Higher Education

Explore all the research, analysis, commentary, and data on immigrants' enrollment in colleges and universities; their tertiary education attainment; and the policies affecting their access to higher education.

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Up for Grabs: The Gains and Prospects of First- and Second-Generation Young Adults

First- and second-generation young adults are one-quarter of 16–26‑year‑olds in the United States,. They have made clear educational gains but experience uneven access to good jobs.

New Streams: Black African Migration to the United States

Black African immigrants are a small but rapidly growing U.S. group, with high schooling and distinctive refugee and diversity visa entry routes.

Immigrants in the United States: How Well Are They Integrating into Society?

Across multiple indicators, contemporary immigrants and their children are integrating at least as fast as prior waves to the United States, though gaps remain for some groups.

DREAM vs. Reality: An Analysis of Potential DREAM Act Beneficiaries

Roughly 2.1 million people could qualify under the 2010 DREAM Act, but only about 825,000 would be likely to obtain permanent legal status.

Education, Diversity, and the Second Generation: A Discussion Guide

A research-based guide helps communities examine how second-generation youth are doing in school and work, as well as where supports fall short.

The Second Generation in Europe: Education and the Transition to the Labor Market

School system design, especially early child-care access and academic tracking, drives wide variation in second-generation Turks' outcomes across seven European countries.

College-Educated Immigrants in the United States

Immigrants made up 15 percent of the U.S. college-educated labor force in 2007, yet one in five college-educated immigrants was underemployed or jobless.

Los Angeles on the Leading Edge: Immigrant Integration Indicators and their Policy Implications

Immigrants in Los Angeles face persistent labor market, language, and health-care integration gaps that call for more proactive policy across the public and private sectors.

Unauthorized Youths and Higher Education: The Ongoing Debate

With 65,000 unauthorized students graduating U.S. high schools each year, states and Congress face growing pressure to decide who qualifies for public higher education.

Second-Generation Latinos in Nebraska: A First Look

Nebraska's foreign-born population grew faster than any other U.S. Midwestern state in the 1990s, with Latinos making up 53.8 percent of the state’s foreign born by 2004.