The Misrepresented Minority

New Insights on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and the Implications for Higher Education

Samuel D Museus editor Dina C Maramba editor Robert T Teranishi editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc

Published:18th Jul '13

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While Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are growing faster than any other racial group in the U.S., they are all but invisible in higher education, and generally ignored in the research literature, and thus greatly misrepresented and misunderstood.This book presents disaggregated data to unmask important academic achievement and other disparities within the population, and offers new insights that promote more authentic understandings of the realities masked by the designation of AAPI. In offering new perspectives, conceptual frameworks, and empirical research by seasoned and emerging scholars, this book both makes a significant contribution to the emerging knowledge base on AAPIs, and identifies new directions for future scholarship on this population. Its overarching purpose is to provide policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in higher education with the information they need to serve an increasingly important segment of their student populations.In dispelling such misconceptions as that Asian Americans are not really racial minorities, the book opens up the complexity of the racial and ethnic minorities within this group, and identifies the unique challenges that require the attention of anyone in higher education concerned with student access and success, as well as the pipeline to the professoriate.

I am highly impressed with the diversity of perspectives and issues on AAPIs addressed by this volume. It is an outstanding effort to overcome the disregard and invisibility of AAPIs in higher education and provides a more authentic and nuanced view that strongly challenges many pervasive stereotypes about this widely misunderstood but increasingly significant group.

Dr. Bob H. Suzuki, President Emeritus, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

This book assembles an extensive array of extraordinarily authentic accounts of Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences. Each chapter uniquely synthesizes theory, research, and practice to inform efforts to effectuate positive campus environments for AAPIs. A must-read for policymakers, educators, and students who seek new insights and approaches to help AAPI college students succeed.

Doris Ching, Emeritus Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Hawaii System

Covering topics from identity to activism and admissions to the glass ceiling, this ground-breaking volume fills a gaping hole in higher educational research on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Using critical theories, national data sets, and case studies, scholars provide campuses with new findings and approaches to address the unequal treatment of AAPI students and faculty.

Shirley Hune, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Washington

ISBN: 9781579224691

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Weight: 520g

370 pages