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Leo, Aaron – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2022
This ethnographic study explores the complex influence of family members on the educational aspirations of a group of diverse immigrants and refugees in New York State. Although families fostered high educational aspirations in participants, experiences of economic precarity, high-stakes exams, and downward mobility constrained youths' capacity to…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Family Influence, Immigrants, Refugees
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Ma, Pei-Wen Winnie; Yeh, Christine J. – Career Development Quarterly, 2010
The authors explore how individual and familial factors predict educational and career aspirations, plans, and vocational outcome expectations of urban, Chinese immigrant youths. Participants were 265 Chinese immigrant high school students in New York City. The results indicated that higher self-reported English language fluency and career-related…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Occupational Aspiration, Urban Areas, High School Students