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

Introduction G.Sonnert & G.Holton PART I: SETTING THE STAGE: THE HISTORIAL FRAMEWORK Questions of Success: Lessons from the Last Great Immigration N.Foner Conceptual Frameworks for Obstacles to Immigrant Advancement: Perceiving Immigrants in the Context of Societal Change R.Ueda PART II: LOOKING INTO THE PAST: SOME LESSONS FROM THE 'SECOND WAVE' Successful Young Refugees form Central Europe - Potential Lessons for Today G.Sonnert & G.Holton The Second Wave and the American Jewish Community N.Glazer Helping Young Immigrants/Refugees Become Entrepreneurs C.Claus Abt PART III: RECENT AND CURRENT WAVES OF YOUNG IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES After the Cold War: Comparing Soviet Jewish and Vietnamese Youth in the 1980s to Today's Young Refugees S.J.Gold Second Generation Advantages: An Optimistic Story M.Waters The Changing Role of Race and Ethnicity in the Incorporation of Refugees, Immigrants and their Children P.Kasinitz Young, Gifted and West African: Transnational Migrants Growing Up in America M.Halter & V.M.Showers Johnson Mexican Immigrant Legalization and Naturalization and Children's Economic Well-Being F.D.Bean, S.K.Brown, M.A.Leach & J.Bachmeier PART IV: EDUCATING IMMIGRANTS Schooling Pathways of Newcomer Immigrant Youth C.Suarez-Orozco & F.X.Gaytan The Importance of Raising Mexican-American High School Graduation Rates J.Perlmann Increasing Concrete Knowledge and Community Capacity: How CUNY and other Institutions Can Help Re-Shape Mexican Educational Futures in New York R.Smith PART V: INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING AID TO YOUNG IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES Tapping the Potential of Refugee Youth R.J.Carey & J.S.Kim [International Rescue Committee (IRC)] Reasons for Living and Hoping: Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope J.Duncan [United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS)] Protection of Refugee and Migrant Children: The Role of Nonprofits A.Wilson [Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)] A Framework for the Care of Unaccompanied Children K.Tota [Office of Refugee Resettlement, U. S. Department of Health& Human Services] PART VI: LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE Home Country Farewell: The Withering of Immigrants' 'Transnational' Ties R.Waldinger Is There a Looming Period of Liminality for Race and Ethnicity in the US? R.Alba & H.shien Tsao