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Currently serving as the Assistant Director of the Asian American Resource Center at Pomona College.
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PACIFIC ISLANDERS (PI) continue to be underrepresented in all sectors of higher education, includ... more PACIFIC ISLANDERS (PI) continue to be underrepresented in all sectors of higher education, including students, staff, and faculty. For example, data from the 2010 Census reveals that less than 20 percent, or one fifth, of Pacific Islander adults aged 25 or older hold a bachelor’s degree (EPIC & AAJC, 2014). These data point to an urgent need to support higher education attainment for the Pacific Islander community. More recently, a 2019 report coauthored by researchers from Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) Scholars and the Institute for Immigration, Globalization, and Education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), revealed a high concentration of PI enrolled at Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs). While AANAPISIs enroll 14.1 percent of all undergraduates nationally, they enroll 38.1 percent of the total PI students (Teranishi et al., 2019). Based on existing research, and our own experiences, we know that AAN...
PACIFIC ISLANDERS (PI) continue to be underrepresented in all sectors of higher education, includ... more PACIFIC ISLANDERS (PI) continue to be underrepresented in all sectors of higher education, including students, staff, and faculty. For example, data from the 2010 Census reveals that less than 20 percent, or one fifth, of Pacific Islander adults aged 25 or older hold a bachelor’s degree (EPIC & AAJC, 2014). These data point to an urgent need to support higher education attainment for the Pacific Islander community. More recently, a 2019 report coauthored by researchers from Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) Scholars and the Institute for Immigration, Globalization, and Education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), revealed a high concentration of PI enrolled at Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs). While AANAPISIs enroll 14.1 percent of all undergraduates nationally, they enroll 38.1 percent of the total PI students (Teranishi et al., 2019). Based on existing research, and our own experiences, we know that AAN...