Unequal origins : immigrant selection and the education of the second generation /

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Feliciano examines how immigrants compare to those left behind in their origin countries, and how that selection affects the educational adaptation of children of immigrants in the United States. Her findings contradict the assumption that immigrants are negatively selected: nearly all immigrants ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Feliciano, Cynthia, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2006.
Series:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:
Children of immigrants > Education > United States > Cross-cultural studies.
Immigrants > Education > Cross-cultural studies.
Educational attainment > United States > Cross-cultural studies.
Enfants d'immigrants > Éducation > États-Unis > Études transculturelles.
Niveau d'instruction > États-Unis > Études transculturelles.
EDUCATION > Students & Student Life.
Children of immigrants > Education
Educational attainment
Immigrants > Education
Einwanderer
Nachkomme
Schulbildung
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
United States
USA
Cross-cultural studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Explaining ethnic differences: cultural and structural views
  • Those who stay and those who leave
  • Immigrant origins and second-generation ambitions
  • Immigrant origins and second-generation attainment
  • Upwards, downwards, sideways?: the assimilation trajectories of contemporary immigrant groups
  • Conclusion: unequal origins, unequal outcomes.

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