immigration issues Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/immigration-issues/ A Blog by ACE Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:22:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png immigration issues Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/immigration-issues/ 32 32 The Time Is Now for Congress to Protect Dreamers https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/12/07/time-now-congress-protect-dreamers/ Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:22:51 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=11374 Use the Protect Dreamers Higher Education Coalition’s Contact Congress tool to write your lawmakers Dreamer Gloria Oduyoye, who was brought to the United States as a one-year-old, is in her final semester at William and Mary (VA) Law School, after earning her undergraduate dual degree in political science and music at Wesleyan College (GA). Juan Vasquez, who was brought to the ...

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]]> Protect Dreamers Higher Education Coalition: Faces of Dreamers https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/10/05/protect-dreamers-higher-education-coalition-faces-dreamers/ Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:53:28 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=10835 NOTE: Faces of Dreamers has been moved to our new Remember the Dreamers website.  Since the Trump administration rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy in September 2017, there have been many stories about the accomplishments of these high-achieving young people. The Obama-era policy, which has allowed nearly 800,000 individuals brought to the United States as children to stay and obtain work ...

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]]> University of California Campuses Unite To Connect First-Generation Faculty, Students https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/09/12/university-california-campuses-unite-connect-first-generation-faculty-students/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 08:00:44 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=10403 Across the University of California (UC) system, 42 percent of undergraduate students are the first in their family to attend college. To better serve this large and growing “first-gen” population and help build their sense of belonging on campus, UC has launched a system-wide First-Generation Faculty effort to connect these students with faculty mentors who have walked in their shoes. Nearly ...

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]]> What Can Higher Education Expect From the Trump Administration? https://www.higheredtoday.org/2016/11/17/can-higher-education-expect-trump-administration/ Thu, 17 Nov 2016 16:48:34 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=6812 By Jon Fansmith The stunning election of Republican Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8 reverberated across campuses and here in Washington. Immediately people began to ask, “What does a Trump presidency mean for me and my institution?” In any transition to a new presidential administration, there is uncertainty about what comes next. This ...

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