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Broadened Possibilities: Undocumented Community College Student Course Enrollment After the California DREAM Act
AERA Open ( IF 3.427 ) Pub Date : 2022-06-03 , DOI: 10.1177/23328584221091276
Federick Ngo, Juanita K. Hinojosa

Some states have enacted inclusive policies that reduce constraints and uncertainty for undocumented students, potentially changing their academic decisions and postsecondary goals. We explore shifts in continuing undocumented community college students’ course-taking before and after the California DREAM Act, which provided access to state financial aid. We use difference-in-differences comparisons with permanent residents, refugees, and U.S. citizens who were unaffected by these policies to examine policy impacts. After its implementation, continuing students increased their enrollment intensity, primarily in degree-applicable and transferable courses, and decreased coursework in career/technical education. This suggests state financial aid may have broadened postsecondary possibilities and made transfer to a 4-year institution a more viable option for undocumented students. At the same time, access to aid did not increase undocumented students’ credit loads to the level of their peers, underscoring the reality that other constraints continue to shape undocumented students’ participation in higher education.

中文翻译:

扩大的可能性:加州梦想法案后的无证社区大学生课程注册

一些州制定了包容性政策,以减少无证学生的限制和不确定性,可能会改变他们的学业决定和中学后目标。我们探讨了加州梦想法案之前和之后继续无证社区大学生课程的变化,该法案提供了获得国家财政援助的途径。我们使用与未受这些政策影响的永久居民、难民和美国公民的差异比较来检查政策影响。实施后,继续学生增加了入学强度,主要是学位适用和可转移课程,并减少了职业/技术教育课程。这表明国家财政援助可能扩大了高等教育的可能性,并使转入 4 年制大学成为无证学生更可行的选择。同时,获得援助并没有将无证学生的学分负担增加到同龄人的水平,这突显了其他限制因素继续影响无证学生参与高等教育的现实。
更新日期:2022-06-05
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