Southeast Asian educational mobility: Ethnicity, social capital, and the pursuit of higher education
Author(s):
Teranishi, Robert T.; Nguyen, Tu-lien Kim
Editor(s):
Allen, Walter R.; Kimura-Walsh, Erin; Griffin, Kimberly A.
Format:
Book section
Publisher:
Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC, 2009.
Series:
Research on African American education
Language:
English
Abstract:
This study offers an alternative perspective for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) student subpopulations, focused on the issues of school segregation and educational mobility within the population. Our data shed light on the emergence of Southeast Asian ethnic enclaves consisting of different ethnic populations (Vietnamese, Cambodian, Mien, and Hmong) and the extent to which students face opportunities and challenges associated with their communities. Specifically, we focus on two levels of analyses: (a) the extent ethnic enclaves are characteristically similar or different with regard to demographic, economic, and social indicators, and (b) how Southeast Asian high school students describe their college preparation and choice processes in the context of the resources and opportunities available in their respective communities. We employed a nested case study design in order to capture the multiple layers of context that influence students as they formulate and pursue their postsecondary aspirations. Our goal is to identify the extent to which generalizations about the AAPI population as a whole are able to represent the educational experiences and outcomes of Southeast Asian subpopulations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)