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Hispanic Male Success in the Community College as Measured by Cumulative GPA

Curtis-Chávez, Mark
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0926-4048
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1501775584852973

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2017, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Higher Education.
The majority of Hispanics select community colleges as their higher institution of choice, but studies on what contributes to their success, especially Hispanic males, has been limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence, if any, of environmental variables on the cumulative GPA of Hispanic males attending community college. Employing Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement, data from the CCSSE’s 2012 – 2014 survey were used to conduct a multiple regression analysis. The study’s sample included 5,615 Hispanic males attending community college. The final model identified 15 variables that were significantly related to the cumulative GPA of Hispanic males attending community college, and explained 15.6% of the variance. Student effort and active and collaborative learning variables emerged as the strongest predictors of Hispanic male GPA. This study provides educators with additional resources to improve Hispanic male academic success in the community college, and informs future research, theory, policy, and practice.
Ron Opp (Committee Chair)
Snejana Slantcheva-Durst (Committee Member)
Sunday Griffith (Committee Member)
J. Michael Thomson (Committee Member)
168 p.
Community College Education; Community Colleges; Hispanic Americans; Minority and Ethnic Groups
Hispanic males; Hispanic male GPA; Latino males; Latino male GPA; community college; Hispanic male performance; Latino male performance; Hispanic male academic success; Latino male academic success; Community College Survey of Student Engagement

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  • Curtis-Chávez, M. (2017). Hispanic Male Success in the Community College as Measured by Cumulative GPA [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1501775584852973

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Curtis-Chávez, Mark. Hispanic Male Success in the Community College as Measured by Cumulative GPA. 2017. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1501775584852973.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Curtis-Chávez, Mark. "Hispanic Male Success in the Community College as Measured by Cumulative GPA." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1501775584852973

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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