“Determined to Prove Them All Wrong”: The College Aspirations of Hmong Males

Soua Xiong

doi:10.29333/ajqr/13728

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AM J QUALITATIVE RES, Volume 7, Issue 4, pp. 203-219

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Abstract

This qualitative study explored the college aspirations of Hmong males who are pursuing or have completed higher education in the U.S. Using qualitative data from The Hmong College Student Success Project, this study analyzed trajectory analysis statements from 59 Hmong males to understand their aspirations to attend college. This study highlights how Hmong males leverage their aspirational, linguistic, familial, social, navigational, and resistant capital to navigate their ways to college. Specifically, findings from this study reveal the cultural resources emerging from parents, siblings, educators, college and career preparation programs, and themselves that cultivated their college aspirations. Implications for research and practice focus on cultivating college aspirations and increasing college enrollment among Hmong males are provided.

Keywords: Hmong Americans, male students, college aspirations, cultural wealth

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Citation

Xiong, S. (2023). “Determined to Prove Them All Wrong”: The College Aspirations of Hmong Males. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 7(4), 203-219. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/13728

Xiong, S. (2023). “Determined to Prove Them All Wrong”: The College Aspirations of Hmong Males. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 7(4), pp. 203-219. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/13728

Xiong S. “Determined to Prove Them All Wrong”: The College Aspirations of Hmong Males. AM J QUALITATIVE RES. 2023;7(4), 203-219. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/13728

Xiong, Soua. "“Determined to Prove Them All Wrong”: The College Aspirations of Hmong Males". American Journal of Qualitative Research 2023 7 no. 4 (2023): 203-219. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/13728

Xiong, Soua "“Determined to Prove Them All Wrong”: The College Aspirations of Hmong Males". American Journal of Qualitative Research, vol. 7, no. 4, 2023, pp. 203-219. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/13728

Xiong S. “Determined to Prove Them All Wrong”: The College Aspirations of Hmong Males. AM J QUALITATIVE RES. 2023;7(4):203-19. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/13728