Immigrant-Origin Students in Community College

Carola Suárez-Orozco is professor of human development and psychology and co-director of the Institute for Immigration, Globalization, and Education at UCLA Graduate School of Education. Olivia Osei-Twumasi is an assistant adjunct professor of economics in the Department of Economics at UCLA.

• ContentsSeries Foreword James A. Banks1. Introduction: What Are the Opportunities, Challenges, and Experiences of Immigrant-Origin Students in Community Colleges?Carola Suárez-Orozco, Olivia Osei-Twumasi, Robert Teranishi, & Marcelo Suárez-OrozcoPart I: THE CHALLENGES IMMIGRANT-ORIGIN STUDENTS FACE IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES2. Emerging into Adulthood for Immigrant-Origin Community College StudentsDalal Katsiaficas3. The Pathways of English Learners in Community Colleges: Persistence and Push-OutTasha Darbes4. Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Undocumented Students in Community CollegesOlivia Osei-Twumasi & Guadalupe Lopez-HernandezPart II: THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE SETTINGS5. Classroom Engagement in Community Colleges: Moving Beyond Student and Instructor Dimensions to a Dynamic Settings Approach Stacey Alicea & Carola Suárez-Orozco6. The Prevalence and Relevance of Microaggressions in Community College Classrooms Carola Suarez-Orozco, Dalal Katsiaficas, Saskias Casanova, Margary Martin, & Sukhmani Singh7. The Use of Out-Of-Class Time on Campus of Immigrant-Origin Students Olivia Osei-Twumasi, Carola Suarez-Orozco, Edwin Hernandez, Monique Corral, & Janet Cerda8. Immigrant-Origin Community College Students’ Help-Seeking Orientation and Use of Counseling Services Sandra I. Diaspart iii: THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES9. Immigrant-Origin Community College Students’ Experiences with Faculty: Relational Agency or Relational Helplessness? Carola Suarez-Orozco, Natacha Cesar-Davis, & Alfredo Novoa10. Through a Lens of Deficit: Faculty and Administrator Perceptions of Immigrant-Origin Students Heather Herrera, Margary Martin, & Natacha Cesar-Davis11. The Significance of Networks of Relationships for Immigrant-Origin Students Stacey Alicea12. The Role of Instructor Relationships in Predicting Academic Outcomes Among Immigrant-Origin Community College Students McKenna Parnes, Sarah Schwarz, Carola Suarez-Orozco, & Olivia Osei-Twumasipart iv: AND NOW WHAT?13. Dreams Versus Realities: Graduation Rates of Immigrant-Origin Community College Students Olivia Osei-Twumasi & Juliana Karras Jean-Gilles14. (Re)Designing Institutional Practices and Policies to Serve Immigrant-Origin Students in Community Colleges Robert Teranishi, Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, & Cynthia AlcantarAppendix: RICC Project DescriptionAbout the ContributorsIndex

“ Immigrant-Origin Students in Community College serves as a timely and informative resource for higher education professionals and practitioners interested in better serving this group. Grounded within the context of the shifts in student demographics happening in the U.S., authors provide meaningful analysis to help this growing population succeed.”—Teachers College Record