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  • The experiences of Latino immigrant students in an Oregon high school : identity, language, and interethnic relationships

    Creator:
    Hayden, Alyssa
    Abstract:
    For much of history, U.S. schools have employed ideologies of assimilation and nationhood - involving an exchange of immigrants' ways of life for a homogenous American identity - as frameworks for their curriculum and language education programs. However, a new ideology of multiculturalism has gained popularity in recent decades. Multicultural...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Oregon’s Latino student population faces large barriers to academic success: “Hispanic students are more

  • A comparative study of Chinese and American youth culture

    Creator:
    Luo, Laiou
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to explore American and Chinese college student underlying cultural assumptions, which influence their perceptions and behaviors in various domains of life. The objectives of this study were to: (a) To generate timely knowledge of Chinese and American youth's cultural images, meanings, and frame of...
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    explore American and Chinese college student underlying cultural assumptions, which influence their

  • International students as educational migrants : east and southwest Asian perspectives

    Creator:
    Visconti, Lauren A.
    Abstract:
    Projected to reach one million people next year, international students in the United States are undergoing a transformative educational migration. Moving away from the existing study abroad paradigm is the first step to more accurately understand the lived experience of an educational migrant. Discovering the perceptions of what value an...
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    American educational system begs to situate the international student experience by bridging the