Partnership for Equity in Education Through Research

• In Event: Roundtable Session 4
  In Roundtable Session: Increasing Access for Asian Pacific Islander American Students: The Challenge of College Readiness

Abstract

College readiness is a significant issue because it involves not just the role of high school preparation, but also the ways in which higher education institutions can be responsible for student success. This paper furthers research on college readiness for AAPI college students through a discussion of work with the Partnership for Equity in Education through Research (PEER). This project is a three-year study of three minority-serving institutions serving high concentrations of low-income AAPI students. The study is designed to identify promising practices, implement targeted interventions, and mobilize campus stakeholders in order to support greater institutional effectiveness.

The institutional partners in this study are all community colleges and utilize their funding, in part, to help AAPI students transition into and succeed in college-level coursework. Teranishi will present findings that demonstrate the extent to which being a minority-serving institution positions campuses to more effectively serve their AAPI students, specifically discussing the effectiveness of programs and services funded by the federal grants. He will discuss these findings in the context of the need for national awareness of the minority serving institutions. He will conclude with a broader discussion of the need for and use of data and inquiry to link minority serving institutions to larger concerns in the field regarding college access and success for underserved students.

Author

• Robert T. Teranishi, University of California - Los Angeles