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Academic Invulnerability among a Selected Group of Latino University Students
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Academic Invulnerability among a Selected Group of Latino University Students

Adele R Arellano and Amado M Padilla
Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences, Vol.18(4), p.485
1996

Abstract

Parent Influence Higher Education Mexican Americans Educational Environment Mexican American Education Student Characteristics Student Attitudes Mentors Socioeconomic Background Ethnicity High Achievement Undergraduate Students High Risk Students Secondary Education Educational Experience Latinos Academically Gifted Educational Attitudes Self Esteem Student Educational Objectives Resilience (Personality) Parent Student Relationship
Interviews with 30 successful undergraduate Latino students in a highly selective university revealed that although most students came from "at-risk" socioeconomic backgrounds, they had access to specific personal and environmental resources that made them invulnerable to negative consequences of educational risk. Stresses the importance of enriched school programs for Latino students. Contains 38 references. (LP)

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