Summer melts immigrant students’ college plans

Abstract

Many college-intending students find themselves dealing with the undermatch and summer melt phenomena. Undermatch refers to the situation where academically-successful high-school graduates choose not to go to any college or to go to a local community college not commensurate with their academic achievements. Summer melt describes how students may “melt” away from registering for college. Practical recommendations are provided so that educators in high schools and colleges can implement strategies to ensure that after high-school graduation immigrant students register for their selected universities.

Latinx Pandemic Melt: A Phenomenological Study of Summer Melt during the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…A family's immigration situation can negatively impact a student's prospects for financial aid and/or complicate their financial aid application process. Undocumented Latinx immigrant students may experience a lack of financial aid completely or have a gap in their financial aid which is too much of a burden on their families (Naranjo et al, 2015). Therefore, these students decide to work after high school graduation in order to save money for tuition, which results in their summer melt (Irizarry, 2012).…”