Undocumented and unwanted : attending college against the odds /

Undocumented immigrant postsecondary students face myriad challenges while pursuing a college education. Garcia focuses on the experiences of nine students attending a public comprehensive postsecondary institution in California to assess how different types of social capital help students pursue a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garcia, Lisa DeAnn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2013.
Colección:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Universities and colleges > Residence requirements > United States.
Student aid > United States.
College costs > United States.
Noncitizens > Education (Higher) > United States.
Illegal immigration > United States.
Étudiants > Aide financière > États-Unis.
Immigration clandestine > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Illegal immigration
College costs
Student aid
Universities and colleges > Residence requirements
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Undocumented immigrant postsecondary students face myriad challenges while pursuing a college education. Garcia focuses on the experiences of nine students attending a public comprehensive postsecondary institution in California to assess how different types of social capital help students pursue a college education. She demonstrates how students were wholly or partly reliant on various types of social capital accessed before and during matriculation. Three of the major findings are: institutional agents were instrumental in developing students' social capital, family- and peer-based social ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 196 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781593327309
1593327307

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