Undocumented students and the policies of wasted potential / Janet K. Lopez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lopez, Janet K., 1976-

Series:

New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin Americans--Education (Secondary)--North Carolina--Case studies.

Latin Americans.

Noncitizen children--Education (Secondary)--North Carolina--Case studies.

Noncitizen children.

Educational equalization--North Carolina--Case studies.

Educational equalization.

Illegal immigration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lopez's ethnographic research focuses on college-ready, undocumented high school students and the teacher allies that assisted in these students' attempts to access higher education. She uses North Carolina as a test case. There policies made it difficult, if not financially impossible, for nearly every undocumented student to access college. Despite the academic achievements and resiliency of the undocumented students in the K-12 system, current state and federal policies prohibit undocumented students from pursuing any realistic post-secondary options. Lopez argues that the United States is

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Undocumented Students in North Carolina; Chapter 2: Latino Experiences of Inequitable Education: ImmigrantChidlren, Undocumented High School Students and North Carolina'sGrowing Population; Chapter 3: Critical Race Theory and Latino Critical Theory; Chapter 4: The Use of Critical and Reflexive Ethnography`; Chapter 5: Broken Promises, Wasted Promise: How North Carolina'sCollege Admission and Immigration Policies Prove Hollow; Chapter 6: Academic, Transnational and Undocumented: ConflictingIdentities in Motion

Chapter 7: Tactics of Resistance for Undocumented Mexican-OriginStudentsChapter 8: Counternarratives to the Label of ""Illegal""; Chapter 9: The Policies of Wasted Potential; Epilogue; Appendix A: Consent Forms; Appendix B: Interview Protocol; Appendix C: Estimate of Undocumented High School Population inNorth Carolina; Appendix D: Positionality; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1593326394

OCLC:

818818831