Education and Immigration

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Education is a crucially important social institution, closelycorrelated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychologicalwell-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children ofimmigrants - who account for almost one in four school-agedchildren in the U.S. - it is the primary means through whichthey become incorporated into American society. This insightful new book explores the educational outcomes ofpost-1965 immigrants and their children. Tracing the historicalcontext and key contemporary scholarship on immigration, theauthors examine issues such as structural versus cultural theoriesof education stratification, the overlap of immigrant status withrace and ethnicity, and the role of language in educationaloutcomes. Throughout, the authors pay attention to the greatdiversity among immigrants: some arrive with PhDs to work asresearch professors, while others arrive with a primary schooleducation and no English skills to work as migrant laborers. Asimmigrants come from an ever-increasing array of races,ethnicities, and national origins, immigrant assimilation is morecomplex than ever before, and education is central to theiradaptation to American society. Shedding light on often misunderstood topics, this book will beinvaluable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate-levelcourses in sociology of education, immigration, and race andethnicity.

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Grace Kao

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Cultural Studies Economics Immigration Kultursoziologie Kulturwissenschaften Nationalökonomie Public Economics Race & Ethnicity Studies Rassen- u. Ethnienforschung Sociology Sociology of Culture Soziologie Volkswirtschaftslehre

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"In a little more than 200 pages, Education andImmigration covers state-of-the-art knowledge in this field ina clear and structured way that will appeal to students,researchers, and interested readers on both sides of theAtlantic." European Sociological Review "Public debates about immigration become more contentious bythe day. Yet, far too often, this debate is based on myth,assumption, and conjecture rather than sound scientific evidence.With this book, Kao, Vaquera, and Goyette - first-ratescholars all - have provided the solid compendium of evidencethat we so desperately need, sketching out the risks that thechildren of immigrants face in the American educational system andthe remarkable resilience they demonstrate chasing the AmericanDream." Robert Crosnoe, University of Texas at Austin "In this insightful and gracefully written volume, Kao,Vaquera, and Goyette show there is no single story of immigrationand education. There is important variation between and withinimmigrant groups that policy makers need to attend to, andvariation along the lines of class, race, and language that we allneed to be aware of as we consider which groups do better andwhy." Vivian Shuh Ming Louie, Harvard University "America is both an immigrant society and an educationsociety. This important book intertwines these two important themesand brings together the latest scholarship on the topic. I highlyrecommend this book." Yu Xie, University of Michigan
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