The Academic Performance of Undocumented Students in Higher Education in the United States

• DOI: 10.1177/0197918318825478
• Publication Date: 2019-02-28T06:03:01Z
• Authors: Amy Hsin; Holly E. Reed
• Keywords: Graduation (instrument); Legal status; Affect

Our understanding of the sources educational inequality for estimated 250,000 undocumented immigrant college students in United States is limited by poor data. We use student administrative data from a large public university, which accurately identify legal status and include pre-enrollment characteristics, to determine effect on GPA graduation. find that are hyper-selected relative peers; failing account this difference underestimates academic outcomes. findings also highlight ways interacts with institutional settings race/ethnicity affect