Producing (im)Possible Peoples: Policy Discourse Analysis, In-state Resident Tuition, and Undocumented Students in American Higher Education

Authors

  • Ryan Evely Gildersleeve The University of Denver
  • Susana Hernandez Iowa State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v14i2.517

Keywords:

immigration, discourse, higher education

Abstract

This paper examines 12 states’ statutes that extend in-state resident tuition for undocumented students, illustrating their ambiguities and contradictions as they produce the subject in these on-going policy debates. This study asks and answers the question:  “How are students' identities produced in ISRT policy?” At stake in this question are the discursive opportunities made available for enabling and/or constraining higher education opportunity, particularly for undocumented students. Findings point to a contradictory set of identities simultaneously made possible and impossible for undocumented students pursuing American higher education.

 

Author Biographies

Ryan Evely Gildersleeve, The University of Denver

Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Morgridge College of Education

University of Denver


Susana Hernandez, Iowa State University

Ph.D. Candidate

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Iowa State University

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Published

2012-04-24

How to Cite

Gildersleeve, R. E., & Hernandez, S. (2012). Producing (im)Possible Peoples: Policy Discourse Analysis, In-state Resident Tuition, and Undocumented Students in American Higher Education. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v14i2.517

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2012): Special Issue: Challenging Anti-Immigration Discourses in School and Community Contexts

Section

Articles (Peer-reviewed)

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