Full Description
This groundbreaking volume is the first to concentrate specifically on the experiences, challenges, and triumphs of immigrant-origin community college students. Drawing on data from the Research on Immigrants in Community College Study (RICC), it looks at what community colleges can do to better help this growing population of new Americans succeed.
Contents
Contents
Series Foreword James A. Banks
1. Introduction: What Are the Opportunities, Challenges, and Experiences of Immigrant-Origin Students in Community Colleges?
Carola Suárez-Orozco, Olivia Osei-Twumasi, Robert Teranishi, & Marcelo Suárez-Orozco
Part I: THE CHALLENGES IMMIGRANT-ORIGIN STUDENTS FACE IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES
2. Emerging into Adulthood for Immigrant-Origin Community College Students
Dalal Katsiaficas
3. The Pathways of English Learners in Community Colleges: Persistence and Push-Out
Tasha Darbes
4. Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Undocumented Students in Community Colleges
Olivia Osei-Twumasi & Guadalupe Lopez-Hernandez
Part II: THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE SETTINGS
5. Classroom Engagement in Community Colleges: Moving Beyond Student and Instructor Dimensions to a Dynamic Settings Approach Stacey Alicea & Carola Suárez-Orozco
6. The Prevalence and Relevance of Microaggressions in Community College Classrooms Carola Suarez-Orozco, Dalal Katsiaficas, Saskias Casanova, Margary Martin, & Sukhmani Singh
7. The Use of Out-Of-Class Time on Campus of Immigrant-Origin Students Olivia Osei-Twumasi, Carola Suarez-Orozco, Edwin Hernandez, Monique Corral, & Janet Cerda
8. Immigrant-Origin Community College Students' Help-Seeking Orientation and Use of Counseling Services Sandra I. Dias
part iii: THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES
9. Immigrant-Origin Community College Students' Experiences with Faculty: Relational Agency or Relational Helplessness? Carola Suarez-Orozco, Natacha Cesar-Davis, & Alfredo Novoa
10. Through a Lens of Deficit: Faculty and Administrator Perceptions of Immigrant-Origin Students Heather Herrera, Margary Martin, & Natacha Cesar-Davis
11. The Significance of Networks of Relationships for Immigrant-Origin Students Stacey Alicea
12. The Role of Instructor Relationships in Predicting Academic Outcomes Among Immigrant-Origin Community College Students McKenna Parnes, Sarah Schwarz, Carola Suarez-Orozco, & Olivia Osei-Twumasi
part iv: AND NOW WHAT?
13. Dreams Versus Realities: Graduation Rates of Immigrant-Origin Community College Students Olivia Osei-Twumasi & Juliana Karras Jean-Gilles
14. (Re)Designing Institutional Practices and Policies to Serve Immigrant-Origin Students in Community Colleges Robert Teranishi, Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, & Cynthia Alcantar
Appendix: RICC Project Description
About the Contributors
Index
