Utilizing Latinx Cultural Capital for the Retention and Graduation of Latinx Students in Higher Education

ABSTRACT

This article uses Yosso's (2005) framework of cultural capital and Matos's (2011, 2015, 2019) findings on cultural capital to examine how these frameworks can be used to recruit and retain Latinx college students. The article discusses the engagement of Latinx parents in higher education and offers suggestions on how higher education professionals can utilize these forms of capital to support Latinx students.

KEYWORDS:

• Latinx cultural capital
• higher education
• retention
• graduation

Notes

¹ Latinx is a classification used by the researcher in an attempt to be inclusive of gender diversity within the Latina/o/x population.

² Quintana’s wording.

³ SWC, CC, and UNI are my acronyms for the research sites.

⁴ 2017 is the most recent Common Data Sets for each institution.

⁵ Pseudonym for summer orientation program for students of color.