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Undocumented Students and the Policies of Wasted Potential
Author(s): Janet K. Lopez (Author)
- Publisher: Lfb Scholarly Pub Llc
- Publication Date: 15 May 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 202 pages
- ISBN-10: 159332393X
- ISBN-13: 9781593323936
Book Description
Lopez (education, U. of Colorado Denver) presents a study of undocumented high school students in North Carolina and the teachers that helped them access higher education, exploring how access by undocumented Latino immigrants is shaped by issues of race and ethnicity and how inequities in public education shape the aspirations and identities of these students. She examines the experiences of five undocumented high school seniors of Mexican-origin; how policies have created barriers for them, such as North Carolina’s policy that does not allow in-state tuition to undocumented students; what counternarratives they provide to counter labels of “problem” and “illegal alien” in their community; their resilience and strategies of resistance; and what value they could bring to the higher education system. She also considers what teachers and schools do to help them. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
