Decades On, Southeast Asians Struggle in US
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The two-day conference, organized by the National Association for the Education and Advancement of Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese. (Photo: Im Sothearith) |
Washington, DC Wednesday, 27 October 2010
“Actually, Asian-American students don't do well. They have high rates of drop out and low access to higher education.”
Researchers and educators from Southeast Asian communities in the US met over the weekend to discuss the ongoing challenges immigrants from the region face in America.
Cambodian-Americans face social, cultural and economic difficulties, along with similar communities from Laos and Vietnam.
The two-day conference, organized by the National Association for the Education and Advancement of Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese, brought together 35 years of research and was sponsored for the first time by the National Education Association.
