Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Education, and Opportunity Among Chinese Americans

by Vivian Louie

Book Overview

In the contemporary American imagination, Asian Americans are considered the quintessential immigrant success story, a powerful example of how the culture of immigrant families--rather than their race or class--matters in education and upward mobility. Drawing on extensive interviews with second-generation Chinese Americans attending Hunter College, a public commuter institution, and Columbia University, an elite Ivy League school, Vivian Louie...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080474985X
• ISBN13: 9780804749855
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for scholars, student affairs staff, and students alike

This book is exceptionally well-written and organized. The volume can be accessed by all college-level readers. It is an excellent choice for scholars interested in a compelling critical enthographic study of college access and attainment among Chinese Americans. It is also useful for Student Affairs professionals seeking to understand and/or support the academic goals of Chinese American students (some lessons are most likely generalizable to the larger Asian American and/or general college-going population). This book may also be of interest to current college students from this type of background as it will help to create a sense of virtual community for students.