Are We in the Picture? To What Extent, If at All? Mexican and Latin American International Student Representation on Global Websites of Borderland Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Abstract

This study is about how Higher Education Institutions that happen to be Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) that are located on border states show or portray international students from México and Latin America on their websites or not. International students can be the “ideal” student because they bring prestige and revenue to the institution. However, some international students can suffer stratification or invisibility due to their nationality or race. I inquiry how visible or not are Mexican students and Latinos on Hispanic Serving Institutions and how service is being implemented by answering these research questions. 1.-Do Borderlands HSI features Mexican and Latin American students in international websites, and to what extent if at all? And 2.- In which ways do international students from Mexico and Latin America forgoing these websites? Is this reflective of neo-racist? By using a comparative qualitative analysis on public discourse, I will study universities that happen to be on border states such as Arizona and Texas. This sample is composed of five universities, two of them in Arizona and three in Texas. Such as University of Arizona (UArizona), Arizona State University (ASU), University of Houston, Texas A & M, and University of Texas, at El Paso (UTEP). Research on HSI as well as on international students but is limited to the intersection of servingess or how servings applied if to international students.