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• Title:Helping young refugees and immigrants succeed : public policy, aid, and education / edited by Gerhard Sonnert and Gerald Holton.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Sonnert, Gerhard, 1957-
  Holton, Gerald James.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
  

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  • Call Number: JV6465 .H4 2010
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Refugees--United States--Social conditions.
  Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
  Children of immigrants--Education--Social conditions--United States.
  Social work with immigrants--United States.
  United States--Emigration and immigration.
  
• Edition:1st ed.
  
• Description:xii, 316 pages ; 22 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780230621961 (alk. paper)
  0230621961 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Introduction / Gerald Holton
  Part I. Setting the Stage: The Historical Framework
  1. Questions of Success: Lessons from the Last Great Immigration / Nancy Foner
  2. Conceptual Frameworks for Obstacles to Immigrant Advancement: Perceiving Immigrants in the Context of Societal Change / Reed Ueda
  Part II. Looking into the Past: Some Lessons from the "Second Wave"
  3. Successful Young Refugees from Central Europe
  -Potential Lessons for Today / Gerald Holton
  4. Second Wave and the American-Jewish Community / Nathan Glazer
  5. Helping Young Immigrants/Refugees Become Enterpreneurs / Clark Claus Abt
  Part III. Recent and Current Waves of Young Immigrants and Refugees
  6. After the Cold War: Comparing Soviet Jewish and Vietnamese Youth in the 1980s to Today's Young Refugees / Steven J. Gold
  7. Second Generation Advantages: Recasting the Debate / Mary C. Waters
  8. Changing Role of Race and Ethnicity in the Incorporation of Refugees, Immigrants, and their Children / Philip Kasinitz
  9. Young, Gifted, and West African: Transnational Migrants Growing Up in America / Violet M. Showers Johnson
  10. Mexican Immigrant Legalization and Naturalization and Children's Economic Well-Being / James Bachmeier
  Part IV. Educating Immigrants
  11. Schooling Pathways of Newcomer Immigrant Youth / Francisco X. Gaytan
  12. Importance of Raising Mexican American High School Graduation Rates / Joel Perlmann
  13. Increasing Concrete Knowledge and Community Capacity: How CUNY and Other Institutions Can Help Reshape Mexican Educational Futures in New York / Rober Smith
  Part V. Institutions Providing Aid to Young Immigrants and Refugees
  14. Tapping the Potential of Refugee Youth / Jane S. Kim / International Rescue Committee
  15. Reasons for Living and Hoping: Strangers No Longer / Julianne Duncan / United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Migration and Refugee Services
  16. Protection of Refugee and Migrant Children: The Role of Nonprofits / Annie Wilson / Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
  17. Framework for the Care of Unaccompanied Children / Ken Tota / U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
  Part VI. Looking into the Future
  18. Home Country Farewell: The Withering of Immigrants' "Transnational" Ties / Roger Waldinger
  19. Is There a Looming Period of Liminality for Race and Ethnicity in the United States? / Hui-Shien Tsao.