Exploring How Asian American and Pacific Islander Undergraduate Students Experience Culturally Engaging Campus Environments

• In Event: 63.084 - MTCC Roundtable Session 25
  In Roundtable Session: 63.084-8 - Asian American and Pacific Islander Experiences Across Educational Contexts

Abstract

Within higher education research that studies experiences and success among racially diverse students, scholars have found that culturally relevant and responsive learning environments, such as culturally relevant pedagogy, are conducive to enhance success for racially diverse students, including AAPI students (Museus, 2014). However, there remains limited understanding on the ways in which institutional environments create conditions to validate and empower AAPI populations. Guided by the Culturally Engaging Campus Environments (CECE) framework and model of student success, the purpose of this study is to explore how AAPI experience different types of culturally relevant or responsive campus environments through cross-racial and cross-ethnic-group comparisons. Findings suggest the need of data disaggregation as a useful and critical practice for assessing particularly AAPI student experiences.

Authors

• Samuel D. Museus, University of California - San Diego

• Ting-Han Chang, Indiana University - Bloomington

• Natasha A Saelua, Indiana University - Bloomington

• Adrianne Sarreal, University of California San Diego

• Christen Priddie, Indiana University - Bloomington