American Ethnic Groups

level and school-level characteristics and examined factors related to their educational aspirations. The authors provided implications for counselors to help Asian American students achieve academic success in secondary and higher education. Over the past two decades, Asian Americans have been the nation's fastest growing minority group. In the past decade, the immigration rate from Asia has averaged about 281,740 immigrants per year (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1993). It is predicted that the Asian American population could grow to almost 10 million, about 4 % of the total United States population b