Debunking the grit narrative in higher education : drawing on the strengths of African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latinx, and Native American students

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Debunking the grit narrative in higher education : drawing on the strengths of African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latinx, and Native American students / edited by Angela M. Locks, Rocío Mendoza, and Deborah Faye Carter.

Locks, Angela M., (editor.). Mendoza, Rocío (Leadership professor), (editor.). Carter, Deborah Faye, (editor.).

Summary:

"Debunking the Grit Narrative in Higher Education examines pressing structural issues currently impacting African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latinx, and Native American students accessing college and succeeding in U.S. postsecondary environments. Drawing from asset-based work of critical race education scholars such as Yosso, Ladson-Billings, and contributing author Solórzano, the authors interrogate how systems and structures shape definitions of academic merit and grit, how these systems constrain opportunities to attain access and equitable educational outcomes, and challenge widely held beliefs that students of color need grit to succeed in college. Dominant narratives of educational success and failure tend to focus mostly on individual student effort. Contributing authors explore the myriad ways that institutional structures can support students of color utilizing their strengths through critical perspectives, asset-based, anti-deficit perspectives to access postsecondary environments and experience success. Scholars, scholar-practitioners, students affairs professionals, and educational leaders will benefit from this timely edited volume as they work to transform postsecondary institutions into entities that meet the needs of students and communities of color"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781032365237
ISBN: 1032365234
ISBN: 9781032358154
ISBN: 1032358157
Physical Description: xxiii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction : The problem with grit / Deborah Faye Carter, Rocío Mendoza, and Angela M. Locks -- Critiques of grit as a measure of academic achievement in STEM higher education / Deborah Faye Carter, Juanita E. Razo Dueñas, and Rocío Mendoza -- Challenging everyday structural racism : a critical race analysis of grit in STEM / Daniel G. Solórzano -- The grit narrative : shifting the gaze and the danger / Stephanie J. Waterman -- Sometimes you're gritty, and sometimes you're not : the racialization of grit for Asian Americans / Jacqueline Mac, Rikka J. Venturanza, Megan Trinh, and Varaxy Yi -- More than grit : toward critical race college retention and persistence for Latina/o/x students / Nancy Acevedo -- Gritty enough? African American science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) student success factors / Melissa M. Mahoney -- Beyond the bootstraps mentality : the fallacy of grit as a measure of success for Black and Latine/x men in California community colleges / Julio Fregoso -- Returning to campus : equity-minded approaches to degree completion / Sabrina K. Sanders and Su Jin Gatlin Jez -- A counternarrative to grit through scholarship on Latinx/a/o students and HSIs : a systematic review of the literature / Kathleen Rzucidlo, Stacey R. Speller, Jorge Burmicky, and Robert T. Palmer -- Holo i ka 'Auwai, flowing with the power of the stream : empowerment-based evaluation and research / Anna M. Ortiz and Maenette K. P. Benham -- Centering the student in undergraduate research as a retention strategy / Rocío Mendoza, Elyzza M. Aparicio, Deborah Faye Carter, and Angela M. Locks -- Conclusion : The problem with grit is white supremacy / Rocío Mendoza, Deborah Faye Carter, and Angela M. Locks.