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Understanding and Supporting Undocumented Students: New Directions for Student Services, No. 131
Jerry Price (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-92249-1
Paperback
88 pages
October 2010
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EDITOR'S NOTES (Jerry Price).

1. Serving Undocumented Students: Current Law and Policy (Ryan Evely Gildersleeve, Corey Rumann, Rodolfo Mondragón)
Student affairs professionals need to be familiar with the laws and policies of their state that relate to undocumented students and understand how these laws and policies shape the experiences of undocumented students on campus.

2. Precollege Contexts of Undocumented Students: Implications for Student Affairs Professionals (Ryan Evely Gildersleeve, Jessica J. Ranero)
By understanding undocumented students' precollege experiences, student affairs professionals can develop effective systems of support and advocacy to assist these students in navigating higher education.

3. "Cursed and Blessed": Examining the Socioemotional and Academic Experiences of Undocumented Latina and Latino College Students (William Pérez, Richard D. Cortés, Karina Ramos, Heidi Coronado)
The legal status of undocumented students can create significant academic and emotional hardships.

4. Tenuous Options: The Career Development Process for Undocumented Students (Anna M. Ortiz, Alejandro Hinojosa)
The legal restraints that create diffi cult hurdles for undocumented students as they enter higher education greatly diminish their professional opportunities after college graduation.

5. Sharing Their Secrets: Undocumented Students' Personal Stories of Fear, Drive, and Survival (Susana Hernandez, Ignacio Hernandez Jr., Rebecca Gadson, Deneece Huftalin, Anna M. Ortiz, Mistalene Calleroz White, DeAnn Yocum-Gaffney)
The fi rsthand stories of fi ve undocumented students illuminate the cumulative effect their unstable legal status has on their day-to-day lives.

APPENDIX: THE DREAM ACT OF 2009.

INDEX.

 
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