at a predominantly white university / Raymond "Ramón" Herrera

Latinas and the undergraduate experience: no estamos solas / Veronica Orozco

Latnia/o retention in four-year institutions / Sylvia Hurtado, Mark Kamimura

PART THREE : LATINA/O ADMINISTRATORS' EXPERIENCES AND RETENTION

Latinos and administrative positions in American higher education / Roberto Haro, Juan Francisco Lara

Latina/o cultural values and the academy: Latinas navigating through the administrative role / Kathleen Harris Canul

PART FOUR : LATINA/O FACULTY EXPERIENCES AND RETENTION

Barriers to accessing the professoriate / Raymond V. Padilla

Latina/o faculty and the tenure process in cultural context / Roberto A. Ibarra

Latinas and the professoriate: an interview with Patricia Arrendondo / Patricia Arrendondo, Jeanett Castellanos

Discrimination and merit in higher education: the Hispanic professoriate / Richard R. Verdugo

Developmental career challenges for Latnia/o faculty in higher education / Edward A. Delgado-Romero [and others]

Infrastructure that facilitates the retention of Latina/os in higher education / Jeanett Castellanos, Lee Jones.