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Papers? Fairfield Gets Grant to Study Undocumented Students
by Christine Cassis
August 21, 2010
The Ford Foundation awarded Fairfield University a two-year $200,000 grant to lead a national study of undocumented immigrant students of Jesuit universities.
Research at the university's Center of Faith and Public Life will seek to understand the connections between American Jesuit universities and undocumented students. The study will consider the best strategies to support and challenge ...
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Undocumented Students Ask Jesuit Higher Ed: “Just Us” or Justice?
by Rev. Richard Ryscavage, S.J. and Michael M. Canaris
April 8, 2013
More than three-quarters of administrators, faculty and staff at Jesuit colleges agree or strongly agree that “admitting, enrolling, and supporting undocumented students fits with the mission of the institution.” And yet 40% recently said there were no known programs or outreach to undocumented students of which they were aware. There is then an obvious disconnect ...
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