Examining the Formation of Asian American Students’ Educational Aspirations: An Empirical Study

• In Event: 392 - Section on Asia and Asian America Roundtable Session (one-hour).
  In Refereed Roundtable: Table 09. Educational Inequality in Asia and Asian America

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine Asian American students’ educational aspirations. Specifically, this study focuses on exploring heterogeneity among Asian American ethnic subgroups. By analyzing 989 Asian American survey responses from the HSLS:09 data, this study find consistent discrepancies in Asian American students’ educational aspirations by their ethnic subgroups even after controlling other predictors. The findings from this proposed study may help researchers and educational administrators to focus more attention on and design better interventions for Asian American students, who have been overlooked in American education because of the model minority myth.

Author

• Kye-Hyoung Lee, University of Texas-Austin