SFSU Cesar Chavez Institute

A community of socially engaged scholars in partnership with social justice!

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For the U.S. to regain the top ranking in the world for college degree attainment, Latinos will need to earn 5.5 million more degrees by 2020.

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By maximizing Latinas’ access to explore and understand their own experiences, training programs can better prepare Latinas for engaging in scholarship, clinical practice, and consultation in ways that truly consider and combat systemic oppression.

Women & Therapy

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SF State Campus Climate Survey--Check your SFSU email to win $25!

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Many academically unprepared Latina/o high school graduates enroll in U.S. community colleges as the first critical point of access. However, Latina/o student retention remains a serious matter, as reflected by 7% baccalaureate degree attainment after six years.

Community College Journal of Research and Practice

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“It is not children’s poverty or race or ethnic background that stands in the way of achievement; it is school practices and policies and the beliefs that underlie them that pose the biggest obstacles”

Digital Commons at Kennesaw State University

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"We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation." -Cesar Chavez