Special feature: Immigrant parents' concerns regarding their children's education in the United States

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 422-441

  Nesteruk, Olena ^a   Marks, Loren ^b   Garrison, M E Betsy ^c  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation and academic achievement; Eastern European immigrants; Immigrant children and education

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649695529     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X08330671     Document Type: Article

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