Become a doctor or an engineer: The problem with Asian American students limiting their career aspirations
Become a doctor or an engineer: The problem with Asian American students limiting their career aspirations
- May 27, 2014
- Research by Jennifer Lee, sociology professor, is featured in the Alhambra Source May 27, 2014
From the Alhambra Source:
Writing in the journal Race and Social Problems, sociology professors Jennifer Lee
of UC Irvine and Min Zhou of UCLA say the root of this trend is a “narrow success
frame” by Chinese and other Asian immigrant parents. “Most Chinese immigrant parents
... define success as getting straight A’s ... and becoming a doctor, lawyer, pharmacist,
or engineer,” Lee wrote in the Guardian.
For the full story, please visit http://www.alhambrasource.org/stories/become-doctor-or-engineer-problem-....
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