Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Room/Venue: 115 B - Convention Center Supporting Underrepresented Student Persistence Through Collaboration: An Example of a Campus-Wide Partnership to Deliver a Year-Long Initiative on Diversity and Inclusion Dr. Paz Oliverez, California State University – Dominguez Hills Dr. Marcelo F. Vazquez, California State University – Dominguez Hills Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Room/Venue: 115 B - Convention Center

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, March 5, 2018, NASPA 2018 National Conference in Philadelphia. “Don’t measure me by how far the door opens. Measure me by how far I cross the threshold.”

Key Demographic Trends in the U. S. (Pew Research Center) (http://www Key Demographic Trends in the U.S. (Pew Research Center) (http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/03/31/10-demographic-trends-that-are-shaping-the-u-s-and-the-world/ ) - American are more ethnically and racially diverse. Over next 50 years, majority of U.S. growth will be linked to new Asian and Latino immigration. - Asia has replaced Latin America (including Mexico) as the biggest source of new immigrants to the U.S.

Goals of this presentation - An understanding of the research on cultural inclusivity and undergraduate persistence. - A detailed description on a Student Affairs, student, faculty, University President partnership that created an example of cultural inclusivity. - What each partner brought to creating the semester-long Adelante!: Latinx Activism in California program. - Using professional competencies to address challenges. - How this programming can impact undergraduate persistence.

Learning Outcome #1: Participants will be connected to at least three different theories on the college environment and undergraduate persistence. Learning Outcome #2: Participants will learn how Student Affairs Educator Professional Competencies can strengthen culturally-relevant undergraduate persistence campus partnerships. Learning Outcome #3: Participants will leave with skill-sets on developing campus partnerships that strengthen culturally relevant undergraduate persistence approaches.

Tinto Theory on Student Retention: Students enter college with unique characteristics and colleges/universities have unique characteristics, do they match? Academic, Social, and University Commitment dictate student retention. Astin Theory of Student Development: As students become more socially and academically motivated and proficient in college life, the more they will be involved in the academic and social aspects of college; time and quality with programs. Bean and Eaton Psychological Model of Retention & Integration (The Filter): Academic and social integration as a psychological process. Psychological attributes come into the university, interact with the university, student does self-assessment, emotional reaction to the environment either motivates or deters students from interacting with the university. Bandura Self-efficacy theory, dealing with a sense of how effective one is based on observation and past experience.

California State University, Dominguez Hills 23 campuses 450,000 students 3.5 million alumni strong

Context Matters 15,000 students; +90,000 alumni; 65%= women; 35%= men 64% first-generation 72% Pell eligible; 30% part-time 75% remedial in Math, Eng or both Over 30,000 applications Fall 2017 for ~3,900 openings Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) & Hispanic- Serving Institution (HSI) Asian = 11.1% African American = 14.1% Hispanic = 61.9% Native American = 0.1% Pacific Islander = 0.3% White = 9.5% 2 or more races = 3%

Context Matters

Inclusivity at Dominguez Hills for historically under-represented populations: - Academic Year 2015-2016: 50th Watts Rebellion Commemoration - Academic Year 2016-2017: 75th Anniversary of Japanese-American Incarceration. - Academic Year 2017-2018: Adelante! Latinx Activism in California.

Identifying partners for campus –wide, culturally-relevant programming - President’s Office - Academic Colleges - Student Affairs Division - Marketing/Communications - Library - International Affairs/Study Abroad - Academic departments - Student representation

Adelante!: Latinx Activism in California (Blurring The Lines, Inclusivity) - Mariachi Arcoiris - Book read - Latinx Community Health Forum - Capoeira; The African Diaspora and South American Culture - Library Exhibit - International Affairs/Study Abroad - Academic departments - Student representation - Film Screening

Adelante. : Back to basics with professional competencies Adelante!: Back to basics with professional competencies. - Personal/Ethical Foundations: Integrity to life and work - Values/Philosophy/History: Connecting Student Affairs values to work - Assessment/Eval/Research: Use AER to inform practice - Law, Policy, Governance: Understanding structure - Organizational/Human Resource: Management of politics and capital - Leadership: with or without positional authority - Social Justice/Inclusion: Equity, acknowledging power and oppression - Student Learning & Development: Understanding development/theory - Technology: using digital tools and resources. - Advising/Supporting: Helping students with self-authorship.

NASPA/ACPA Competencies & Culturally Inclusive Programming An exercise for your campus, your students.

Adelante. : Back to basics with professional competencies Adelante!: Back to basics with professional competencies. - Personal/Ethical Foundations: Integrity to life and work - Values/Philosophy/History: Connecting Student Affairs values to work - Assessment/Eval/Research: Use AER to inform practice - Law, Policy, Governance: Understanding structure - Organizational/Human Resource: Management of politics and capital - Leadership: with or without positional authority - Social Justice/Inclusion: Equity, acknowledging power and oppression - Student Learning & Development: Understanding development/theory - Technology: using digital tools and resources. - Advising/Supporting: Helping students with self-authorship.

Approaches to creating culturally relevant programming; Lessons Learned: - Top-down: The President’s Office - Intrinsic motivation: Find your champion - Beware being “the token”: Delegate programming - Plan ahead: Week, Semester, or Year-long program?

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Supporting Underrepresented Student Persistence Through Collaboration: An Example of a Campus-Wide Partnership to Deliver a Year-Long Initiative on Diversity and Inclusion Dr. Paz Oliverez, California State University – Dominguez Hills poliverez@csudh.edu Dr. Marcelo F. Vazquez, California State University – Dominguez Hills mvazquez@csudh.edu

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