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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454342503321

Autore

Rincón Alejandra

Titolo

Undocumented immigrants and higher education [[electronic resource] ] : sí se puede! / / Alejandra Rincón

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-59332-360-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Collana

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Disciplina

378.1/98269120973

Soggetti

Undocumented immigrants - Education (Higher) - United States

Universities and colleges - Residence requirements - United States

Higher education and state - United States

Tuition - Law and legislation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Historical and legal context -- Broadening educational access in Texas -- In-state tuition policies gain momentum -- Challenges to in-state tuition policies -- Federal initiatives and student advocacy -- Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

Rincón reviews the struggle by undocumented immigrant students to gain access to college by paying in-state tuition rates. These efforts, which have been successful in ten states, can be characterized as a human and civil rights struggle based on the fundamental premise that no group should be subjected to discrimination. Undocumented students seek equality under the law while affirming their humanity and thus their rights as human beings. Undocumented immigrants seek to overturn government and media images that portray them as illegal; devoid of all rights simply because they are working and living in a country other than the one in which they were born. -- Publisher description.