Higher Education Access for Undocumented Students in the United States: Mapping the Policy Terrain

This article focuses on higher education access for undocumented immigrants in the United States. Since individual states develop and govern their own policies, the political landscape around college access is always in a state of flux. This is confusing to school counselors, families, and students....

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Published in:International journal of multicultural education 2024-01, Vol.26 (1), p.102-132
Main Authors: Mansfield, Katherine Cumings, Hernandez, Paula
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cartography
Education, Higher
Educational assessment
Educational evaluation
Geospatial data
Higher education
Illegal immigrant children
Students
Undocumented immigrant children
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Summary:This article focuses on higher education access for undocumented immigrants in the United States. Since individual states develop and govern their own policies, the political landscape around college access is always in a state of flux. This is confusing to school counselors, families, and students. We use cartography to make sense of this increasingly complex policy terrain. In addition to displaying a state-by-state overview of access and funding options for undocumented students, we interrogate the (un)intended consequences of these policies and reveal "sites for change and activism" (Marx, 2023, p. 286). KEYWORDS: Undocumented students, education policy, mapping methodologies, college access Supporting Literature Research Methods Findings: Cartographies of Exclusion Discussion, Conclusions, and Future Directions Appendix Author Contact
ISSN:1934-5267
1934-5267
DOI:10.18251/ijme.v26i1.3877