| Examining educational attainment outcomes: A focus on Latina/o community college students VD Carales Community College Review 48 (2), 195-219, 2020 | 82 | 2020 |
| Challenging deficit views of Latinx students: A strength‐based perspective VD Carales, RM López New Directions for Community Colleges 2020 (190), 103-113, 2020 | 51 | 2020 |
| Where is the research on community college students? G Crisp, VD Carales, AM Núñez Community College Journal of Research and Practice 40 (9), 767-778, 2016 | 46 | 2016 |
| Access for whom? The impact of dual enrollment on college matriculation among underserved student populations in Texas M Moreno, L McKinney, A Burridge, VS Rangel, VD Carales Community College Journal of Research and Practice 45 (4), 255-272, 2021 | 35 | 2021 |
| Finding place: Cognitive and psychosocial factors impacting Latina/o students’ sense of belonging VD Carales, A Nora Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice 57 (4), 355-370, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Empirical and practical implications for documenting early racial transfer gaps G Crisp, C Potter, R Robertson, V Carales New directions for community colleges 2020 (192), 55-65, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Disrupting the dominant discourse: Exploring the mentoring experiences of Latinx community college students G Crisp, E Doran, V Carales, C Potts | 17 | 2020 |
| Homegrown scholars: A collaborative autoethnography on entering the professoriate, giving back, and coming home. NAS Reyes, VD Carales, VA Sansone Journal of Diversity in Higher Education 14 (4), 480, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
| Finding where I belong: How community colleges can transform their institutional environments to facilitate students' sense of belonging on campus VD Carales, DL Hooker Journal of Applied Research in the Community College 26 (2), 41-50, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |
| Hispanic community college students: A profile of theory and research A Nora, VD Carales, RK Bledsoe Understanding community colleges, 65-87, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
| The road to the baccalaureate: Assessing the viability of community colleges as transfer pathways for international students D Ghazzawi, L McKinney, C Horn, V Carales, A Burridge Journal of International Students 10 (2), 420-442, 2020 | 11 | 2020 |
| The impact of academic momentum on postsecondary matriculation among early college high school students M Moreno, L McKinney, VS Rangel, A Burridge, VD Carales Community College Journal of Research and Practice 47 (4), 307-326, 2023 | 10 | 2023 |
| The pursuit of equal educational opportunity: A historical analysis of the South Texas/Border Initiative VD Carales, EE Doran Educational Policy 36 (5), 1162-1187, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
| Do Community College Students Benefit From Federal Work-Study Participation? H Yu, L Mckinney, VD Carales Teachers College Record 122 (1), 1-36, 2020 | 10 | 2020 |
| Navigating college after a disaster: Understanding the impact and institutional support for community college students after Hurricane Harvey VD Carales, RM Lopez Community College Journal of Research and Practice 46 (3), 145-160, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
| Key resources for community college student success programming VD Carales, CE Garcia, N Mardock‐Uman New Directions for Community Colleges 2016 (175), 95-102, 2016 | 9 | 2016 |
| A phenomenological study of community college students’ experiences with mentor teachers G Crisp, V Carales, C Walls, A Cassill Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning 26 (2), 183-206, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
| “Without them I couldn't pay for my education, so here I am": Latinx college graduates’ experiences with and perceptions of their student loan debt VD Carales, M Molina, DL Hooker Jr Association of Mexican American Educators Journal 14 (3), 30-46, 2020 | 6 | 2020 |
| Reconceptualizing student engagement: Investigating the validity of CCSSE benchmarks as indicators of international student engagement D Ghazzawi, L McKinney, C Horn, AB Burridge, V Carales Journal of International Students 11 (2), 436-458, 2021 | 3 | 2021 |
| Indebted to My Education: Examining College Graduates’ Perceptions of Student Loan Repayment VD Carales, M Molina Journal of Student Financial Aid 52 (1), 1, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
