The Intimate University: Korean American Students and the Problems of Segregation

by Nancy Abelmann

Book Overview

The majority of the 30,000-plus undergraduates at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign-including the large population of Korean American students-come from nearby metropolitan Chicago. Among the campus's largest non-white ethnicities, Korean American students arrive at college hoping to realize the liberal ideals of the modern American university, in which individuals can exit their comfort zones to realize their full potential regardless...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082234615X
• ISBN13: 9780822346159
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"