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Marisa D. Mariano – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Asian Americans (AA) are one of the most rapidly growing populations in higher education, increasing by 36% since 2010. AA students are considered the model minority group who are generally academically successful. However, recent studies by Vang (2016) and Nguyen (2018) have disaggregated data and found while many Asian immigrants came to the…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Asian American Students, Filipino Americans, Student Experience
Gabriel H. Corpus – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Discriminatory "bamboo ceiling" narratives have been observed to perpetuate historical disparities in career paths (e.g., colonial messages of nursing as the predominant career for Filipino Americans). Certain healthcare careers are then seen as unattainable or culturally unacceptable. More research is needed to explore how racism may…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Allied Health Occupations Education, Filipino Americans, Futures (of Society)
Bailon, Angelica Mae Andaya – ProQuest LLC, 2012
At more than three million, Filipina/o Americans are one of the largest ethnic minority groups in the United States. Yet, few studies have focused on the experiences of Filipina/o Americans in institutions of U.S. higher education. Given the increasing disparity in degree achievement between first and second generation Filipina/o Americans, this…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Filipino Americans, Qualitative Research, Barriers