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Resources for Whom? Narratives of Undocumented Latina Community College Transfer Students

Manzo, Emily
http://orcid.org/0009-0004-3792-321X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu171328898255975

Abstract Details

2024, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Educational Studies.
About 35,000 community college students transfer annually to four-year institutions (Glynn, 2019), twenty-three percent of students within undergraduate programs identify as Latina (U.S. Department of Education, 2021), and about 408,000 college students identify as undocu/DACAmented (American Immigration Council and Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education, 2023). Students with these identities face a range of experiences from financial concerns and misinformation to finding community with peers, involvement with community organizations, and more. What about students who hold all three of these identities? This thesis centers the experiences of three undocumented Latina community college transfer students’ experiences in post-secondary institutions. Specifically, I ask, what are the experiences of undocumented Latina community college transfer students in accessing resources within post-secondary institutions? Using narrative inquiry as my methodology and theoretical frameworks of Critical Race Theory in Higher Education and LatCrit, I collected student narratives to understand their experiences. Using a Three-Dimensional Space Structure Approach, I restoried the narratives, and constructed five major themes: A Mixed Bag: Interactions with Faculty and Staff, Community of Peers: Seen and Valued, Transfer Process and Transition: “So I Had to Figure it Out on My Own”, At What Cost? and “They Are Supposed to Be Supporting Students of All Backgrounds.” Recommendations for higher education professionals and for future research are made.
Jasmine Abukar (Advisor)
Kristen Mills (Committee Member)
172 p.
Higher Education
undocumented students, Latina students, community college transfer students, higher education

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  • Manzo, E. (2024). Resources for Whom? Narratives of Undocumented Latina Community College Transfer Students [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu171328898255975

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Manzo, Emily. Resources for Whom? Narratives of Undocumented Latina Community College Transfer Students. 2024. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu171328898255975.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Manzo, Emily. "Resources for Whom? Narratives of Undocumented Latina Community College Transfer Students." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu171328898255975

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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