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Direct linkLew, Jonathan W. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Asian Americans, as a group, are not as civically engaged as might be expected given their rapid growth in population and high average levels of education and income. The undergraduate years are a critical period in which this "civic engagement gap" could be addressed given the dramatic growth in Asian American college students and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Social Justice, Qualitative Research, Asian Americans
Peer reviewedWang, Winnie W.; Chang, June C.; Lew, Jonathan W. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
This study examined how the academic aspirations of Asian Pacific Americans (APAs) attending community colleges are influenced by their demographic and educational background, reasons for attending, and obstacles they expect to encounter. The sample consisted of 846 APAs out of a total student sample of 5,000 in an urban community college…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Asian Americans, Pacific Americans
Lew, Jonathan W.; Chang, June C.; Wang, Winnie W. – Community College Review, 2005
This review examines the impact of Asian Pacific American (APA) students' characteristics and experiences on their academic achievement. The article begins by describing the demographics and diversity of this group, and it explores the challenges posed by APA community college students' background characteristics and influences, the model minority…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Pacific Americans, Asian American Students, Academic Achievement
