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Development and Society
Development and Society Vol.40 No.1/2 (2011)
The Pursuit of Elite High Schools and Colleges among Second-Generation Korean Americans
- Authors
- Kim, Dae Young
- Issue Date
- 2011-12
- Citation
- Development and Society, Vol.40 No.2, pp. 225-259
- Keywords
- Educational attainment ; Second-Generation Korean Americans ; Elite high schools and colleges ; socioeconomic status
- Abstract
- This study examines the educational achievements and attainments of 1.5 and second-generation Korean Americans. Drawing from the 1998 New York and the 2004 IIMMLA surveys as well as forty follow-up in-depth interviews (selected among the 1998 New York survey participants), the study finds that second-generation Korean Americans are attaining high levels of education similar to the educational attainments of their immigrant parents. A high proportion of second-generation Korean Americans also attend elite high schools and colleges, giving the impression of them as model minorities. Closer analysis, however, suggests a more complex dynamic at work, one that involves Korean immigrants' selective educational and occupational background and the particularities of adolescent life. School-related factors, especially teachers' expectations, peers, and degree of socializing, have considerable impact, both positive and negative, on the educational attainments of second-generation Korean Americans.
- ISSN
- 1598-8074
- Language
- English
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