Enrolling Undocumented Students: Legal and Policy Implications

Enrolling undocumented students presents unique challenges to colleges and universities.

Their status has far-reaching implications for admissions, financial aid, and student conduct policies.

Recently, when Harvard University sophomore Eric Balderas was taken into custody, he hardly fit the profile of a criminal.

A college sophomore on full scholarship and the valedictorian of his high school class, Balderas had been detained at the airport in Texas.

He was about to board a flight to return to his research work in Boston. His crime? Eric Balderas did not have his Mexican passport.

Eric is an undocumented student, one of over 65,000 high school graduates who are not U.S. citizens.

Enrolling undocumented students presents unique challenges to colleges and universities with far-reaching implications for admissions, financial aid, and student conduct policies.

In this uncertain environment, attempting to create admissions, financial aid, or student policy at your school or university can be a harrowing experience. This video seminar  will help you find solutions.

Navigating through a murky situation
In this 90 minute seminar, Dr. Michael A. Olivas,Distinguished Chair of Law at the University of Houston and one of the foremost authorities on undocumented students, provides answers to a wide range of questions:

• How do you define undocumented students, and how do they differ from international students?
• What is the best way to create an admissions policy for undocumented students within the current legal context, and who should be involved in the process?
• How have other schools modified their existing policies to accommodate these students’ special circumstances?
• What are the best ways to deal with the technical requirements for tax and financial aid forms?
• How can you provide an effective support structure for these students once they are admitted? And what type of support should you provide in the event of an arrest by police or immigration officials?
• Learn about the legislative situation on both the federal and state level, including the emerging political complexities. You’ll also see examples of successful, well-written policies, as well as mistakes to avoid.

Who Should View

• Enrollment managers
• Admission directors
• Vice presidents of enrollment
• Financial aid directors
• International student officials/DSO
• Registrars
• In-house legal counsel
• Placement officers

Train staff for one price
You can invite as many viewers to watch the CD as you’d like.  Set up a lecture hall or a classroom to project the CD, and invite your staff to view this seminar.

About the Instructor
You’d be hard-pressed to find an instructor as well-versed in both the legal and educational implications of undocumented students as Dr. Michael A. Olivas.

Dr. Olivas is the author or co-author of 12 books, and in 2010, his 13th book will be published by Harvard University Press on the subject of undocumented immigrant children. He has chaired a section on education and immigration law, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Hispanic Bar Association of Houston have given him lifetime achievement awards.

He is the country’s leading scholar in the field of immigration and higher education. Besides helping to write several state statutes on immigration policy, he has served as an expert witness in federal and state courts on the subject. He has also been a member of litigation teams in education, finance and immigration matters.

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