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New Kind of Ellis Island as Second-Generation Immigrants Land on College Campuses
by Marcia Drew Hohn and Denzil Mohammed
February 28, 2012
Demographics in American higher education are changing dramatically. A recent study by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) reveals that 11.3 million people ages 16 to 26 (one in four) are first- and second-generation immigrants. Moreover, the report continues, between 1995 and 2010, immigrant-origin youth accounted for half of all growth in the nation’s population ...
Read MoreTags: immigration, Migration Policy Institute (MPI), The Immigrant Learning Center | 2 Comments