How Immigrants Fare in U.S. Education [Paperback]

Georges Vernez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 26, 1996

The first comprehensive analysis of the performance of immigrant children and youths in U.S. schools.

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From the Publisher

Continuing increases in the number of immigrant children and youths in American schools and colleges raise the dual questions of how they affect these educational institutions and how they perform in them. These youths will eventually enter a national economy that is in transition and that will demand more educated workers and fewer less-educated workers. This report examines the participation and performance of immigrant children in U.S. primary, secondary, and higher education. It also identifies the individual and family factors that are associated with immigrants' and natives' educational attainment.This report is one of three RAND reports that examine the participation of immigrants in the nation's educational system. The other two reports focus on the effects of increasing immigration on U.S. schools and on higher education institutions, respectively:Lorraine M. McDonnell and Paul T. Hill, Newcomers in American Schools: Meeting the Educational Needs of Immigrant Youth, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, MR-103-AWM/PRIP, 1993.Maryann Jacobi Gray, Elizabeth S. Rolph, and Elan Melamid, Immigration and Higher Education: Institutional Responses to Changing Demographics, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, MR-751-AMF, 1996.The project was sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the RAND Institute on Education and Training with funds from the Lilly Endowment.This report and its companions should interest anyone involved in the interactions between immigration and the U.S. educational system including federal, state, and local policymakers and administrators; advocates; school and college administrators and teachers; and researchers.

About the Author

GEORGES VERNEZ (Ph.D., Urban and Regional Development, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley) is a Senior Social Scientist and Director, Center for Research onImmigration Policy, at RAND.

Allan F. Abrahamse (PhD, Mathematics, University of Michigan) is a researcher at RAND whose research interests include public policy, criminal justice, and tort reform.

Product Details

• Paperback: 83 pages
• Publisher: Rand Publishing (June 26, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0833023993
• ISBN-13: 978-0833023995
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,206,673 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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