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The Drive to Excel: Strong Families and Hard Work Propel Asian-Americans to the Top of the Class.

Newsweek, 1984

Reviews achievements of Asian Americans in higher education, the importance of family in the drive to succeed, attitudes toward education, Asian American predominance in technical fields, and some stereotypes about Asian Americans. Also discusses comparative studies of Asian and American newborns and Asian and American childrearing. (CMG)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Asian Americans, Career Choice