Latines/xs in Education: Critical Issues and Perspectives

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course will examine contemporary issues facing Latines/xs, looking at the overall ecology of schooling from K-12 and into and through higher education. The course engages with perspectives of critical Latine/x scholars, theorists, and practitioners and includes a look at the experiences and outcomes of Latines/xs in schools and colleges while complicating the idea of race, ethnicity, language, history, and Latinidad. We will intentionally center asset-based and liberatory approaches to serving Latines/xs within educational spaces. The course includes a look at the experiences and outcomes of Latinxs in college while complicating the idea of race, ethnicity, language, history, and Latinidad.