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Del Razo, Jaime Liborio – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examines the college aspirations and access of Latino, undocumented students. In a time when college access is limited and a college education is necessary, the issue of academically qualified, undocumented students trying to enter the higher education system under tremendous odds is one that deserves a closer study. This dissertation…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Undocumented Immigrants, Academic Aspiration, Access to Education
Laurin, Joel – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Immigration status and educational opportunities are at the forefront of the current national conversation regarding "DREAMers": children of immigrants brought to the United States at a young age who lack legal status but are raised and educated in the American system. In 2006, Arizona voters passed Proposition 300, in part prohibiting…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Tuition, Academic Aspiration, Dual Enrollment
Robinson, Carrie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Females and underrepresented ethnic minorities earn a small percentage of engineering and computer science bachelor's degrees awarded in the United States, earn an even smaller proportion of master's and doctoral degrees, and are underrepresented in the engineering workforce (Engineering Workforce Commission, [2006], as cited in National Science…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics, Hispanic American Students, Student Experience