“It’s Weird”: Latinx College Students’ Perceptions of Campus Life and Navigating Whiteness at an Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution

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This study examines Latinx students’ perceptions at Aspen University (AU), an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution (eHSI), highlighting how white normative standards and institutional practices impact their experiences. Utilizing Critical Whiteness, the research reveals themes of white normative spaces, segregated cultural affirmations, dominant Latinx cultural notions, and institutional white liberalism. Findings suggest that HSI servingness requires intentional organizational shifts and dismantling white supremacy to support Latinx students.

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higher education Latinx students Emerging HSI qualitative whiteness

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