Migrants' Children's Orientations Toward Acquiring a Higher Education

• Published in: Russian education and society Vol. 48; no. 5; pp. 73 - 90
• Main Authors: TIURIUKANOVA, E.V., LEDENEVA, L.I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 01.05.2006; M
• Subjects: Acculturation; Demography; Educational Attainment; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Immigrants; Migrant Children; Migration; Public Policy; Russia; Russian; Social Change; Social Environment; Social Status; Russia

The article, based on a study carried out in 2003, discusses Russia's migrant children's orientations toward acquiring higher education in the Russia Federation. The focus of this study was to determine the educational factors that motivate migrants to relocate to the Russian Federation. I...