HSI Cultural Wealth Paradigm: A Conceptual Framework on Challenging the Platitudes of Hispanic Heritage Month at R1-HSIs

By employing a Ventajas/Assets y Conocimientos/Knowledge framework (Rendón et al., Ventajas/Assets y Conocimientos/Knowledge: Leveraging Latin@ strengths to foster student success. Center for Research and Policy in Education, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2014), this chapter critiques the superficial recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month at Research 1 Institutions with an HSI designation (R1-HSIs), advocating for an HSI cultural wealth paradigm (HCWP) that genuinely recognizes racial intersectionality within HSIs. Additionally, the chapter expands on HCWP consciousness as a form “servingness” (Garcia et al., Review of Educational Research, 89(5), 745–784, 2019) and student success.