TY - JOUR TI - Understanding the (Sub)Baccalaureate Origins of Latina/o Doctorates in Education, Humanities, and Social Science Fields AU - Fernandez, Frank T2 - Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences AB - Data from the 1980s suggested that small private colleges were the primary entry point to U.S. higher education for Latinas and Latinos who later earned doctorate degrees. However, I show that in the first decade of the 21st century, large percentages of doctorates originated at public universities and community colleges. I suggest that since the 1980s, we may have witnessed a shift in Latina and Latino higher education trajectories, which fits a larger historical pattern in American society—whereby women, racial, ethnic, and religious groups were once excluded but over time made their way into mainstream public education. At a time when public colleges and universities are responding to budget cuts and policy changes by becoming less accessible to low-income and minority students, policy makers should consider the importance of a well-funded, accessible public sector of higher education for preparing the next generation of Latina and Latino scholars. DA - 2018/// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1177/0739986318765639 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 40 IS - 2 SP - 115 EP - 133 J2 - Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences LA - en SN - 0739-9863, 1552-6364 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0739986318765639 Y2 - 2020/06/13/06:24:42 KW - Humanities KW - Humanities and higher education KW - Humanities and social groups ER -