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This article addresses concerns related to college going and access for undocumented students related to the strategic enrollment management (SEM) function on college and university campuses. Utilizing theory and research related to college choice, SEM, and undocumented student issues, this review seeks to identify a set of guidelines aimed at helping SEM leaders and practitioners better serve undocumented students through the college choice process by highlighting considerations associated with finance, policy, and inclusive practice. Applying broad lessons from research to practice, the primary aim of this article is to better enable SEM professionals, some of whom may have little experience working with undocumented students, to better serve this population and the underlying goals of equity, access, and diversity.

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Gabriel R. Serna, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. He is also former assistant director of admissions at the University of Kentucky. His research interests include higher education economics, finance, and policy; enrollment management; undocumented students; and student price response. He can be reached at gaserna@vt.edu.

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Endnotes

  1. Please see Olivas (2015) for an excellent overview of both state and federal court cases involving higher education and immigration from 2004 to 2014.
  2. IIRIRA is the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act; DACA is the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals; and PRWORA is the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Cebulko & Silver, 2016; Degiuli, 2011; Olivas, 2012; NCSL, 2011).

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