The Language-Related Academic Self-Confidence of Noncitizen Students in US Higher Education

For this multivariate regression study I utilized data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) surveys of freshman and senior undergraduates to examine the language-related academic self-confidence (LRASC) of noncitizen students in relationship to college environmental factors like academic disengagement and assertiveness. Despite the growing number of noncitizen students in US higher education—both international and undocumented students—little is known about the connection between citizenship status, college experience, academic achievement, and academic self-confidence. The study's major finding is that noncitizen status is largely a positive factor in students' appraisal of their own academic abilities.