Qualitative Research on the Academic Decision-Making Process of Asian Immigrant Students in American High Schools

• In Event: 46.085 - Roundtable Session 15
  In Roundtable Session: 46.085-20 - Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans SIG Roundtable: Immigrant Perspectives of Asian Americans

Abstract

This qualitative study is about the experience of Korean student-alone immigrants in American high schools. By interviewing young student immigrants, this study reveals the dynamic between teacher-parent-student relationship and how they make important academic decisions.

Author

• Ji-Hye Kim, University of Wisconsin - Madison