The Magic Key: The Educational Journey of Mexican Americans from K-12 to College and Beyond

Intro -- Foreword (patricia Gándara) -- A Personal Narrative (sally Alonzo Bell, Phd) -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I. Setting The Context -- 1. 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-maría 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 Understandings -- 4. 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 Jesús, And Brianne A. Dávila) -- Part Iii. Contemporary College Experiences -- 7. 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 Beyond -- 9. Mexican American Males' Pathways To Higher Education: Awareness To Achievement (luis Ponjuán And Victor B. Sáenz) -- 10. The Role Of Educational Policy In Mexican American College Transition And Completion (frances Contreras) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributing Authors -- Index.