California DREAM: The Impact of Financial Aid for Undocumented Community College Students

Autor/inn/en	Ngo, Federick; Astudillo, Samantha
Titel	California DREAM: The Impact of Financial Aid for Undocumented Community College Students
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 48 (2019) 1, S.5-18 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X18800047
Schlagwörter	Student Financial Aid; Undocumented Immigrants; Community Colleges; Two Year College Students; State Policy; State Legislation; Federal Legislation; State Aid; Fees; Enrollment; Access to Education; Hispanic American Students; Males; Grade Point Average; Academic Achievement; High School Graduates; Academic Persistence; Outcomes of Education; Educational Policy; Tuition; Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid); California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Illegaler Aufenthalt; Community college; Community College; Landesrecht; Bundesrecht; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Einschulung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Schulleistung; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Demand analysis; Bedarfsanalyse; Kalifornien
Abstract	Ineligibility for state financial aid has traditionally limited undocumented students' access to higher education. Since 2013, the California Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (CA-DREAM) has made state-supported aid available to undocumented college students with demonstrated financial need. We use a difference-in-difference strategy and administrative data to examine the impact of the policy on undocumented community college students' enrollment behaviors and postsecondary outcomes. The availability of CA-DREAM aid for these students, in the form of enrollment fee waivers, drew in undocumented Hispanic male students, students with lower average incoming high school GPAs, and those who increased their 11th to 12th grade achievement. Receiving DREAM aid significantly increased the average number of units attempted and completed and, in some cases, improved persistence and attainment outcomes. Undocumented students receiving aid achieved at similar levels as U.S. citizen peers receiving aid and better than their undocumented peers not receiving aid. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01