1. 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-Orozco
Part I: THE CHALLENGES IMMIGRANT-ORIGIN STUDENTS FACE IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES
2. Emerging into Adulthood for Immigrant-Origin Community College Students
Dalal Katsiaficas
3. The Pathways of English Learners in Community Colleges: Persistence and Push-Out
Tasha Darbes
4. Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Undocumented Students in Community Colleges
Olivia Osei-Twumasi & Guadalupe Lopez-Hernandez
Part II: THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE SETTINGS
5. Classroom Engagement in Community Colleges: Moving Beyond Student and Instructor Dimensions to a Dynamic Settings Approach Stacey Alicea & Carola Suárez-Orozco
6. The Prevalence and Relevance of Microaggressions in Community College Classrooms Carola Suarez-Orozco, Dalal Katsiaficas, Saskias Casanova, Margary Martin, & Sukhmani Singh
7. The Use of Out-Of-Class Time on Campus of Immigrant-Origin Students Olivia Osei-Twumasi, Carola Suarez-Orozco, Edwin Hernandez, Monique Corral, & Janet Cerda
8. Immigrant-Origin Community College Students’ Help-Seeking Orientation and Use of Counseling Services Sandra I. Dias
part iii: THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES
9. Immigrant-Origin Community College Students’ Experiences with Faculty: Relational Agency or Relational Helplessness? Carola Suarez-Orozco, Natacha Cesar-Davis, & Alfredo Novoa
10. Through a Lens of Deficit: Faculty and Administrator Perceptions of Immigrant-Origin Students Heather Herrera, Margary Martin, & Natacha Cesar-Davis
11. The Significance of Networks of Relationships for Immigrant-Origin Students Stacey Alicea
12. The Role of Instructor Relationships in Predicting Academic Outcomes Among Immigrant-Origin Community College Students McKenna Parnes, Sarah Schwarz, Carola Suarez-Orozco, & Olivia Osei-Twumasi
part iv: AND NOW WHAT?
13. Dreams Versus Realities: Graduation Rates of Immigrant-Origin Community College Students Olivia Osei-Twumasi & Juliana Karras Jean-Gilles
14. (Re)Designing Institutional Practices and Policies to Serve Immigrant-Origin Students in Community Colleges Robert Teranishi, Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, & Cynthia Alcantar