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Learning a new land [electronic resource] : immigrant students in American society / Carola Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, Irina Todorova.

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Suárez-Orozco, Carola, 1957-

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Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 426 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

DDC classification:

371.826/9120973 22

LOC classification:

LC3746 .S83 2008eb

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An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Contents:

Introduction: the long view on immigrant students -- Academic engagement and performance -- Networks of relationships -- Less-than-optimal schools -- The challenge of learning English -- Portraits of declining achievers -- Portraits of low achievers -- Portraits of improvers -- Portraits of high achievers -- Conclusion: immigration policy dilemmas.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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