ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the vital and ongoing role of community colleges as facilitators of empowerment and advancement for students in American higher education and the workforce. It focuses on immigrant students who study at community colleges, including students who lack documentation of their residency in the United States. The chapter presents the work of a national consortium of community colleges as an example of engaged scholarship from which professional educators in the two-year sector can draw insights on how these institutions may support the educational success of immigrant students. The Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education (CCCIE) is a national network of institutions that share a commitment to serving this student population. As CCCIE member colleges and other community colleges continue to provide accessible educational options for immigrant and undocumented students, they do so under the constraints of limited resources.
