Opening the Door to the American Dream: Increasing Higher Education Access and Success for Immigrants

Author: Wendy Erisman, Ph.D. and Shannon Looney

This groundbreaking study exposes the systemic barriers that prevent immigrants from entering college and/or completing bachelor's degrees education, and whose needs are not met when they do enter the university system. It also anticipates that failure to address these deficiencies will significantly threaten the nation's ability to remain globally competitive in less than 10 years.

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Date

April 2007

Price

$0.00

Publication Type

Policy Report

Topic

Diversity, Finance

Funding Partners

Lumina Foundation for Education