Ethnicity Has Great Impact On Degree Grades By David Jobbins

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In the article, “Ethnic Differences in Educational Attainment among the children of Canadian Immigrants,” Abada, Hou and Ram illustrate the effects that ethnicity, family structure, and parent education have on the education of immigrant youth. The authors prove the cause and effect through research, surveys, charts and tables. Using these methods, it becomes clear that things like parent educational level, discrimination, residency, and more, have a tie to immigrant youth’s educational attainment. Comparing alongside is a magazine article of the same topic, “Ethnicity Has Great Impact on Degree Grades” by David Jobbins. Touching along the same ideas, this article outlines the fact that ethnicity has more impact on educational attainment than gender, background, or type of school.
In the first part of the article, parental influence on the student’s educational attainment is explored. According to the authors, parent educational level can determine the child’s educational attainment. This is due to highly …show more content…

It is important to notice this because these findings put more proof behind Abada’s argument that ethnicity effects university completion and educational attainment. While Jobbins merely states these numbers, Abada, Hou and Ram use charts and tables to illustrate the ethnic educational differences (Abada, Hou, and Ram 2009, page 10 table 1).
Previously stated, Abada, Hou, and Ram outline the benefits highly educated parents can provide their children, one of those benefits being a good school. However, Jobbins article states that the type of school has little to no impact on grades (Jobbins 2014, paragraph 12). So perhaps there are other factors that we think make a difference that really

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