Research Areas

The CARE project conducts research and engages in policy advocacy through collaborative efforts that address key issues related to AAPI access and success in education. Key areas that are currently being studied include demographic and institutional characteristics, indicators and outcomes for access and success in higher education, critiques of normative and deficit models, and policy research. For each of these topics, we examine what defines the issue, how well the issue is articulated, and if there are practical solutions that can be asserted (with respect to policy, research, and/or availability of data).

For a list of resources that address the issues listed above, please download the bibliography (PDF).

Our ongoing research and policy efforts address issues affecting AAPIs related to the following:

Demographics and Populations
Ethnicity and culture
Immigrants and immigration patterns
Gender
Class issues
Regional Issues
Student identity issues
School and residential segregation
Language

Access and Success in Higher Education
Access and participation by sector (public/private, selective/non-selective, 2-year/4-year)
Attainment across fields (humanities and social science vs. hard science and prof. fields)
Attainment by degree type (AAs, BAs, MAs, Ph.D.s, etc.)
Campus climate issues
Mental health indicators

Normative/Deficit Models
"Model minority" myth
Meritocracy and equity
Normative frameworks
Black/White paradigm
Achievement and achievement gaps

Policy
High stakes testing
Immigration policy
Language policy
Remedial education
Legislative issues (i.e., No Child Left Behind)
College admissions