More than 40% of undergraduate AAPI students are enrolled at an AANAPISI

The APIASF Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) Scholarship is available to students attending APIASF AANPISI partner campus during the 14-15 academic year.

Award Amount: $2,500 - $5,000
Application Deadline:
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 6 p.m. PDT

Click here for the eligibility requirements or to apply.

The 2014 PEER report, Measuring the Impact of MSI-Funded Programs on Student Success: Findings from the Evaluation on Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), evaluates the effectiveness of minority-serving institution (MSI) grant-funded student programs at AANAPISIs, one of the newest MSI designations. This report is the second in a series of three publications on the findings from CARE's research on AANAPISIs.

Invisible Newcomers: Refugees from Burma/Myanmar and Bhutan in the United States, written by researchers at the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS), exposes the demographic characteristics, challenges and policy implications of the two largest refugee arrivals to the U.S., who are largely invisible in the current national discourse on Asian American socioeconomic outcomes.

The 2013 APIASF Scholar Perspectives Report is the first of its kind to use disaggregated data to delve into the issues surrounding student access and success in the high-performing, low-income AAPI population. Created by APIASF staff, the data in this report serves as the foundation for our evidence-based scholar programs and services.

Nearly 50 percent of the AAPI community enrolled in higher education attends community college. This video from Richard Lui explains why supporting these students matters.

For more data on AAPI students, click here.

Did you know that nearly half of all Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders enrolled in higher education are attending community colleges?

Here are some of their stories.