Why Asians have become the dominant group in Irvine – and what that means for the city
Why Asians have become the dominant group in Irvine – and what that means for the city
- September 17, 2016
- Jennifer Lee, sociology, in the Orange County Register, Sept. 17, 2016
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Irvine’s Asian population hovered between 35 percent and 40 percent for much of the past decade, before surging last year, according to census estimates. The Asian influx is part of a larger nationwide pattern, said Jennifer Lee, a sociology professor at UC Irvine. … Because there are far fewer universities in Asia, the immigrants’ children had “a much greater chance to get into a top university in the U.S. than in their own country,” Lee said.
For the full story, please visit http://www.ocregister.com/articles/irvine-729359-asian-city.html.
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