Asians in the Ivory Tower

by Teranishi, Robert T.; Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo M.

• ISBN13: 9780807751305
• ISBN10: 0807751308
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-05
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

This timely and compelling examination of the experience of Asian Americans in higher education explores why and how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are important to our nation’s higher education priorities and places the study of AAPI college participation within a broad set of conditions through which all students must navigate as they pursue higher education. Teranishi captures the intersections of individual agency, social conditions, and organizational structures as synergetic forces that result in a range of postsecondary outcomes for subpopulations within the larger body of AAPIs.

Author Biography

Robert T. Teranishi is associate professor at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and Principal investigator of the National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education, both at New York University.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	p. vii
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
What's Wrong with a Positive Stereotype?	p. 3
Purpose of the Book	p. 5
Organization of the Book	p. 7
Data Sources and Methodology	p. 8
Transcending Conceptual Blockages	p. 9
AAPls and America's Equity Agenda	p. 10
Race in Comparative Research	p. 14
Destablizing Conceptual Blockages	p. 16
Students, Families, and the Pursuit of College	p. 23
The Demography of the AAPl Population	p. 26
Perceptions of Opportunities and Challenges	p. 39
The Community Context	p. 51
Portraits of AAPI Communities	p. 52
Segregated or Integrated?	p. 59
Hmong and The "Outside World"	p. 63
"For Chinese, It's Subliminal: It's All About College"	p. 69
Secondary Schools and Postsecondary Opportunities	p. 76
Race, Class, and School Inequality	p. 77
Access to Quality Schooling for AAPI Students	p. 80
Wilson High School, San Francisco	p. 85
Hoover High School, Vallejo	p. 89
Hancock High School, Sacramento	p. 93
Predictors of College Participation	p. 98
Trends in AAPI College Enrollment	p. 100
Beyond a Single Story: AAPI Precollege Postsecondary Preparation	p. 108
AAPI College Enrollment Disaggregated	p. 114
AAPI Degree Attainment and Field Representation	p. 122
Degree Attainment Among AAPIs	p. 124
"We're Not All Science Majors"	p. 128
AAPIs in the Education Sector	p. 131
Strategies to Improve the AAPI Education Pipeline	p. 142
Conclusion: Beyond a Single Story	p. 145
Transcending Categories and Boundaries	p. 145
The Need for More and Better Research	p. 148
An Essential Missing Link	p. 149
Data Sources and Methodology	p. 151
Data Instruments: Individual and Group Interview Protocol	p. 157
Languages Spoken in Asian Countries	p. 161
Notes	p. 163
References	p. 167
Index	p. 181
About the Author	p. 193
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