La Familia and Other Secret Ingredients to Latinx Student Success

Jennifer M. Matos

La Familia and
Other Secret Ingredients
to Latinx Student Success

PETER LANG

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Brussels • Vienna • Oxford • Warsaw

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Matos, Jennifer, author.
Title: La familia and other secret ingredients to Latinx student success / Jennifer Matos.
Other titles: Fulfilling their dreams.
Description: New York: Peter Lang, 2019.
Revision of author’s thesis (doctoral)—University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011, titled Fulfilling their dreams: Latina/o college student narratives on the impact of parental involvement on their academic engagement.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019014101 | ISBN 978-1-4331-6720-1 (hardback: alk. paper)
ISBN 978-1-4331-6756-0 (paperback) | ISBN 978-1-4331-6830-7 (ebook pdf)
ISBN 978-1-4331-6831-4 (epub) | ISBN 978-1-4331-6832-1 (mobi)
Subjects: LCSH: Hispanic American children—Education.
Hispanic American parents—United States.
Education—Parent participation—United States.
Academic achievement—United States.
Classification: LCC LC2669 .M37 2019 | DDC 371.829/68073—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019014101
DOI 10.3726/b15695

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About the author

Jennifer M. Matos is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She teaches courses on racism, oppression and education, self-awareness, and teacher preparation. She is a graduate of the UMASS Amherst Social Justice Education program.

About the book

Almost like a well-kept family recipe, there exists in education secret ingredients into what makes Latinx students successful. La Familia and Other Secret Ingredients to Latinx Student Success demonstrates how Latinx parents, a well-kept secret ingredient, assist with the academic success of Latinx students at all educational levels. Understanding the power of this secret ingredient—and how to use it—can have a profound impact on success for Latinxs students and can be used as a model for how to work with and support students from all marginalized groups. La Familia and Other Secret Ingredients to Latinx Student Success is suitable for educators at all levels. This book can be used in general education and teacher preparation courses, ethnic studies courses, training for individuals in helping professions, or to launch exciting new dialogue.

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Table of Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. What Is Parental Engagement?

Chapter 3. Understanding Latinx Parental Engagement

Chapter 4. How Latinx Parental Engagement Became Invisible

Chapter 5. Manifestations of Cultural Capital: Participants at Smith College

Chapter 6. Manifestations of Cultural Capital: Participants at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Chapter 7. Manifestations of Cultural Capital: Participants at Holyoke Community College

Chapter 8. Latinx Parental Engagement: A Portrait in Two Puerto Rican Communities

Chapter 9. The Recipe for Latinx Student Success

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