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Kim, Victoria; Alcantar, Cynthia Maribel; Teranishi, Robert T. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
With high numbers of immigrant students enrolled in community colleges it is important "institutional agents" (Dowd, Pak, Bensimon, 2013) support the unique needs of immigrant students to increase college transfer and degree completion. Using the "funds of knowledge" framework (Gonzalez, Moll & Amanti, 2005), this study…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Needs, Asian American Students
Alcantar, Cynthia Maribel – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Through the power of social media and increased access to mobile technology, our country is witnessing a rise in college student-led protests and mobilizing to try to challenge racism on college campuses (Curwen, Song, & Gordon, 2015). One of the key functions of higher education institutions is cultivating our engaged citizenry (Hurtado,…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, College Students, Institutional Characteristics, Student Characteristics