The magic key : the educational journey of Mexican Americans from K-12 to college and beyond / edited by Ruth Enid Zambrana and Sylvia Hurtado.

Foreword by Patricia GandaraA Personal Narrative by Sally Alonzo Bell, PhDAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPart I: Setting the Context1. Locked Doors; Closed Opportunities: Who Holds the Magic Key? (Ruth Enid Zambrana and Sylvia Hurtado)2. History's Prism in Education: A Spectrum of Legacies across Centuries of Mexican American Agency; Experience and Activism 1600s-2000s (Victoria-Maria MacDonald and Jason Rivera)3. Trend Analyses from 1971 to 2012 on Mexican American/Chicano Freshmen: Are We Making Progress? (Sylvia Hurtado)Part II: Conceptual Understandings4. An Intersectional Lens: Theorizing an Educational Paradigm of Success (Ruth Enid Zambrana and Sylvia Hurtado)5. Parental Educational and Gender Expectations: Pushing the Educational Trajectory (Ruth Enid Zambrana and Rebeca Burciaga)6. Examining the Influence of K-12 School Experiences on the Higher Education Pathway (Ruth Enid Zambrana, Anthony De Jesus, and Brianne A. Davila)Part III: Contemporary College Experiences7. The Ivory Tower Is Still White: Chicana/o-Latina/o College Students' Views on Racism, Ethnic Organizations, and Campus Racial Segregation (Nolan L. Cabrera and Sylvia Hurtado)8. Campus Climate, Intersecting Identities, and Institutional Support among Mexican American College Students (Adriana Ruiz Alvarado and Sylvia Hurtado)Part IV: Implications for Educational Policy and Future Practices in P-16 Pathways and Beyond9. Mexican American Males' Pathways to Higher Education: Awareness to Achievement (Luis Ponjuan and Victor B. Saenz)10. The Role of Educational Policy in Mexican American College Transition and Completion (Frances Contreras)NotesBibliographyContributing AuthorsIndex

This much-needed volume provides a comprehensive empirical study of the school experiences of Mexican Americans and those who help them succeed.