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Vivian Shuh Ming Louie

professor, Harvard School of Education

Carola and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco: Educational Pathways of Immigrant Youth

Carola Suarez-Orozco

October 23, 2006

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.

Closing the Nation's Racial Achievement Gaps II

Christopher Avery

Organized by the Achievement Gap Initiative (AGI) at Harvard University, this is the second in a series of forums that address Racial Gaps in College Access and Success. Closing achievement gaps is not merely a matter for K-12 educators.

Chinese Americans: Compelled to Excel

Vivian Shuh Ming Louie

December 8, 2004

Vivian Louie, drawing on interviews with second-generation Chinese Americans attending a public, commuter university and a highly selective private university, discusses the power that race and class play in shaping educational experiences.

Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Education, and Opportunity among Chinese Americans

Author: Vivian S. Louie

Publisher: Stanford University Press (2004)

Binding: Hardcover, 268 pages

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