Purged: Undocumented Students,Financial Aid Policies,and Access to Higher Education

Abstract

This article examines how the denial of financial aid constrains undocumented students from pursuing higher education and discusses the interlocking relationship between federal immigration and higher education policies. Reporting on research data identifying that undocumented students pay for their education through work, family contributions, few scholarships, and strategies such as working more and taking fewer classes, this article also links the stress placed on undocumented students and their families to Latino retention and graduation rates.

Este manuscrito examina como el negar ayuda financiera constriñe a estudiantes sin-documentos para continuar su educación superior y discute las relaciones eslabonadas entre inmigración federal y políticas de educación superior. Basado en información obtenida en investigaciones identifica que estudiantes sin documentos pagan por su educación a través de trabajo, contribuciones familiares, algunas becas y estrategias como trabajando más y llevando menos clases. Este manuscrito también liga la tensión puesta en estos estudiantes y sus familias de bajos recursos con la taza de graduación y retención Latina.

Keywords

undocumented students Latina(o)Hispanic retention financial aid access higher education policy low-income social justice immigration policy

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