SELF-DETERMINED EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISM: A COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF NAVAJO, CHICANA/O, AND PUERTO RICAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE ERA OF PROTEST

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dc.contributor.advisorSan Miguel, Guadalupe, Jr.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRamos, RaĆŗl A.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRomero, R. Todd
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMacDonald, Victoria-MarĆ­a
dc.creatorCantu, Carlos L.
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-5435-3202
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-04T21:54:27Z
dc.date.available2016-09-04T21:54:27Z
dc.date.createdMay 2016
dc.date.issued2016-05
dc.date.updated2016-09-04T21:54:27Z
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the educational self-determination of Navajos, Chicanas/os, and, Puerto Ricans, through a comparative lens of community activism and the founding of their own institutions of higher education. These colleges emerged within their own historical contexts in the late 1960s and evolved throughout the 1970s. In comparing these historical case studies, I argue educational self-determination was more widespread than has been recognized by scholars. In addition, the push for educational self-determination was intergenerational, involved a wide spectrum of activist strategies, and changed over time. The founders of these colleges sought to disrupt the culture of exclusion in the U.S. schools by incorporating the language and culture of the communities they served while at the same time empowering them with new opportunities in higher education. This dissertation will contribute to the historiography of educational self-determination among communities of color.
dc.description.departmentHistory, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/1507
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectEducational History
dc.subjectNavajo Community College
dc.subjectColegio Jacinto TreviƱo
dc.subjectHostos Community College
dc.titleSELF-DETERMINED EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISM: A COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF NAVAJO, CHICANA/O, AND PUERTO RICAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE ERA OF PROTEST
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentHistory, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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