A new report released Tuesday by the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California-based organization focused on closing equity gaps in education, found that grouping together Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in collecting student outcomes data obscures significant variations among these communities.
“For a long time, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) have been categorized as one monolithic group,” Cirian Villavicencio, who leads the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs and chairs the Higher Education & Equity Committee, said in a press release.
