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Kalaivanan, Tharuna; Krietzberg, Lily; Silver, Blake R.; Kwan, Bianca – Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 2022
Research documents persistent gender inequality in the educational experiences of second-generation immigrant (SGI) students whose parents immigrated to the United States. This qualitative study draws from 27 in-depth interviews to explore the experiences of SGI women as they navigate the senior-year transition in conversation with their parents.…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Student Experience, Generational Differences, Females
Batalova, Jeanne; Feldblum, Miriam – Migration Policy Institute, 2020
Of the 19 million students at U.S. colleges and universities in 2018, 28 percent were either first-generation immigrants or the children of immigrants. Together, these immigrant-origin students play an important role in postsecondary enrollment across the country, accounting for 58 percent of the growth of the student population between 2000 and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, College Students, Student Characteristics, Student Diversity
American Association of Community Colleges, 2018
Millennials, who account for 75.3 million people in the U.S., are more racially and ethnically diverse than any prior generation. Their racial and ethnic breakdown is 56 percent white, 21 percent Hispanic, 14 percent black, 6 percent Asian and 3 percent other. Highlighting this changing ethnic makeup, between 2000 and 2015 the U.S. population ages…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Student Characteristics, Generational Differences, Racial Distribution
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Bondy, Jennifer M.; Peguero, Anthony A.; Johnson, Brent E. – Education and Urban Society, 2017
Academic self-efficacy reflects an adolescent's level of confidence or belief that she or he can successfully accomplish educational assignments and tasks, which are also argued to be a fundamental factor in educational progress and success. Little is known, however, about the academic self-efficacy that the children of immigrants have, which is…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
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Peguero, Anthony A. – Journal of Educational Research, 2011
Extracurricular activity involvement is generally beneficial toward student progress and success. Little is known, however, about immigrant youth involvement in school-based extracurricular activities. The author examined the patterns of Latino and Asian American youth extracurricular involvement by focusing on the pertinent role of immigrant…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Immigrants, Migrant Children, Hispanic American Students
Bonner, Fred A., II, Ed.; Marbley, Aretha F., Ed.; Howard-Hamilton, Mary F., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
While many institutions have developed policies to address the myriad needs of Millennial college students and their parents, inherent in many of these initiatives is the underlying assumption that this student population is a homogeneous group. This book is significant because it addresses and explores the characteristics and experiences of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Ethnicity, Race