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Callahan, Rebecca M.; Humphries, Melissa H. – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
Considerable research investigates the immigrant advantage--the academic benefit first- and second-generation students experience relative to native-born peers. However, little work examines how school-based linguistic status may influence this advantage. Contradictory patterns exist: Research identifies both an immigrant advantage and a language…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Generational Differences, Indigenous Populations, Language Minorities
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Callahan, Rebecca M. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2008
This study explores the postsecondary pathways of Latino language-minority young adults in the United States. Using data from the Texas Higher Education Opportunity Project (THEOP) and controlling on background characteristics as well as high-school academic achievement, this study explores the social and linguistic integration of immigrant and…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Females, Males, Academic Achievement