LEALES Summer Work Situation Analysis

Undocumented students are becoming a growing outrage in the United States. It has been a constant battle amongst the students, the schools, and the Government. According to collegeboard.com, statistics shows that 65,000 undocumented students graduate from U.S. high schools each year (collegeboard.com).After graduating high school they face legal and financial barriers to higher education. This paper will address the importance of this growing outrage and discuss the following that corresponds to it.

I. Introduction A.  Hook “The most urgent problem for the American education system has a Latino face.” (Gándara) B.  Background Information- The nation’s fastest-growing minority of the united states, it is frequently related to academic failure and dropping out; even though, most of the Hispanic students are native-Born. For this reason, it

The Houston Area Survey shows how the city of Houston has progressed over the span of thirty-five years into an immensely diverse city that the rest of America will come to look like in the future. The city has grown from being predominately Anglo to having a nice population balance

Introduction Poverty among the Latino community has converted into an endemic predicament in the development of children living in the United States. The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) indicated that poverty is uppermost with children making up 21.6% living below the poverty line in comparison to young adults (19.0%) and

In a 2004 journal by Susan Auerbach, the concept of parental influence and support for Latina/o students is addressed. Auerbach shares that, “Research suggests the pivotal role of parents in promoting students’ college going” (Auerbach, p.127). It is no mystery that parents have great influence over their children, and when a parent is uneducated on how to best advise their child regarding higher education, they are unable to use this influence to encourage attendance. Auerbach states, “Families without a tradition of college going do not have sufficient knowledge to help their children navigate pathways to college” (Auerbach, p.140). According to the Latino Eligibility Study, the single most important barrier to college access for Latino students in California is lack of active knowledge of the steps needed to go to college (Gandara, 1998,2002). Parents of first generation students need tools that can aid in the child’s success and serve as a means of knowledge on what can be a challenging and confusing process. Another issue tied to parent involvement and understanding is that, “Poor and working class Latino families come to college preparation relatively late in students’ careers, with fewer resources and more obstacles” (Auerbach, p.136). The journal supports the idea that Latino/a parents are in need of early access to college preparation education in order to be able to challenge and support their

Latino/a first generation college students are also stressed due to financial anxiety. Since, Latino/a first-generation college students come from predominately low socioeconomic status families that never thought about saving money for college, the stress about how to pay for college and tuition arises. Since these students are the first from their family to attend college, academic and financial expectations are increased with the now need to balance school and work in order to pay for their education and basic life expenses. Most low income families will benefit from the FAFSA and government grants; however, if the lack of necessary resources as mentioned above is not present. The guidance of how to fill of the FASA was mostly likely not there.

By the droves, these students, as a result of teacher expectations, are disengaging from their own education to carry out the self-fulfilling prophecy of mediocrity. The fact that 83% of educators are White, middle class women creates another layer of disconnect for Latino students who are unable to positively identify with successful role models who share their background (Gandara, 2000). Unable to see themselves reflected in the degree-earning demographics and having few encounters with educators who are adequately trained to understand their plight, Latino youth are simply rendered impotent to affect change, thus completing their assent into hopelessness.

Although the subject of education, study behavior, has been viewed as a personal matter, we believe race and gender played a role in it. We interviewed a Senior Latino student named Irving Alvisurez. Alvisurez is a first generation college student that came from Los Angeles, California. When he first came

Earning a college degree has long been considered—one of the major keys in achieving the American Dream. However, contrary to popular belief, that theory has been proven invalid. According to a recent study from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRBOSL), “Education does not help black and Hispanic college

Microaggressions are deeply rooted in society, reinforced by dialogue heard on television shows that subtly joke about real life situations. Modern day Latinos, however, are defying these stereotypes by earning a college degree and obtaining high-level positions in all

Asian Americans have had a 50% increase in university enrollment since 1991 and have the highest number of college graduates with bachelor’s degrees among minority groups with

Daniel Santos, a retired military officer, “The US government provides many opportunities for citizens to further themselves” says Daniel Santos, a retired military officer. US benefit programs have allowed Daniel and his family to have a stable home with health care, as well as numerous educational opportunities. He has passed on his strong educational values, knowing that higher education is essential for success. “Between 1971 and 1992, the number of Hispanic college students rose from 47% to 70%, and just last year there was a 24% increase in the number of Hispanics enrolled in college” reveals the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Before the 1970’s a majority of Hispanics and other minorities were uneducated. Progress to improve this has been made with scholarships and programs sponsored by colleges and the US government. Within the 20th century, the percentage of educated Hispanics has increased and surpassed the perception of minorities. Conclusively the 20th century education progress has transformed modern-day

Zarate shows us the reality that minorities face when wanting AP courses; “It appears that schools with high minority student concentrations did not increase their AP course offerings to mirror similar-sized schools’ AP offerings” (Zarate,15). Even within these students who are under the college pathway, the limited college exam preparations, AP and honors classes that they receive are not enough to make them competitive when wanting admissions to higher education. These students who are under the college pathway are usually identified as “gifted” or talented students which is only around ten percent of the total student population. For the rest of the students who have the same ability to be taking these classes if their parents, teachers, counselors or themselves do not make an effort for the students to experience these classes they will always be behind and not be in the college pathway as the other students. “Their history, which involves educational tracking and sub-standard schools, has affected Latinos’ entry into higher education. Rather than accept the prevailing myths that Latinos and other students of color come from families that do not value higher education, this insists that we recognize how they have traditionally been tracked by ineffective schools into non-college-bound majors, which has resulted in their disproportionate attendance”

Summer Early Entry was created to help students with developmental course requirements get a jump start on their academic career. Incoming freshman invited to attend the program will have the opportunity to choose from four classes and will complete up to seven credits during the five-week program.

I hear from a distance in an exhausted tone “Buenas noches hijo” which translates to “Goodnight son”. It is eleven at night and my non-English speaking parents are just arriving home from work. After a gruesome day in the labor force they are off to bed to continue this never