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Income gap between whites, Latinos has grown at four-year colleges
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Dr. Sylvia Hurtado
...is Professor of Education and Director of the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSEIS). She is faculty affiliate with the Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA. Dr. Hurtado’s research focuses on the success of diverse students in diverse college environments. She has written over 50 articles, book chapters, and three books with a specific focus on campus climate, transition to college, intergroup relations, student outcomes, and diversity in higher education. Dr. Hurtado led national projects on talented Latina/o students in higher education, underrepresented students in the sciences, and teaching and learning in higher education. She is past president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. She earned her Ph.D. from UCLA, Ed.M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education, and A.B. from Princeton University.
Victor B. Saenz, Ph. D.
...is an assistant professor in Higher Education Administration and a faculty associate with the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a faculty affiliate with HERI at UCLA. Prior to working at UT-Austin, Dr. Sáenz was the research manager for the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) where he coordinated several national data collection efforts and studies of college students in partnership with institutions across the country. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA in Higher Education and Organizational Change with a focus on access, equity, and diversity issues in postsecondary education. He also received a Masters Degree in Education (UCLA), Masters degree in Public Affairs (1999) and a Bachelors degree in Mathematics (1996) from the University of Texas at Austin.
José Luis Santos, Ph. D.
...is assistant professor of Higher Education and Organizational Change in the Department of Education, UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, and affiliate scholar of HERI. He is faculty affiliate with the Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA. Professor Santos is a former associate of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. He specializes in higher education economics, finance, and policy. His research centers on comparative state policy research in higher education, involving public finance—government sponsored investments in students and resource allocation. He is concerned with determining whether federal, state, and institutional policies adequately boost educational and economic outcomes for traditionally underrepresented students. He earned his Ph.D. in the area of higher education economics and finance policy from the University of Arizona’s Center for the Study of Higher Education.
Nolan L. Cabrera
...is a Ph.D. candidate in Higher Education & Organizational Change in UCLA’s Graduate School of Education. Cabrera has worked as a research associate in UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute on an NIH-sponsored project regarding racial diversity in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. He has also worked on a project examining the effects of dismantling affirmative action on minority access to the University of California. Cabrera’s dissertation research focuses on White men in higher education, their views on race, and how they change during college. He earned his M.A. from UCLA, his B.A. from Stanford University, and will complete the Ph.D. in 2009.
For further information, please contact the Higher Education Research Institute at 310-825-1925 or via e-mail at heri@ucla.edu.
Income gap between whites, Latinos has grown at four-year colleges
Advancing in Higher Education: A Portrait Of Latina/o College Freshmen At Four Year Institutions, 1975–2006
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Dr. Sylvia Hurtado
...is Professor of Education and Director of the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSEIS). She is faculty affiliate with the Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA. Dr. Hurtado’s research focuses on the success of diverse students in diverse college environments. She has written over 50 articles, book chapters, and three books with a specific focus on campus climate, transition to college, intergroup relations, student outcomes, and diversity in higher education. Dr. Hurtado led national projects on talented Latina/o students in higher education, underrepresented students in the sciences, and teaching and learning in higher education. She is past president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. She earned her Ph.D. from UCLA, Ed.M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education, and A.B. from Princeton University.
Victor B. Saenz, Ph. D.
...is an assistant professor in Higher Education Administration and a faculty associate with the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a faculty affiliate with HERI at UCLA. Prior to working at UT-Austin, Dr. Sáenz was the research manager for the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) where he coordinated several national data collection efforts and studies of college students in partnership with institutions across the country. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA in Higher Education and Organizational Change with a focus on access, equity, and diversity issues in postsecondary education. He also received a Masters Degree in Education (UCLA), Masters degree in Public Affairs (1999) and a Bachelors degree in Mathematics (1996) from the University of Texas at Austin.
José Luis Santos, Ph. D.
...is assistant professor of Higher Education and Organizational Change in the Department of Education, UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, and affiliate scholar of HERI. He is faculty affiliate with the Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA. Professor Santos is a former associate of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. He specializes in higher education economics, finance, and policy. His research centers on comparative state policy research in higher education, involving public finance—government sponsored investments in students and resource allocation. He is concerned with determining whether federal, state, and institutional policies adequately boost educational and economic outcomes for traditionally underrepresented students. He earned his Ph.D. in the area of higher education economics and finance policy from the University of Arizona’s Center for the Study of Higher Education.
Nolan L. Cabrera
...is a Ph.D. candidate in Higher Education & Organizational Change in UCLA’s Graduate School of Education. Cabrera has worked as a research associate in UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute on an NIH-sponsored project regarding racial diversity in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. He has also worked on a project examining the effects of dismantling affirmative action on minority access to the University of California. Cabrera’s dissertation research focuses on White men in higher education, their views on race, and how they change during college. He earned his M.A. from UCLA, his B.A. from Stanford University, and will complete the Ph.D. in 2009.
For further information, please contact the Higher Education Research Institute at 310-825-1925 or via e-mail at heri@ucla.edu.