UndocuCollege Guide & Equity Tool: California 2016 A Collaboration between SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, EDUCTORS FOR FAIR CONSIDERATON (E4FC), UC BERKELEY, & UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Welcome!

Acknowledgements ● 2014 CA Higher Education Summit on Undocumented Student Success ● Experts, Reviewers, Designer, Copy-editors and Focus Groups

Acknowledgements ● Special Recognition to: ● Elena Macias, AB540.COM ● Meng So, UC Berkeley ● Laura Bohorquez, UWD ● Margie Carrington, Canada College ● Matt Matera, Scholarships A-Z ● Candy Marshall, DREAM.US ● Lorenzo Gamboa, Santa Clara University ● Leticia Silva, City College of San Francisco

Outcomes for Today’s Webinar 1. Introduce & walk through the UndocuCollege Guide & Equity Tool 2. Provide possibilities for use of the publication 3. Answer questions + Community Polls

Today’s Agenda ● History ● Purpose ● Content of the Publication ● Challenges ● Effective Practices ● Equity Tool ● Action & Next Steps ● Q/A

Community Polls

History of Publication ● Progression Since 2014 Summit ● United We Dream’s National Toolkit ● California Higher Education Undocumented Student Success Summit 2014

National Institutions Coming Out Day #NICOD April 7, 2016 unitedwedream.org/nicod “Building People Power”

JOIN US! unitedwedream.org/nicod 1.Build with us annually. 2.Commitment can take place at different levels. 3.Pledging by April 7th does not mean it has to be implemented. 4.We are a community. 5.Students’ vision, needs and input is key. 6.Stay connected. We want to learn from and create with you!

Important Areas Outside Scope of this Publication ● Undocumented Young People Outside of Formal Higher Education ● Undocumented Student Prevailing “Dreamer” Narrative ● Challenges in Higher Education Field

Purpose of Guide and Equity Tool ● Audience for Publication ● Institutional leaders committed to supporting undocumented students & to enhancing the institutional commitment ● Institutional leaders include: Professional Staff, Faculty, Administrators, UG/Grad Students, and College Access/Success Organizations

Purpose of Guide and Equity Tool ● Attention to Challenges ● Effective Practices ● Baseline Metric ● Centralized Body of Knowledge ● Bridge-building Across Systems ● Action & Political Movement ● Leverage for Additional Student Groups

Supporting Undocumented Students at California Colleges & Universities STATEWIDE CHALLENGES Lead Presenter: Nancy Jodaitis, San Francisco State University

1.Non-AB 540/Non-DACA Students 2.Insufficient Support for Transfer 3.Lack of Institutional Data 4.Campus Climate 5.Need for Professional Development 6.Specialized Training/Sustainability 7.Standing and Equitable Compensation 8.Need for Culturally Responsive Wellness Services 9.Funding to Bring Models to Scale 10.Unacknowledged Contributions of Each Sector Top Ten Statewide Challenges

Unique Challenges & Strengths of Each Sector of Higher Education in CA ● Community Colleges: Educates the majority of undocumented students without the resources or infrastructure to effectively support them. ● CSUs: Most accessible four year option, yet the inconsistencies of campus policies limits access & academic success. ● UCs: Highest level of institutional support and resources with lowest number of students. System wide initiatives can lack campus input. ● Private Schools: Resources and flexibility to provide holistic support, however, no systematic approach. Very limited number of students.

Community Polls

Effectively Addressing These Challenges ● EDUCATORS, ASK for the support you need ● Use the report’s language to ADVOCATE for CHANGE ● Prioritize a few challenges and address them systematically ● REACH OUT to other Educators and Institutional Advocates

Institutional Models for Success

Framework for Institutional Support FOUNDATIONAL (Individual) EMERGING (Group of People) COMPREHENSIVE (Institutional)

Foundational Practices ● Supportive Staff and Faculty ● Informational materials ● Visual images ● Undocumented Student Clubs ● Recognition of Non-Latino Communities ● Website

Emerging Practices ● Undocumented Student Task Force ● Staff & Faculty Training ● Dedicated Scholarships to Support Undocumented Students ● Accessible System/Tracking/Data ● Dedicated Staff to Support Undocumented Students ● Awarding the California Dream Act ● Internship Opportunities ● Graduate/Professional School Program Collaboration ● Supportive Community Organizations ● Mental/Emotional Support

Comprehensive Practices ● Undocumented Student Orientation ● Undocumented Student Program ● Resource Center ● Regional Networks Of Institutions ● Targeted/Open Funding ● Innovative Problem-Solving

EQUITY TOOL

Community Polls

Why was a measurement tool created? ● Provide campus professionals and students with a comprehensive metric to assess, analyze, and report the level of support currently present at their institution for undocumented students. ● Build a bridge between the effective practices outlined earlier and those present at your own institution. ● Provide INSTITUTIONAL BASELINE AND metric for on-campus advocacy ● Encourage reflective practice in higher education

What are the components of the tool? ● Existence & Sustainability Scale ● Supportive practices are benchmarked & institutionalized for the long-term

What are the components of the tool? ● Supplemental Questions ● Deepening conversations to examine scope, impact, and quality of supports

Action! ● Celebrate! ● Use this process as a framework for conceptualizing institutional support ● Publish results and share throughout campus listservs and networks. ● Present results to: ● key student, staff, faculty, and administrator stakeholders ● key campus entities including student government, student organizations, staff organization, departments, academic senate, and executive campus leadership.

Actions (continued) ● Prioritize emerging, foundational, and comprehensive practices and develop an action plan to improve the educational equity of undocumented students on your campus. ● Connect with other schools within your region to address collective concerns and launch collaborative efforts. ● Encourage sister campuses to use this equity tool and compare results across systems.

● Register your School ● Upload your results ● Research ● Training Materials ● Leadership Training Institute ● Link:

Building a NETWORK ● Elevate/Share Effective Practices ● Collectively Address Statewide Challenges ● Campaign for Systemic Solutions ● Learn from One Another to Better Serve Students

Questions?

THANK YOU! Nancy Jodaitis, SF State University Kyle Southern, University of Michigan Ruben Canedo, UC Berkeley Jose Arreola, E4FC