July 23, 2004

Immigrant Children Are as Likely as American-Born Students to Succeed in College, Study Finds

By ERIC HOOVER

High-school students from immigrant families are just as likely to succeed in college as American-born students are.

That was the finding of a report published in the June issue of the Journal of Research on Adolescence by two researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles.

The study measured a variety of factors, including students' academic performance, educational goals, and sense of obligation they felt to their families.

The findings were based on the