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Chapter 1 - Understanding College Students of Immigrant Origin

from Part I - Beginnings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

By
Blake R. Silver  and
Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron
Edited by
Blake R. Silver  and
Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron
Blake R. Silver
Affiliation:
George Mason University
Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron
Affiliation:
George Mason University
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Summary

This chapter – offered by the co-editors – situates the need for “Supporting College Students of Immigrant Origin: New Insights from Research, Policy, and Practice” in both historical and contemporary social, political, and cultural contexts. It also offers a blueprint for how a range of higher education stakeholders can engage with the volume and its individual chapters, which are organized into four distinct parts that chronologically trace students of immigrant origin’s journeys as they relate to higher education.

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immigrant-origincollege studentsmigrationfirst-generationsecond-generationraceethnicityintersectionalitystudent successstudent affairs
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Supporting College Students of Immigrant Origin
New Insights from Research, Policy, and Practice
 , pp. 3 - 16
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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