@article{THESIS,
      recid = {7093},
      author = {Gonzalez, Felix},
      title = {"Chicago’s Dreamers and Doers: Higher Education and  Supporting the Needs of Undocumented Students"},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {B.A.},
      address = {2023-04},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {Nearly half a million undocumented students in the United  States are enrolled in a university or college. This thesis  investigates how Undocumented Student Liaisons created by  Bill HB3438 and other advisers to undocumented students in  Chicagoland colleges and universities develop their  support, outreach, and advocacy of these students. The  paper draws from existing literature on best practices to  foster trust and create long-lasting support structures to  create an equitable environment for undocumented students.  The study presents findings from interviews with eight  post-secondary staff members whose job descriptions  explicitly include advising undocumented students. Analysis  of the interviews reveals that liaisons struggle to  efficiently account for the varied backgrounds of their  students without proper institutional structures and a  current lack of sufficient funding. Indeed, the thesis  argues that the HB3438 Bill does not provide enough  institutional structure and funds for liaisons to fulfill  the bill’s broad spirit of supporting undocumented  students. The paper concludes with recommendations for how  undocumented student liaisons can foreground the needs of  undocumented students.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/7093},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.7093},
}