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Lum, Lydia – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2009
Every time Dr. Larry Shinagawa teaches his "Introduction to Asian American Studies" course at the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park, he finds that 10 to 20 percent of his students are adoptees. Among other things, they hunger to better comprehend the social and political circumstances overseas leading to their adoption. In…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Foreign Countries, Adoption, Asian Americans
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Gimpel, James G.; Lay, J. Celeste – Rural Sociology, 2008
We explore the roots of tolerance for immigration-related diversity from a political socialization perspective. Among rural adolescent respondents, we find that attitudes toward immigrants are surprisingly variable along a number of important dimensions: anticipated socioeconomic status, family longevity in the community, and employment in…
Descriptors: Political Socialization, Rural Areas, Immigration, Immigrants