The Effects of Immigration on Academic Achievement in the United States. Mac Bride, Elizabeth SociologyDemographyImmigrationEducationSociologyB AThis paper reports research on the gaps in academic achievement between first, second, and third-generation students in the American schooling system. The relationship between generation status and academic success was observed using the Educational Longitudinal Survey (ELS) Sophomore Cohort of 2002. Academic success, measured by high school completion and postsecondary attendance, is influenced by the institutional contexts, social capital, and human capital differences amongst immigrant and native students. In my findings, there are differences in postsecondary attendance. Using the results of chi-square, t-tests, and logistic regression analyses, my research shows that second-generation students outperform those in the third and higher generation once I control for social and human capital and institutional factors. Jennifer Elyse Glick, Thesis SupervisorStacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisoropen_access2023-04-02T21:42:40Zhttps://honors.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/8422ecm5495