Here's something I just received that shows the efforts by universities to provide financial aid to illegal alien students. Our schools and universities are suffering with inadequate finances to educate our citizens, yet there are many who work to give that money to students not here legally. Amazing!

DJ



Subject: Information for Empowerment: Educating, Guiding, andRetaining Undocumented College-GoersInformation for Empowerment: Educating, Guiding, and Retaining Undocumented College-Goers
16 May 2007 Online

Based on three years of research involving undocumented students, this session will offer up-to-date information about policies and practices to provide undocumented immigrant students with greater access to higher
education. The session will include information about state and federal policies that shape college access for undocumented students and
offer best practices for helping undocumented students persist through the college admissions, college attendance, and financial aid
acquisition processes. The session will also offer insight into how to help undocumented students raise funds for college and how to help
them develop a network of students who can provide support as they move through college and on to graduate school or the work world.
Additional information will be provided about how to help your students determine whether or not they are eligible to apply for legal permanent residency.

SPEAKER
Dr. Paz M. Olivérez is a Program Analyst for the Educational Policy Unit of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education where
she is involved in several research projects related to educational equity and closing the achievement gap for urban Latino and African
American students. Prior to working with the LAUSD, Dr. Olivérez spent six years as a research assistant at the University of Southern
California investigating issues of college access, persistence, and financial aid for low-income first-generation college-goers. Through this work she developed first-hand expertise regarding the challenges encountered by college-ready undocumented students as they endeavor to pursue higher education. Her dissertation titled Ready But Restricted: An Examination of
the Challenges of College Access and Financial Aid for Undocumented Students in the U.S. offers valuable insight into the challenges encountered by ten college-ready undocumented high school seniors as they endeavored to make the transition from high school to college.

Enquiries: pam@ieinfo.org
Web address: http://www.innovativeeducators.org
Sponsored by: Innovative Educators
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