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Direct linkHopp, Sam P. E. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This research investigated the attainment of bachelor degrees by students from different immigrant generational backgrounds and income levels in the United States through the additional family capital variables of student educational expectations, parental educational attainment, and two-parent households. As the nation continues to mature, gaps…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Higher Education, Bachelors Degrees, Family Income
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Download full textMossayeb, Sina M.; Shirazi, Roozbeh – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2006
This paper explores the plausibility of a hypothesis that puts forth perceived educational opportunity as a significant pull factor influencing Iranians' decisions to immigrate to the United States. Drawing on various literatures, including research on educational policy in Iran, government policy papers, and figures from recent studies and census…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigration, Educational Opportunities, Public Policy
Otuya, Ebo – Research Briefs, 1994
This report examined the demographic characteristics, educational attainment, language ability, labor force participation, and income levels of citizen and non-citizen immigrants in the United States in 1990. Based on recent census data, the report found that the foreign-born population of the United States, at nearly 20 million, is growing 4…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns
Gonzales, Juan L., Jr. – 1996
This paper focuses on sociological and demographic characteristics of Hispanics, particularly Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans living in the United States. Sections are organized around data tables and figures (based primarily on 1990 census data), with explanatory text, and cover minority populations in the United States, Latino…
Descriptors: Cubans, Demography, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Colvin, Stephen S.; MacPhail, Andrew H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
At the request of a special commission appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts for an investigation relative to technical and higher education in that Commonwealth, Dr. George F. Zook, specialist in higher education in the Bureau of Education, recently directed and completed a survey. One of the chief problems involved was the possibility of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, High School Seniors, College Bound Students
Govindan, Indira – 1996
This study developed a profile of college freshman children of immigrant parents and identified differences in the entering characteristics of these students and the freshman children of native born parents. Data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program survey were evaluated for 97 freshmen with foreign-born parents and 334 freshmen…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Freshmen
