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Zubrzycki, Jaclyn – Education Week, 2012
A Bangladeshi girl who spends her out-of-school time translating documents for her parents' immigration hearings. A group of Chinese high school boys whose teachers can't figure out why they're so disengaged. A Vietnamese boy who speaks almost no English and is the only Asian student at his low-performing school. A Korean-American girl at the top…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Student Rights, Minority Groups, Asian American Students
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Chan, Beleza – Journal of College Admission, 2010
Picture an undocumented student, and for most college counselors, it will be the image of a Latino student. However, the reality is that students from many other ethnic groups lack documentation as well. These students hail from everywhere. According to DreamActivist.org, an online resource network for undocumented students, they come from places…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Foreign Countries, Undocumented Immigrants, College Students
Gardenshire-Crooks, Alissa; Collado, Herbert; Martin, Kasey; Castro, Alma – MDRC, 2010
Community colleges provide access to higher education for millions of Americans who might not otherwise be able to pursue it. However, despite the pivotal role these institutions play in promoting social equity, they continue to struggle with low student persistence and completion rates, particularly among male students of color. It is this…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Racial Differences, Role Models, Stereotypes
Brown, Miranda; Fay-Verschurr, Franciess; Logan, Deanna; Rossiter, Lindsay – Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 2007
"On Campus" is an inclusive education initiative for persons with developmental disabilities at the University of Alberta. Now celebrating its 20th Anniversary, we pause to reflect on the implementation, structure, function and evolution of the program, the first of its kind globally. Increasing social change has led to more and more…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Developmental Disabilities, Social Change, Foreign Countries