In 2008, the community college in South Texas became one of two community colleges, in the nation, chosen to receive the MetLife Award for Excellence. This helped to reinforce that the college was a choice site selection for Hispanic student research studies. As a result, the college in South Texas was chosen to facilitate a study of Successful Hispanic Male First-time-in-College Students at a Community College in South Texas: Experiences that Facilitate Fall First-Term Student Persistence through Official Reporting Date (Serrata, 2009). Researcher chose the target population with the intent that the findings will help administrators at higher education institutions improve, change, or develop new strategies to help increase Hispanic male
In 2008, the community college in South Texas became one of two community colleges, in the nation, chosen to receive the MetLife Award for Excellence. This helped to reinforce that the college was a choice site selection for Hispanic student research studies. As a result, the college in South Texas was chosen to facilitate a study of Successful Hispanic Male First-time-in-College Students at a Community College in South Texas: Experiences that Facilitate Fall First-Term Student Persistence through Official Reporting Date (Serrata, 2009). Researcher chose the target population with the intent that the findings will help administrators at higher education institutions improve, change, or develop new strategies to help increase Hispanic male