Exploring “Underachievement” Among Highly Educated Young British-Bangladeshi Women
研究质疑英籍孟加拉裔社区教育不良的普遍看法，发现年轻女性学业成就高，但分析2007年伦敦和利兹两所学院的田野调查及2006年毕业生数据，揭示社会资源、网络和阶级关系缺失阻碍其将教育成就转化为劳动力市场成功。
Abstract Current mainstream wisdom portrays the young British-Bangladeshi community as underachieving in education. However, this study suggests that young British-Bangladeshi women tend to be high achievers in education. This research interrogates the multifaceted experiences of British-Bangladeshi women students to better understand the contested nature of their transition from educational achievement to labor market participation. The analysis draws on a combination of fieldwork done in two colleges in East London and Leeds in 2007 and secondary data collected by the Higher Education Statistical Agency on students who graduated from British higher education institutions in 2006. Although it focuses on the reality of young British-Bangladeshi women, the study shows that – especially for certain ethnic minorities – the absence of social resources, social networks, and egalitarian class relations can hamper the process of making good on educational achievements.