This study relies on in-depth interviews with 30 Black and Latino males to explore how they narrate and make meaning from their college experiences at a Hispanic Serving Institution. A good deal of public and educational discourse often supposes these students’ lack of care and concern about their educational outcomes without understanding a larger context for their experiences. In this study, I explore these Black and Latino male students’ transitions to college and their success narratives. First, investigating their transition experiences allows for an opportunity to understand the strategies they deployed upon entering college and how these early experiences matter in their aspirations and sense of self. In their transitions, I find that students primarily relied on strategies and behaviors that are focused almost solely on academic effort while also isolating themselves from the college community and precluding themselves from developing social and cultural capital on campus. Second, analyzing their narratives of success allows for understanding the various networks and resources that students call upon in their college career. My findings show that students rely on a family–community nexus, including their on-campus involvement to support their college efforts. In addition to showing how social and cultural capital matter in Black and Latino males’ college experiences, this study extends our understanding of how students strive for and achieve success in college.

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“是个人，但环境也是如此”：黑人和拉丁裔男性关于其大学成就的叙事

这项研究依赖于对30名黑人和拉丁裔男性的深入访谈，以探讨他们如何在西班牙裔服务机构的大学经历中进行叙述并表达自己的意思。大量的公共和教育话语常常假设这些学生缺乏照料和对他们的教育成果的关注，而又不了解他们的经历的大背景。在这项研究中，我探索了这些黑人和拉丁裔男学生向大学的过渡及其成功经历。首先，调查他们的过渡经历可以使他们有机会了解他们进入大学后所采用的策略，以及这些早期经历对他们的志向和自我意识的影响。在他们的过渡中 我发现学生主要依靠几乎只专注于学术努力的策略和行为，同时也将自己与大学社区隔离开来，并阻止自己发展校园的社会和文化资本。其次，分析他们的成功经历有助于理解学生在大学生涯中需要的各种网络和资源。我的发现表明，学生依靠家庭与社区之间的联系，包括在校园内的参与来支持他们的大学学习。除了显示黑人和拉丁裔男性的大学经历中社会和文化资本的重要性外，本研究还扩展了我们对学生如何努力并在大学中取得成功的理解。