scholarly journals The Relationship Between Immigration Enforcement and Educational Attainment: The Role of Sanctuary Policies

AERA Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 233285842110372
Author(s):  
Daniel Corral
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
High School Completion ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Immigration Enforcement ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Undocumented Youth ◽  
School Completion ◽  
The Relationship

This study explores the association between sanctuary policies and the high school completion and college enrollment of Hispanic undocumented youth. Sanctuary policies, which city, county, and/or state governments implement, prohibit local political leaders and police officials from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement officers regarding the questioning, detention, and deportation of undocumented immigrants. This study uses data from the American Community Survey and applies a difference-in-differences design. On average, my preferred specification detected no association with high school completion or college enrollment. These findings suggest that although these policies may help counteract immigration enforcement, they may not reduce uncertainty enough to have a significant relationship with educational outcomes.

scholarly journals The Role of Achievement, Gender, SES, Location, and Policy in Explaining the Indigenous Gap in High-School Completion

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Schellekens ◽  
Joseph Ciarrochi ◽  
Anthony Dillon ◽  
Baljinder K. Sahdra ◽  
Robert Brockman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
High School Completion ◽  
Academic Ability ◽  
Completion Rates ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
School Completion ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
Representative Samples

Internationally there is a gap in high school completion rates for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. In Australia, gap estimates are commonly based on lag indicators, precluding examination of underlying mechanisms. Using two longitudinal and representative samples of Australian youth, we explored differences in high school completion between Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous rates and whether the gap varies for students of similar academic ability. Using an intersectional approach, we show the Indigenous gap varies by SES and location. Specifically, high SES and living in urban settings are protective factors for non-Indigenous students, but not so for Indigenous students. Results also show the Indigenous gap declined in response to government policy that increased the compulsory school leaving age.

The Impact of State Drug Laws on High School Completion and College Enrollment for Latino Young Men

2021 ◽  
pp. 000276422110548
Author(s):  
Tolani A. Britton ◽  
Arlyn Y. Moreno Luna
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
High School Completion ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Drug Laws ◽  
School Completion ◽  
The Impact

Although college enrollment and completion rates have increased over the past 30 years, access to higher education has not been uniform across racial groups. In addition to racial gaps, differences in tertiary education outcomes exist by gender. Gender gaps in college enrollment are larger in the Latinx community than in other racial or ethnic groups. In this paper, we use the October Current Population Survey (CPS) supplements for the years 1984–1992 and state and federal drug laws to measure the impact of the passage of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act on the likelihood of college enrollment for young Latino men. Following the passage of the federal law, some states changed their drug laws around marijuana and cocaine possession and distribution. We use this variation in state law in order to explore whether states that have more lenient marijuana and cocaine laws also have a higher likelihood of college enrollment. We find that there was a four percentage point decline in both the likelihood of high school completion and that of college enrollment for Latinx men after the passage of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act. Findings have implications for modifications to state drug laws and addressing the ways in which these laws impact educational attainment for students underrepresented in higher education.

The Timing of a First Birth and High School Completion

1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn M. Upchurch ◽  
James McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Completion ◽  
First Birth ◽  
School Completion

Opportunity and high school completion

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Bickel
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Completion ◽  
School Completion
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