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Owusu-Kwarteng, Louise – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
'Studying in this England is Wahala' critically analyses social/academic experiences of 12 West African overseas undergraduate/postgraduate students in a London University. It discusses structural and individual factors impacting on decisions to study here, including perceptions of differences between quality of university education in the UK and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Wilson-Forsberg, Stacey; Masakure, Oliver; Shizha, Edward; Lafrenière, Ginette; Mfoafo-M'Carthy, Magnus – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2020
This article examines how young African immigrant men in Southern Ontario cope with the dominant racial identity at school in an effort to improve their academic performance and access postsecondary education (PSE). Critical race theory in education is employed to explain how the young men distance themselves from stereotypes about Black…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Minority Group Students, Postsecondary Education, Immigrants
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Phinney, Jean S.; Chavira, Victor – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1995
Investigated ethnic socialization by parents of minority group adolescents and adolescents' ethnic identity and strategies for coping with stereotypes and discrimination. Interviewed 60 American-born adolescents drawn from 3 ethnic groups (Japanese, Mexican, African) and 1 parent of each adolescent. Discovered significant differences in parental…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Coping, Ethnic Groups
Root, Maria P. P., Ed. – 1992
This book offers a comprehensive look at the social and psychological adjustment of multiracial people, models for identity development, contemporary immigration and marriage patterns, and methodological issues involved in conducting research with mixed-race people, all in the context of America's multiracial past and present. The following 26…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks