underrepresented api populations in higher education
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Presentation to members of the CA Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color on June 19, 2014 at the Hiram W. Johnson State Building, San Francisco.TRANSCRIPT
Underrepresented API Populations in Higher Education
Presenter: Ron P. Muriera
Education and Grants Consultant/Principal
RPM Consulting
Widening the Lens on Boys and Men of Color: Assets, Opportunities & Challenges in California’s Asian &
Pacific American Communities
Source: iCount:A Data Quality Movement for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education, ETS andNational Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE) – June 2013
Specific Focus on:FilipinosPacific IslandersSoutheast Asian
High School CompletionIn several California school districts (such as Oakland and Los
Angeles), Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander and Filipino males
have a 50% drop out rate, more than twice the statewide male
drop out rate and 3 times the national average.
Disparities exist between male and female within API subgroups.
High school completion rates for Hmong, Laotian, Samoan,
Tongan and Guamanian males are all lower than their female
counterparts. The drop out rate for Guamanian males, for
example, is 2.5 times greater than for Guamanian females.Source :R. Teranishi, Asians in the Ivory Tower: Dilemmas of Racial Inequality in American Higher Education (New York: Teachers College Press, 2010).
Access and Success in Higher EducationAmong API males that do graduate from high school, their likelihood of attending college and earning a degree is far from certain. In California, 50% of API men attend community colleges where fewer than 15% earn a degree or transfer to a 4-year institution.
More than half of all Hmong (57%), Laotian (52%), Guamanian (56%), Native Hawai’ian (56%) and Samoan (62%) men who attend college leave without earning a degree.
Source :R. Teranishi, Asians in the Ivory Tower: Dilemmas of Racial Inequality in American Higher Education (New York: Teachers College Press, 2010).
College AffordabilityAmong applicants for the Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) – the nation’s largest scholarship for AAPI community – API females outnumber API males 2 to 1 among applicants in 2013 (67% female, 33% male).
Disparities between male and female APIASF applicants were particularly large among Tongans (14% vs 86%), Mien (18% vs. 82%) and Hmong (25% vs. 75%).
Source: Analysis of data from Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF)
Barriers for API BMoCPersistence in Higher Education
Lack of Academic Preparation Advisement on completion of core coursework Guidance on pathway for major
Employment Commitment to contribute financially to their family
Affordability of Attending College Rising tuition costs Increase in non-tuition costs (housing, books, supplies)
The total cost of college attendance (fees, room and board, books, etc.) varies greatly by institution type. The estimated total costs for 2013-2014 were as follows: $13,929 – Community College$22,488 – CSU $32,400 – UC $50,000 (average) – Private/Indpendent colleges
Bachelor’s Degree or MoreHigh School or Less
Asian American
Pacific Islander
Asian American
Pacific Islander
Note: 25 years and older.
Source: CARE, Federal Higher Education Policy and the AAPI Community, 2010.
Educational Attainment for AAPIs by Ethnicity, 2006-2008
Program Models/Interventions Critical to Improving Outcomes in Higher Ed for API BMoC
Secondary Level Mentoring (e.g, UPAC’s API High Risk Youth Mentorship
Program) College Readiness Programs (e.g., TRIO Upward Bound,
CalSOAP, etc.)
Post-secondary LevelAsian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Programs: De Anza College (AAPI IMPACT) Mission College Mt. San Antonio College CSU East Bay CSU Sacramento San Jose State University
Asian Pacific American Student Services – USC Division of Student Affairs
Asian Pacific American Student Success Program – City College of SF
Asian American Resource Center – Pomona College Asian & Pacific Islander Student Center – CSU Pomona Asian Pacific American Student Development – UC
Berkeley
University of Southern California (USC) Asian Pacific American Student Services
City College of San FranciscoAsian Pacific American Student Success (APASS) Program
Pomona CollegeAsian American Resource Center (AARC)
Cal Poly PomonaAsian & Pacific Islander Student Center (APISC)
University of California, BerkeleyAsian Pacific American Student Development (APASD)
Policy and/or System Recommendations to Strengthen or Expand Program Interventions and/or
System PracticesStrengthen Collaborations and PartnershipsDevelop and/or strengthen partnerships with existing initiatives and programs to ensure API BMoC are included: The Campaign for College Opportunity CSU Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Initiative Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution
(AANAPISI) Program
Close the College Degree/Certificate Gap Preserve financial aid for low- and moderate-income Californians
through Cal Grants and increase student access to federal Pell Grants Ensure that higher education funding and policy priorities hold
colleges and universities accountable for increasing student graduation and completion rates, and closing equity gaps for underrepresented students
Improve the coordination between our high schools, two-year colleges and four-year universities with regards to early college preparation, assessment, and transfer
Ron P. Muriera
RPM Consulting328 Shadow Run Drive
San Jose, CA 95110www.rpmuriera.com
[email protected] cell