1. 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, Room/Venue: 115 B - Convention Center

2. 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.”

3. Key Demographic Trends in the U. S. (Pew Research Center) (http://www
Key Demographic Trends in the U.S. (Pew Research Center) ( ) 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

8. 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 = %

9. Context Matters

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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.

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

15. 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.

16. 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?

17. Astin, A.W. (1984).  "Student involvement: A developmental theory for higher education."  Journal of College Student Personnel, 25(2), Bean, J.P., and Eaton, S.B., (2000).  "A psychological Model of College Student Retention."  In J.M. Braxton, Ed.,Rethinking the Departure Puzzle: New Theory and Resrarch on College Student Retention.  Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press Crouch, R., Zakariya, S.B., and Jiandani, J (2012). The United States of Education: The changing demographics of the United States and their schools.  Center for Public Education, May Tinto, V. (1975).  Dropouts from higher education:  A theoretical synthesis of recent literature. A Review of Educational Research, 45,

18. 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

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