Building Support for Immigrant-Origin Students at UMass

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Join us at this Town Hall style event to explore new research released by the UMass Amherst Labor Center on immigrant-origin student experience at UMass Amherst. Learn more about resource needs and next steps for creating a Dream Center here on campus.

Free food and drinks provided!

Abstract

Immigrant-origin students, defined as those born outside the U.S. or with at least one immigrant parent, are the fastest-growing group in American higher education, driving over 90% of domestic enrollment growth between 2000 and 2022. In Massachusetts, over 175,000 immigrant-origin students were enrolled in higher education in 2023, accounting for 38% of the postsecondary student population, 6% points higher than the national average. Yet this population remains understudied. This document reports on an effort to address this gap through a survey of 401 immigrant-origin students and interviews with 39 immigrant-origin students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.