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“ A pesar de todo ” (Despite Everything): The Persistence of Latina Graduate Engineering Students at a Hispanic‐Serving Institution
Author(s) -
AguirreCovarrubias Sandra,
Arellano Eduardo,
Espinoza Penelope
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.20152
Subject(s) - institution , persistence (discontinuity) , higher education , graduate students , sociology , medical education , pedagogy , psychology , political science , engineering , social science , medicine , law , geotechnical engineering
This chapter discusses a mixed‐methods study of personal and programmatic factors that affected persistence of Latina graduate engineering students at a Hispanic‐serving institution (HSI). The study's findings enabled us to share recommendations that may be useful to HSIs and other colleges and universities.