Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed: Public Policy, Aid, and Education

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Questions of Success: Lessons from the Last Great Immigration....Pages 9-21
Conceptual Frameworks for Obstacles to Immigrant Advancement: Perceiving Immigrants in the Context of Societal Change....Pages 23-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Successful Young Refugees from Central Europe—Potential Lessons for Today....Pages 37-49
The Second Wave and the American-Jewish Community....Pages 51-59
Helping Young Immigrants/Refugees Become Entrepreneurs....Pages 61-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-74
After the Cold War: Comparing Soviet Jewish and Vietnamese Youth in the 1980s to Today’s Young Refugees....Pages 75-88
Second Generation Advantages: Recasting the Debate....Pages 89-100
The Changing Role of Race and Ethnicity in the Incorporation of Refugees, Immigrants, and their Children....Pages 101-111
Young, Gifted, and West African: Transnational Migrants Growing Up in America....Pages 113-127
Mexican Immigrant Legalization and Naturalization and Children’s Economic Well-Being....Pages 129-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Schooling Pathways of Newcomer Immigrant Youth....Pages 151-166
The Importance of Raising Mexican American High School Graduation Rates....Pages 167-175
Increasing Concrete Knowledge and Community Capacity: How CUNY and other Institutions Can Help Reshape Mexican Educational Futures in New York....Pages 177-188
Front Matter....Pages 189-190
Tapping the Potential of Refugee Youth....Pages 191-208
Reasons for Living and Hoping: Strangers No Longer....Pages 209-224
Protection of Refugee and Migrant Children: The Role of Nonprofits....Pages 225-235
A Framework for the Care of Unaccompanied Children....Pages 237-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Home Country Farewell: The Withering of Immigrants’ “Transnational” Ties....Pages 253-266
Is There a Looming Period of Liminality for Race and Ethnicity in the United States?....Pages 267-278
Back Matter....Pages 279-316