Role of High Schools in Undocumented Students' College Choice

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  • H. Kenny Nienhusser University of Hartford

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v21n85.2013

Keywords:

college choice, undocumented immigrants, institutional agents, high schools, educational environment

Abstract

In recent years, some states in the United States have enacted policies that grant some higher education benefits—primarily in-state resident tuition eligibility—to certain undocumented students. While in existence since 2001, little is known of the role of high school institutional agents in implementing such policies. This study describes the efforts of seven New York City high schools to educate their undocumented students about such educational benefits within their college choice process. It details five categories of activities that institutional agents developed to address undocumented students’ college choice needs. These college choice activities included: one-on-one counseling, presentations, outreach, scholarship, and curriculum. This study also examined the effects of institutional demographics on the process of educating undocumented students about their college choice. It discovered that those high schools that had higher percentages of undocumented students had a greater number of college choice activities and had organized their implementation in such a way as to make information more available to this student population. This article concludes with a section that is devoted to implications for research and practice.

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Author Biography

H. Kenny Nienhusser, University of Hartford

H. Kenny Nienhusser is an Assistant Professor in the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership in the Department of Education at the University of Hartford. He is also Director of the Center for Learning and Professional Education in the Institute for Translational Research in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions. His scholarship focuses on the implementation of state and institutional policies that impact underserved minority students’ postsecondary education access.

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Published

2013-11-17

How to Cite

Nienhusser, H. K. (2013). Role of High Schools in Undocumented Students’ College Choice. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 21, 85. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v21n85.2013

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