In November, Arizona voters narrowly approved Proposition 308, making undocumented immigrants eligible for in-state tuition and state financial aid at state universities and community colleges. 

The change gives hope to Andrea Vasquez, a social worker at a high school in Tucson, Arizona, as she helps undocumented students navigate their college dreams.

No two students’ academic journeys are the same, but the Advising Success Networks’ Student Journey Map gives a glimpse into student needs and how advisors can meet those needs.

Three of ASN’s student fellows recently developed the map, calling on their own experiences as students at various institutions across the country and collaborating with undergraduate and graduate students.

Photo: RJ Sangosti

A politically charged adjective popped up repeatedly in the evolving plans for a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies. It was “systemic.”

Then the word vanished, and appears nowhere in the official version released earlier this month. This late deletion and others reflect the extraordinary political friction that often shadows efforts in the nation’s schools to teach about history, culture, and race.