Peer reviewed
Direct linkERIC Number: EJ460067
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0194-3081
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Issues of Curriculum and Community for First-Generation Asian Americans in College.
Kiang, Peter Nien-chu
New Directions for Community Colleges, n80 p97-112 Win 1992
Draws from a qualitative study of how first-generation Asian immigrant and refugee students view and shape their college experience at an urban public university. Describes institutional characteristics, issues of student persistence, student problems, issues of identity and alienation, gender considerations, and concerns related to student majors. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adjustment (to Environment), Alienation, Asian Americans, College Attendance, Community Colleges, Ethnic Stereotypes, Family Characteristics, First Generation College Students, Immigrants, Majors (Students), Refugees, Sex Differences, Student College Relationship, Student Problems, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, Urban Universities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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