CUNY’s New Chinese Immigrants Navigate a Precarious Path to Upward Mobility

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Historically, the City University of New York has provided access to higher education to new immigrants and their children. That mission continues today as CUNY is home to students from over one hundred countries. This paper looks at the unique immigration and educational experiences of one of these contemporary groups, specifically, the children of recent immigrants from the Fuzhou region of southeast China who have emerged over the past five years as a significant portion of the student body at CUNY’s Baruch College in Manhattan.

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