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Buenavista, Tracy Lachica – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2010
There are 3.2 million Filipinos in the United States, arguably the largest Asian American ethnic group. Although 36.7% of Filipino adults have college degrees, which is much higher than their ethnic and racial counterparts, U.S. Filipino youth have fewer postsecondary opportunities. Filipino immigrant and second-generation youth exhibit high…
Descriptors: Race, Filipino Americans, Depression (Psychology), Immigrants
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Buenavista, Tracy Lachica; Jayakumar, Uma M.; Misa-Escalante, Kimberly – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2009
In this article, the authors offer a CRT (critical race theory) perspective of the prevailing representation of Asian Americans in higher education research and acknowledge the importance of recent studies that have begun to challenge notions of a monolithic Asian American educational experience through an examination of differences among Asian…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Filipino Americans, College Students, Critical Theory
Buenavista, Tracy Lachica – Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2009
Institutions of higher education have been lauded for attempts to diversify the face of the academy by implementing programs and services specifically designed to conduct outreach and recruit "non-traditional" college students. Among those considered non-traditional college students are historically underrepresented Students of Color,…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Attitudes, Income, Tagalog