Teachers College Press Immigrant-Origin Students in Community College: Navigating Risk and Reward in Higher Education (Multicultural Education Series)

Product Description This groundbreaking volume is the first to concentrate specifically on the experiences, challenges, and triumphs of immigrant-origin community college students. Drawing on data from the Research on Immigrants in Community College Study (RICC), it looks at what community colleges can do to better help this growing population of new Americans succeed. Review " Immigrant-Origin Students in Community College serves as a timely and informative resource for higher education professionals and practitioners interested in better serving this group. Grounded within the context of the shifts in student demographics happening in the U.S., authors provide meaningful analysis to help this growing population succeed."--Teachers College Record About the Author Carola Suárez-Orozco is professor of human development and psychology and co-director of the Institute for Immigration, Globalization, and Education at UCLA Graduate School of Education. Olivia Osei-Twumasi is an assistant adjunct professor of economics in the Department of Economics at UCLA.