Transnationalism, Immigrants, and Schooling: Perspectives on College Pathways

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Transnationalism has been used to examine the experiences of immigrants in educational settings (Guarnizo, Portes & Haller, 2003; Schiller, Basch & Blanc- Szanton, 2006) although the focus has not been on college transitions as is the case for this symposium. The four different studies in this symposium show how students’ transnational imaginaries and realities are deeply influential to them as they consider college. In addition to providing the audience with a range of contexts this group of presentations offers practical suggestions to support immigrant and linguistic minority students’ transition to and persistence within college. Finally, conceptual questions are explored with the audience around a number of terms, including those of "immigrant" and "transnational" in the context of students’ college-going pathways.

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education / Section 2: College Student Access

Chair

• Manka M. Varghese, University of Washington

Papers

• Transnational Imaginaries and College: The Experiences of Immigrant Youth in the Global City - Stacey J. Lee, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Reva Jaffe-Walter, University of Wisconsin

• Examining College Readiness Among Latina/o Immigrants and Transnationals in Community Colleges - Mary Martinez-Wenzl, Education Northwest

• Transnational University Returnee Students in Mexico: Responses to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals—Had Things Been Different? - Nolvia Ana Cortez Roman, Universidad de Sonora

• Mexican Transnational Students’ Thinking About Higher Education: Implications for Practice and Policy - Edmund T. Hamann, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Juan Sanchez Garcia, Normal School, Miguel F. Martinez