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Chapter 3 - Multilingual Adolescent Mentors and Tailored College Knowledge for Immigrant Students

from Part I - Beginnings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

By
Melanie Jones Gast ,
Yohimar Sivira-Gonzalez ,
James S. Chisholm  and
Trisha Douin
Edited by
Blake R. Silver  and
Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron
Blake R. Silver
Affiliation:
George Mason University
Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron
Affiliation:
George Mason University
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Summary

We utilize asset-based frameworks to examine how college-aspiring multilingual, mainly Latina/o and African American, adolescent students from immigrant backgrounds negotiate college-related pressures and constraints and employ college knowledge when mentoring emerging bilingual immigrant peers. Using interviews, post-mentoring reflections, and critical qualitative inquiry, we highlight the mentors’ agency, constraints, and lack of institutional support as they navigated college and financial-aid processes for themselves and their immigrant peers. We discuss policy implications and the need for future research on peers in supporting tailored college guidance and in empowering students from immigrant, low-income backgrounds given their institutional constraints.

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college counselingfunds of knowledgepeer mentoringmultilingual studentsundocumented studentsfirst-generation college studentsimmigrant students
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Supporting College Students of Immigrant Origin
New Insights from Research, Policy, and Practice
 , pp. 41 - 63
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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