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amae-199		amae-199		23	.pdf	application/pdf	8185	516	51	Keywords: race, persistence, Latinx students, institutional research, community colleges DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24974/amae.11.2.349 Abrica & Rivas Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal © 2017, Volume 11, Issue 2 44 Introduction Institutional Research (IR) offices, sometimes referred to as Offices of Institutional Effectiveness (IE), evaluation, assessment, enrollment research and/or planning, play an important role in shaping decision-making, policies, and practices within colleges and universities (Hossler, Kuh, & Olsen, 2001; Volkwein, 2008). Each testimonio documents the specific ways in which our own ways of knowing and Abrica & Rivas Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal © 2017, Volume 11, Issue 2 60 desires to advocate on behalf of Latinx students threatened the political neutrality, complacency, and colorblindness that is associated with the field of institutional research.	cache/amae-199.pdf	txt/amae-199.txt