Adjustment of Undergraduate Latino Students at a Southeastern University

Abstract

College campuses in the southeast United States are striving to understand and serve their newly arriving Latino students to promote adjustment and academic success. The purpose of this article is to outline the cultural components of academic and social integration of Latino college students at one southeastern campus, based on descriptive survey results. Participant responses reflected relatively smooth academic integration but some complications in the social/cultural areas. Implications for student affairs professionals are discussed.

Campos universitarios en el sureste de los EUA están motivados a entender y servir sus estudiantes latinos recientemente llegados para promover ajuste y éxito académico. El propósito de este artículo es el de delinear los componentes culturales de la integración social y académica de estudiantes universitarios latinos en una universidad del sureste basados en resultados de una encuesta descriptiva. Las respuestas de los participantes reflejaron una integración académica relativamente plana pero con algunas complicaciones en las áreas socio-culturales. Se discuten implicaciones para profesionales de servicio a universitarios.

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Latino college students academic and social integration culture and ethnicity southeastern United States

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