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Pak Yoon K. |
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Asian Americans in higher education : charting new realities / / Yoon K. Pak, Dina C. Maramba, Xavier J. Hernandez ; Kirsty Pargeter, cover image |
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-88500-7 |
1-118-88497-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 p.) |
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Collana |
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ASHE Higher Education Report, , 1551-6970 ; ; Volume 40, Number 1 |
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Soggetti |
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Asian American college students |
Pacific Islander American students |
Education, Higher - United States - Minorities |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Asian Americans in Higher Education: Charting New Realities; Contents; Executive Summary; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter Summaries and Outline; Defining "Asian American"; Research Literature on Race and Asian America; Race as a Social Construct; Critical Race Theory and Asian Crit; Limitations of the Review and Analysis; Historical Overview of the Model Minority Concept; Are Asian Americans Considered Racial Minorities in Higher Education?; The Various Shades of the Yellow Peril; The Modern "Model Minority" Emerges; The Model Minority Goes to School |
Asian Americans and the Educational Pipeline: Tenuous CitizenshipAsian American Access to the Educational Pipeline; Tape v. Hurley (1885); Aoki v. Deane (1907); Lum v. Rice (1927); Higher Education and Segregation; Asian American Demands for Equal Representation in Higher Education; Affirmative Action and Asian American Admissions; Affirmative Action Defined; Affirmative Action Toward the Turn of the Century: (Re)Defining Merit; Negative Action Versus Affirmative Action; The Model Minority Goes to Court: The |
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Impact of Bakke, Gratz, Grutter, and Fisher |
Affirmative Action in Contemporary Asian AmericaPotential Implications of the Fisher Ruling; Influential Factors in the Asian American and Pacific Islander College Student Experience; Campus Climate; Identity Development; Family and Intergenerational Concerns; Mental Health; Leadership and Involvement; College Choice; Community College; The Emergence of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs); Conclusions and Recommendations; Recommendations for Future Research: Purposeful Disaggregation of Data; Multiracial AAPIs |
Research Beyond the Model MinorityImplications for Policy; Implications for Practice; Challenges Looming on the Horizon: Conflation of AAPI College Students and Asian International Undergraduates; Concluding Thoughts; References; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Authors; About the ASHE Higher Education Report Series; Call for Proposals; Order Form |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population continues to obfuscate the discourse on diversity and higher education institutions. The historical and contemporary experiences of AAPIs in higher education clearly indicate that their presence has influenced and reinforced the importance of diversity in educational environments. To contextualize AAPIs' participation in postsecondary education, this monograph provides: A historical overview of the "model minority" stereotypeThe affirmative action debate and AAPIsTheir involvement in the education pipelin |
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