#146 Another Border: How Immigrant Families Navigate Higher Education
The story of college success in the US often conflates distance with quality, and separation from family and community as a rite of passage. But when Corinne Kentor, the runner up in our 2022 Grad Student Research Contest, observed students who’ve grown up in families with mixed immigration status, she saw something very different: a view of college as a collective project. Her research raises big questions about how we view college and “success” in a time of deepening education polarization.