Many college-intending students find themselves dealing with the undermatch and summer melt phenomena. Undermatch refers to the situation where academically-successful high-school graduates choose not to go to any college or to go to a local community college not commensurate with their academic achievements. Summer melt describes how students may “melt” away from registering for college. Practical recommendations are provided so that educators in high schools and colleges can implement strategies to ensure that after high-school graduation immigrant students register for their selected universities.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BastedoM.N.FlasterA. (2014). Conceptual and methodological problems in research on college undermatch. Educational Researcher, 43 (2), 93–99.
2.
CarnevaleA.P.SmithN.StrohlJ. (2010). Help wanted: Projections of jobs and education requirements through 2018. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. http://bit.ly/1Lbx9hp
3.
CastlemanB.L.PageL.C. (2014). A trickle or a torrent? Understanding the extent of summer “melt” among college-intending high school graduates. Social Science Quarterly, 95, 202–220.
4.
CastlemanB.L.ArnoldK.WartmanK.L. (2012). Stemming the tide of summer melt: An experimental study of the effects of post high school summer intervention on low-income students’ college enrollment. The Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 5 (1), 1–18.
5.
GonzalezR.G. (2006). Young lives on hold: The college dreams of undocumented students. New York, NY: College Board Advocacy.
6.
HoxbyC.AveryC. (2012). The missing “one-offs”: The hidden supply of high-achieving, low-income students. NBER Working Paper No. 18586. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
7.
RoderickM.CocaV.NagaokaJ. (2011). Potholes on the road to college: High school effects in shaping urban students’ participation in college application, four-year college enrollment, and college match. Sociology of Education, 84 (3), 178–211.
8.
SmithJ.PenderM.HowellJ. (2013). The full extent of student-college academic undermatch. Economics of Education Review, 32, 247–261.
