Are Asian Americans really a model minority?
Are Asian Americans really a model minority?
- August 12, 2015
- Research by Jennifer Lee, sociology professor, is featured by About (Education) Aug. 12, 2015
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From About:
[Jennifer] Lee and Zhou explain that this had a funneling effect that they call "hyperselection"
on immigrants from certain Asian countries. … As Lee said in an interview with the
University of California, Irvine news blog, "The biggest predictor of a child’s success
is parental education. If your parents are college-educated, the likelihood of you
going to college and graduating is very high."
For the full story, please visit http://sociology.about.com/od/Sound-Bites-Research-In-the-News/fl/Are-Asian-Americans-Really-a-Model-Minority.htm.
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