Andrés Castro Samayoa

Minority Serving Institutions: Incubators for Teachers of Color

ABSTRACT This article explores the role of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in producing teachers of color. Specifically, it looks at larger national trends and highlights individual MSIs that have experienced success in the area of teacher education and the production of teachers of color. Recommendations are made to assist colleges and universities across the nation.

On Their Own Terms: Two-Year Minority Serving Institutions.

ing a community college in the United States free, with the federal government paying 75% of the costs and states paying 25% of two years of community college. To qualify for this benefit, students must maintain a 2.5 GPA, and community colleges must adopt evidence-based institutional reforms to improve student outcomes, including reforms to student services. President Obama’s plan to strengthen community colleges and bring education to more students has the potential to bolster and bring more attention to the value community colleges offer. But what about those community colleges that are also minority serving institutions and their students? Does the proposal adequately address their needs?

It's in Your Heart: How the California Mini-Corps Program and Hispanic Serving Institutions Are Transforming Migrant Student Education.

ABSTRACT This paper provides a deep dive case study of the California Mini-Corps Program within the context of an Hispanic Serving Institution.

Academic mestizaje: Embracing Hispanicity in the humanities at Hispanic Serving Institutions

Abstract Through a combination of large-scale data analysis and analysis of culturally responsive ways of embracing Latino students, we provide insight on the work of three Hispanic Serving Institutions in the humanities.

The Master Plan and the Future of California Higher Education: Assessing the Impact of State Policy on Minority-Serving Institutions

Many argue that the California Master Plan for Higher Education is no longer effective in meeting the needs of students. This policy analysis assesses the impact of California higher education policy on the state’s community colleges that are considered minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Using longitudinal data to determine how the metrics have changed over time, we focus on three public policies that are manifestations of the master plan: (1) transfer between the California Community Colleges and California State University segments, (2) state funding for each segment, and (3) enrollment quotas for the California State University and University of California segments. We assess enrollment, finance, transfer, persistence, and completion measures to answer our primary research questions. While we find challenges for MSI students advancing to the completion of a 4-year degree, our findings also demonstrate that MSI community colleges can encourage minority student retention and associate’s degree and certificate completion. By centering MSIs in the state policy context, this study brings to light the growing interrelated relationship between federal and state efforts to reduce racial inequality in higher education.