Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations for the Study of Undocumented College Students

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry-Ann Jones
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Undocumented Students ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Undocumented Youth ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Fear Of Deportation ◽  
Race Ethnicity

This chapter reviews the major theoretical approaches to international migration and considers their use as a tool to explain the dynamics surrounding the migration processes, meanings of citizenship, race/ethnicity, racism, stigmatization, and other challenges that undocumented youth encounter in interacting with institutions, particularly in their pursuit of a tertiary-level education. It argues that undocumented students—or undocumented youth more generally—may not necessarily fit the parameters that these models of international migration suggest, given that most of them arrived as children when the decision was not theirs. However, these models serve as explanatory tools to improve the understanding of the circumstances that motivate parents to migrate with children but without the legal status that would afford them the opportunity to live full, free lives without fear of deportation and with access to education, employment, and other basic privileges such as driving and travelling.

Undocumented College Students in the United States: A category in need of further analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Deguili
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Undocumented Immigrants ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Undocumented Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Undocumented Immigration ◽  
Undocumented College Students

This paper concerns itself with a subset of undocumented immigrants, that of undocumented students in the United States. While many sociologists have engaged with undocumented immigration in general, not much attention has been paid to this growing group and when it has been done these students were treated as a unified and undiversified category. In this letter, instead, I intend to outline some of the ways in which the label of undocumented student and its consequences may vary greatly depending on a number of different elements, among them: the different legal status of various family members, the different methods of entry into the country, family structure, and the influence of the communities that surround them.

scholarly journals The Academic Performance of Undocumented Students in Higher Education in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Hsin ◽  
Holly E. Reed
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Educational Inequality ◽  
Undocumented Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public University ◽  
Undocumented Immigrant ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Race Ethnicity

Our understanding of the sources of educational inequality for the estimated 250,000 undocumented immigrant college students in the United States is limited by poor data. We use student administrative data from a large public university, which accurately identify legal status and include pre-enrollment characteristics, to determine the effect of legal status on GPA and graduation. We find that undocumented students are hyper-selected relative to peers; failing to account for this difference underestimates the effect of legal status on academic outcomes. Our findings also highlight the ways legal status interacts with institutional settings and race/ethnicity to affect educational outcomes.

scholarly journals To Reveal or Conceal: How Diverse Undocumented Youth Navigate Legal Status Disclosure

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 857-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin Patler
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
Undocumented Immigrants ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Undocumented Students ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Undocumented Youth ◽  
Status Disclosure ◽  
Social Network Formation ◽  
Academic Resources

Existing literature illuminates the multiple barriers young undocumented immigrants face, yet we know little about how these challenges vary among undocumented youth. This article explores variation in how undocumented youth “manage” their legal status in the educational context. Drawing on interviews with Latina/o, Asian American and Pacific Islander (API), and black undocumented young adults in California, I analyze the factors influencing when and how youth decide to reveal or conceal legal status from school personnel or peers, and the educational consequences of such decisions. I find undocumented students’ decisions to hide legal status, while practical, can constrain social network formation and limit access to academic resources. However, decisions to reveal or conceal legal status are not made uniformly but vary by political and social context, and access to support within co-ethnic social networks. Finally, knowing other undocumented immigrants is an important resource for undocumented youth as they navigate the educational system.

scholarly journals The Academic Performance of Undocumented Students in Higher Education in the United States

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Hsin ◽  
Holly Reed
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Educational Inequality ◽  
Undocumented Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public University ◽  
Undocumented Immigrant ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Race Ethnicity

Our understanding of the sources of educational inequality for the estimated 250,000 undocumented immigrant college students in the United States is limited by poor data. We use student administrative data from a large public university, which accurately identify legal status and include pre-enrollment characteristics, to determine the effect of legal status on GPA and graduation. We find that undocumented students are hyper-selected relative to peers; failing to account for this difference underestimates the effect of legal status on academic outcomes. Our findings also highlight the ways legal status interacts with institutional settings and race/ethnicity to affect educational outcomes.

Electronic Cigarette Use Among College Students: Links to Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Smoking, and Heavy Drinking

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 523-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew K. Littlefield ◽  
Joshua C. Gottlieb ◽  
Lee M. Cohen ◽  
David R. M. Trotter
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
Electronic Cigarette ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Race Ethnicity

UNITY AND DIFFERENTIATION OF LEGAL REGULATION OF LABOR RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonid Mohilevskyi ◽  
◽  
Olha Sіevidova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Labor Law ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Labor Legislation ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Definition Of

The Public Prosecutor's Office in Ukraine plays a major role in the protection of human rights and freedom, of general interests of the society and the country, and in the strengthening of law and order, thus facilitating the establishment and development of the democratic constitutional state. The effectiveness of performing the duties put onto the prosecution of Ukraine is directly dependent on the prosecutor's offices' employees that are empowered to fulfill their professional responsibilities. The legal status of an employee of a prosecutor's office is specified in the Law of Ukraine “On Public Prosecutor’s Office”. Although, some aspects of these employees' work activity are normalised in the general labor law. This expresses the principle of unity and differentiation of the legal regulation of prosecutor's office's employee's labor relations. This article researches theoretical approaches to the definition of the concepts "unity" and "differentiation". The unity of the legal regulation of labor relations is manifested in the legally established equality of all employees. Differentiation is not opposed to the principle of unity, but takes into account the characteristics of different categories of workers and working conditions to ensure equality. The relationship between the general labor law and the special law on the prosecutor's office regarding the adjustment of the labor rights of the employees of Ukraine's prosecutor's offices had been analysed. The key to effective legal regulation of labor rights of employees of the prosecutor's office of Ukraine is compliance with unity and differentiation. It had been determined that the differentiation of the legal regulation of prosecutor's office's employee's labor rights determines the mandatory and priority application of the special legislation norms. In turn, the unity of the legal regulation of prosecutor's office's employee's labor rights determines the subsidiary usage of labor legislation norms in cases of an employee's individual labor rights not being determined in the special law on Public Prosecutor's Office. Unification of labor law norms governing the labor activity of this category of workers will make it possible to achieve an optimal balance of unity and differentiation.

Exposure to tobacco marketing in bars predicts subsequent use of multiple tobacco products among non-tobacco-using college students

2019 ◽  
pp. tobaccocontrol-2019-055195
Author(s):  
Ana Laura Herrera ◽  
Keryn E Pasch ◽  
C Nathan Marti ◽  
Alexandra Loukas ◽  
Cheryl Perry
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
White Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
School Type ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Tobacco Marketing ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Hispanic White

BackgroundDue to other marketing restrictions, one venue where tobacco companies concentrate their marketing efforts to reach young adults is bars/nightclubs.ObjectiveThis study examined the relationship between exposure to tobacco marketing in bars/nightclubs and number of alternative tobacco/nicotine products used 6 months later among college students.MethodsParticipants were 1,406 students aged 18–29 years old who reported going to bars or nightclubs at least rarely (M age=21.95; 67% female; 46% non-Hispanic white). Students completed an online survey in fall 2014/spring 2015 (wave 1) and again 6 months later (wave 2). Multilevel Poisson regression models were used to assess the relationship between exposure to three types of marketing at bars/nightclubs at wave 1 (tobacco/nicotine product advertisements; free samples; industry representatives) and number of tobacco products used (range=0–5) at wave 2, controlling for school type (2 year vs 4 year), age, sex, race/ethnicity and frequency of bar visits. An interaction between the number of wave 1 products and each marketing variable was tested.ResultsGreater exposure to free samples and tobacco industry representatives at bars/nightclubs predicted a greater number of products used 6 months later, but only among wave 1 non-tobacco users and not among tobacco users. Exposure to advertisements at bars/nightclubs did not predict the number of products used 6 months later.ConclusionTobacco companies claim that marketing is targeted to those who already use the product, not to non-users. However, the current study indicates tobacco marketing in bars and nightclubs may encourage use among non-users and has no influence on current users.

Sticking to the Script

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujatha Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Undocumented Students ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Dream Act ◽  
Immigration Reform ◽  
Immigrant Rights ◽  
Undocumented Youth ◽  
Legislative Agenda ◽  
The Media ◽  
American Society

This chapter looks at how storytelling was used by mainstream immigrant rights groups to produce an aspiring class of upwardly mobile and self-reliant undocumented youth while defusing broader migrant rights activism. In the campaign for legalization through a DREAM Act, the undocumented students known as Dreamers told their stories to the legislature and the media. The students were given scripts to follow that emphasized their achievements, assimilation into American society, and rejection of their home countries. In the lead-up to the 2008 national election and the subsequent push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR), groups of young people were mobilized in mass storytelling trainings across the country to support the electoral and legislative agenda of mainstream organizations. Eventually, many young people rebelled against this orchestration and sought to take control over their own representations. Some even began to move away from storytelling as a mode of political engagement altogether.

scholarly journals Racial and Sex Differences in 24 Hour Urinary Hydration Markers among Male and Female Emerging Adults: A Pilot Study

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
William M. Adams ◽  
Derek J. Hevel ◽  
Jaclyn P. Maher ◽  
Jared T. McGuirt
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Fluid Intake ◽  
Urine Volume ◽  
Urine Osmolality ◽  
Urine Specific Gravity ◽  
Urine Color ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Hispanic White

The purpose of this study was to examine 24 h urinary hydration markers in non-Hispanic White (WH) and non-Hispanic Black (BL) males and females. Thirteen males (BL, n = 6; WH, n = 7) and nineteen females (BL, n = 16, WH, n = 3) (mean ± SD; age, 20 ± 4 y; height, 169.2 ± 12.2 cm; body mass, 71.3 ± 12.2 kg; body fat, 20.8 ± 9.7%) provided a 24 h urine sample across 7 (n = 13) or 3 (n = 19) consecutive days (148 d total) for assessment of urine volume (UVOL), urine osmolality (UOSM), urine specific gravity (USG), and urine color (UCOL). UVOL was significantly lower in BL (0.85 ± 0.43 L) compared to WH college students (2.03 ± 0.70 L) (p < 0.001). Measures of UOSM, USG, and UCOL, were significantly greater in BL (716 ± 263 mOsm∙kg−1, 1.020 ± 0.007, and 4.2 ± 1.4, respectively) compared to WH college students (473 ± 194 mOsm∙kg−1, 1.013 ± 0.006, 3.0 ± 1.2, and respectively) (p < 0.05). Differences in 24 h urinary hydration measures were not significantly different between males and females (p > 0.05) or between the interaction of sex and race/ethnicity (p > 0.05). Non-Hispanic Black men and women were inadequately hydrated compared to their non-Hispanic White counterparts. Our findings suggest that development of targeted strategies to improve habitual fluid intake and potentially overall health are needed.

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