ABSTRACT
A frequent topic of scholarly interest and discussion in the field of education has been the extraordinary educational attainment of the Asian population-the Japanese, Chinese, Filipinos, Koreans, Asian-Indians, and Vietnamese-in the United States. Among the three Asian groups, Chinese mothers are more likely to be employed as managers and proprietors, Filipino mothers in the professions, and Japanese mothers in clerical occupations. About one-quarter of the white students had never been absent from school compared with about one-third of the Filipino and Japanese and almost one-half of the Chinese. Interestingly, the proportion of white students who anticipate majoring in the physical sciences is equal to Chinese and Filipino students and slightly higher than Japanese students. Among the Asian groups, the Chinese are much more likely to major in the technical fields, Filipinos students in business, and Japanese students in the humanities than their Asian counterparts.
