| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 202 pages) |
| Series |
The new Americans : recent immigration and American society |
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New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Undocumented Students in North Carolina; Chapter 2: Latino Experiences of Inequitable Education: Immigrant Children, Undocumented High School Students and North Carolina's Growing 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's College Admission and Immigration Policies Prove Hollow; Chapter 6: Academic, Transnational and Undocumented: Conflicting Identities in Motion |
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Chapter 7: Tactics of Resistance for Undocumented Mexican-Origin Students Chapter 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 in North Carolina; Appendix D: Positionality; References; Index |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Latin Americans -- Education (Secondary) -- North Carolina -- Case studies
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Educational equalization -- North Carolina -- Case studies
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EDUCATION -- Students & Student Life.
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Educational equalization
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Latin Americans -- Education (Secondary)
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Undocumented immigrant children -- Education (Secondary) -- North Carolina -- Case studies.
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North Carolina
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781593326395 |
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1593326394 |
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