Conceptualizing Latina/O Philanthropy in Higher Education
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It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Conceptualizing Latina/o philanthropy in higher education: A study of Latina/o undergraduate alumni from a predominantly white Jesuit institution by José Angel Cabrales A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: Education (Educational Leadership) Program of Study Committee: Larry Ebbers, Major Professor Marta M. Maldonado Laura I. Rendón Marisa Rivera Kevin Saunders Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2011 Copyright © José Angel Cabrales, 2011. All rights reserved. ii DEDICATION Para mi papá y mamá José Angel y Amalia Cabrales y mis abuelas/os María Macaria y Roberto Rivas María de la Paz y Juan Cabrales iii TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................ vii LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................. viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................... ix ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................. xi DEFINITIONS OF TERMS .................................................................................................. xiii CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1 Problem ................................................................................................................................. 2 Purpose Statement ................................................................................................................. 3 Research Questions ............................................................................................................... 3 Rationale ............................................................................................................................... 3 Significance of Study ............................................................................................................ 4 Conceptual Framework ......................................................................................................... 5 Summary ............................................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................. 8 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 8 Alumni Associations ............................................................................................................. 9 Alumni Programs ................................................................................................................ 11 Alumni Chapters/Clubs ....................................................................................................... 12 Ethnicity-based Chapters/Groups and Alumni Associations .............................................. 13 Benefits of Ethnicity-based Chapters/Groups ..................................................................... 15 iv Critiques of Ethnicity-based Chapters/Groups .................................................................... 18 Development ....................................................................................................................... 20 Latina/o Philanthropy .......................................................................................................... 26 Conceptual Framework ....................................................................................................... 33 Community Cultural Wealth as a Model for Latina/o Alumni ........................................... 38 Summary ............................................................................................................................. 42 CHAPTER 3. METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................... 43 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 43 Epistemological Position and Positionality ......................................................................... 43 Research Site and Selection of Participants ........................................................................ 47 Data Collection .................................................................................................................... 52 Data Analysis ...................................................................................................................... 54 Trustworthiness ................................................................................................................... 55 Ethical Issues and Considerations ....................................................................................... 58 Limitations .......................................................................................................................... 59 Delimitations ....................................................................................................................... 59 Summary ............................................................................................................................. 60 CHAPTER 4. PARTICIPANT PROFILES ............................................................................ 61 Chato ................................................................................................................................... 61 Dolores ................................................................................................................................ 66 Esperanza ............................................................................................................................. 69 Isabel ................................................................................................................................... 73 Josue .................................................................................................................................... 78 v Karina .................................................................................................................................. 81 Mateo ................................................................................................................................... 85 Pedro .................................................................................................................................... 89 Teresa .................................................................................................................................. 93 Summary ............................................................................................................................. 97 CHAPTER 5. FINDINGS ....................................................................................................... 99 Theme 1: Latina/o alumni as university ambassadors ......................................................... 99 Theme 2: Careers, community, and giving ....................................................................... 119 Theme 3: Latina/o alumni as targeted givers .................................................................... 129 Theme 4: Competence, conscience, and compassion: The importance of the university’s vision and mission ............................................................................................................. 135 Summary ........................................................................................................................... 141 CHAPTER 6. DISCUSSION, IMPLICATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND PERSONAL REFLECTIONS .............................................................................................. 142 Overview if the Findings in Relation to the Revised Conceptual Framework .................. 142 Overview if the Findings in Relation to the Existing Literature ....................................... 159 Alumni Associations