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Carola and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco: Educational Pathways of Immigrant Youth
October 23, 2006
Carola Suarez-Orozco co-director, immigration studies, NYU
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco professor, Harvard Grad School of Ed
Vivian Shuh Ming Louie professor, Harvard School of Education
Ronald Ferguson faculty director, Achievement Gap Initiative, Harvard

Carola and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco describe and discuss determinants of success of among children in their longitudinal study of immigrant youth in this nation's educational system. This lecture is based on the work reported in their book, Children of Immigration.

Carola and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco have conducted some of the most interesting and important research on immigration and the educational experiences of immigrant children through their long-term endeavor, the Harvard Immigration Project. The work presented is the focus of a recently-completed volume to be published in 2007.

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