Preparing Immigrant Students in Minnesota for Higher Education

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to facilitate cross-organizational learning about how to best prepareimmigrant students within Minnesota for higher education. The report offers information aboutchallenges that affect immigrant students’ abilities to access higher education or to succeed within it, aswell as a summary of best practices and challenges faced by organizations that work with immigrantcommunities on these issues. Information for the report was gathered through a review of the literatureand an analysis of responses from a survey sent to project directors of ten organizations in Minnesotawith college access programming for immigrant students. These organizations are: Carleton College;Communidas Latinas Unidas En Servicio; Hmong American Partnership; Learning DisabilitiesAssociation; Minnesota African Women’s Association; Minnesota State University, Mankato;Neighborhood House; Northfield Public Schools; Saint Paul College; and Women’s Initiative for Self Empowerment.