Hispanic-serving institutions: advancing research and transformative practice

Despite the increasing numbers of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and their importance in serving students who have historically been underserved in higher education, limited research has addressed the meaning of the growth of these institutions and its implications for higher education. Hispanic-Serving Institutions fills a critical gap in understanding the organizational behavior of institutions that serve large numbers of low-income, first-generation, and Latina/o students. Leading scholars on HSIs contribute chapters to this volume, exploring a wide array of topics, data sources, conc.

Why study Hispanic-serving institutions? / Anne-Marie Núñez, Sylvia Hurtado, and Emily Calderón Galdeano -- Realizing the potential of Hispanic-serving institutions : multiple dimensions of organizational transformation / Sylvia Hurtado and Adriana Ruiz Alvarado -- Hispanic-serving community colleges and their role in Hispanic transfer / Anne-Marie Núñez, Gloria Crisp, and Diane Elizondo -- Institutional diversity among four-year Hispanic-serving institutions / Anne-Marie Núñez and Diane Elizondo -- Using organizational theory to study Hispanic-serving institutions : an imperative research agenda / Gina A. García -- Latina/o student characteristics and outcomes at four-year Hispanic-serving institutions (hsis), emerging HSIS, and non-HSIS / Marcela Cuellar -- The horizon of possibilities : how faculty in Hispanic-serving institutions can reshape the production and legitimization of knowledge within academia / Leslie D. Gonzales -- Enacting leadership at Hispanic-serving institutions / Laura J. Cortez -- Examining the financial resilience of Hispanic-serving institutions / Noe Ortega, Joanna Frye, Christopher J. Nellum, Aurora Kamimura, and Angela Vidal-Rodríguez -- Organizational …