Facts, Not Fiction: Setting the Record Straight
The 2008 CARE Report seeks to improve U.S. education for all students by expanding the way education leaders, federal and state policy-makers, and the public understand the complexities, inequities, and strengths of the U.S. educational system. This report is intended to encourage realistic and actionable discussions about how societal distinctions of race, class, ethnicity, language, and other cultural factors are constituted in the day-to-day operations of American schools.
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Fiction 1: AAPI students are "taking over" U.S. higher education.
Fact: The increasing presence of AAPI students parallels increases in other student populations.
Fact: The AAPI student population is concentrated in a small percentage of institutions.
Fact: AAPIs have a range of academic interests beyond Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
Fiction 2: AAPIs are concentrated only in selective four-year universities.
Fact: AAPI students are evenly distributed in mostly public two-year and four-year institutions.
Fact: AAPIs have a range of scores on standardized tests.
Fact: AAPI enrollment in public community colleges is increasing faster than at four-year colleges.
Fact: AAPI community college enrollment is increasing fastest in the Midwest and the South.
Fiction 3: AAPIs are a homogenous racial group.
On the Horizon: Emerging AAPI Issues in U.S. education
Fact: AAPIs are an ethnically diverse population.
Fact: AAPI students and their families encompass many different languages and dialects.
Fact: Immigration histories have an effect on the needs and assets of different AAPI communities.
Fact: Economic, social, and cultural capital varies greatly among AAPIs.
Conclusion and Recommendations