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Urban, Ewa L.; Orbe, Mark P.; Tavares, Nayibe A.; Alvarez, Wilfredo – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2010
Research demonstrates that the experience of international students on U.S. university campuses is replete with cultural, social, relational, work-related, and linguistic challenges (e.g., Reynolds & Constantine, 2007). This study explored the experiences of international students from the Dominican Republic as they adjusted to campus life at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Latin Americans, Foreign Students, Student Experience
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Crul, Maurice; Holdaway, Jennifer – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: This article considers the ways in which school systems in New York City and Amsterdam have shaped the educational trajectories of two groups of relatively disadvantaged immigrant youth: the children of Dominican immigrants in New York and the children of Moroccan immigrants in Amsterdam. It describes the salient features of…
Descriptors: Special Programs, Disadvantaged, Educational Attainment, School Districts