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Download full textWilson, Craig – 1994
It is argued that high academic achievement among Vietnamese refugee and immigrant students is, in some part, the reflection of a survival strategy that has been employed over centuries of Vietnamese confrontations with more powerful peoples. Historical circumstances have reinforced a Vietnamese belief that a causal link exists between the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Asian Americans, Asian History
