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Abstract:
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This chapter centers Asian American young adults within a discussion
about civic engagement by highlighting findings from 35
years of data on Asian American college freshmen. It will also address
future directions for Asian American undergraduate student
civic engagement, taking immigration and population trends into account.
Calling attention to Asian American civic engagement within
the college context achieves at least two main goals. First, it will help
scholars, practitioners, and policy makers move beyond racial stereotypes
of this group and consider their complete college experiences, including their involvement outside the classroom. Doing so will
help facilitate efforts to develop curricular and co-curricular practices
that can better serve the learning and development of this fast-growing
population in higher education. Second, examining these patterns
of civic engagement will shed light on how Asian American
students, as part of the future of our nation, are positioned for greater
participation in a democratic U.S. society. |
