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Anthony Hernandez

Teaching Faculty, Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chapter Leader: Wisconsin SSN
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Hernandez's research on leadership and higher education focuses on leadership in Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI's) in general and on Hispanic-Serving Institutions in particular. Hernandez is currently writing a book on Critical Transformation Leadership at Hispanic-Serving Institutions.

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Contributions

Addressing the Need to Strengthen Leadership at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Key Findings Brief,

In the News

Quoted by Becky Jacobs in "UW-Madison Sees ‘Disappointing’ Enrollment Drop for Students of Color," The Capital Times, September 27, 2024.
Quoted by Becky Jacobs in "FAFSA Fiasco, Supreme Court Ruling on Race May Affect UW Enrollment," The Capital Times, September 4, 2024.
Quoted by Gina Lee Castro & Kathryn Muchnick in "For Many Latinas, Alverno College Is a Symbol of Hope. Now, Its Financial Future Is Unclear," The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 26, 2024.
Opinion: "Addressing the Need To Strengthen Leadership at Hispanic Serving Institutions," Anthony Hernandez, The Fulcrum, July 17, 2023.
Quoted by By Kayla Huynh in "Affirmative Action Ruling Hits Just As UW-Madison Improves Diversity," The Cap Times, June 29, 2023.
Opinion: "UW Needs To Fast-Track Antiracism Efforts," Anthony Hernandez, The Cap City Times, May 9, 2023.

Publications

"Still Hungry and Homeless in College," (with Anthony Hernandez, Schneider J. Richardson, and C. Cady), Wisconsin HOPE Lab, 2018.

Finds 36% of university students reported being food insecure in the 30 days preceding the survey compared with 42% of community college students. Shows similarly, 36% of university students reported being housing insecure in the last year compared with 51% of community college students. Homelessness was 9% versus 12%.  Contends these findings indicate unmet basic needs disproportionately affect marginalized students who often work long hours in addition to academic workloads.

"Coming Up Short: Basic Needs Insecurity on the College Campus" (with Anthony Hernandez and J. Richardson), in The Structure of Schooling, edited by Richard Arum, Irenee R. Beattie and Kelly Ford (SAGE Publications, Inc, 2020), Chapter 27.

Discusses exploration of Basic Needs Insecurity on the College Campus.

"Hungry and Homeless in College: Results from a National Study of Basic Needs Insecurity in Higher Education," (with Anthony Hernandez and Jed Richardson), Wisconsin HOPE Lab, March 2017.

Assesses food and housing insecurity among community college students. Bases results of a survey of more than 33,000 students at 70 community colleges in 24 states--the broadest survey of its kind--that describes the extent to which students are adversely affected by unmet basic needs while pursuing higher education