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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Education Immigration"”.
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Higher education, immigration & policy: a case study of highly educated African immigrants living in Central Illinois
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Italian Immigration in the United States
… studies) in order to describe Italian immigration in America. The research is focused on Italian-American communities in the areas of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston.</p><p> Between 1880 and 1920, Italian-Americans became one of the largest ethnic groups in the United …
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Black Boston: Negro life in Garrison's Boston, 1800-1860
… one of the significant new frontiers in American education and scholarship. New curricula, books, and not least significant, government and private largesse, all attest to the desirability of promoting an interest in, and encouraging an understanding of, America’s ethnic minorities. However, to …
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Latino Academic Achievement: Impact of Individual, Family, School, Community and Immigration Factors
… of individual, family, school, community, and immigration factors on the academic achievement of Latino students through a secondary data analysis of the ELS: 2002 dataset utilizing hierarchical linear modeling. Academic achievement is measured with a dichotomous variable: high achieving and …
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ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION AND INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
… few decades to understand the economic impact of immigration and the determinants of intergenerational mobility, many important questions remain unanswered. Taking advantage of recently available large-scale administrative, household, and firm data, as well as latest developments in causal …
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Globalizing teacher labor for the knowledge economy: The case of New York City's Caribbean teachers
… insider/outsider perspectives on American public education; and the gendered construction of their transnational, transgenerational class projects. I argue that international teacher recruitment, and in particular the U.S. public school recruitment of highly trained teachers from “developing” …
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Gente Estudiada: Latina/o students confronting and engaging home/community knowledge within/outside institutions of higher education
… More Latinas/os are pursuing postsecondary education with a total of 69% of Latina/o high school graduates enrolling in college compared to 67% of whites (Fry & Taylor, 2013). However, data shows that Latina/o students generally graduate at lower rates compared to whites, and controversies …