Navigating around educational road blocks: Mentoring for Pre-K to 20+ Latino/a students

Institutional disadvantages at every educational level for Latinos/as create a shortage of Latino/a professionals, which in turn creates a paucity of mentors for the fastest-growing student population. This review examines peer-reviewed literature focused on mentoring Latinos/as from Pre-Kindergarte...

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Published in:Latino studies 2012-12, Vol.10 (4), p.566-586
Main Authors: Schueths, April M, Carranza, Miguel A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Careers
College presidents
Community colleges
Cultural and Media Studies
Cultural Studies
Education
Educational attainment
Enrollments
Ethnicity Studies
Hispanic Americans
Kindergarten
Literature
Literature reviews
Mentoring
Mentoring programs
Mentors
Migration
Personal relationships
Political power
Postcolonial/World Literature
Professionals
R&D
Reflexiones Pedagógicas
Regional and Cultural Studies
Research & development
School attendance
Social integration
Sociology
Students
Success
Upward mobility
Youth organizations
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Summary:Institutional disadvantages at every educational level for Latinos/as create a shortage of Latino/a professionals, which in turn creates a paucity of mentors for the fastest-growing student population. This review examines peer-reviewed literature focused on mentoring Latinos/as from Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) through professional settings, which is also known as the Pre-K to 20+ Pathway. Because of challenges in measuring program outcomes and the informal nature in which many mentoring relationships for Latinos/as take place, methodological limitations within the current Latino/a mentoring literature exist. Findings should be viewed with cautious optimism, but indeed as the foundation for establishing a more robust body of knowledge.
ISSN:1476-3435
1476-3443
DOI:10.1057/lst.2012.43