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Title Focusing on the underserved : immigrant, refugee, and indigenous Asian American and Pacific Islanders in higher education / edited by Sam D. Museus, Indiana University ; Amefil Agbayani, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa ; Doris M. Ching, University of Hawai'i
Published Charlotte, NC : IAP, Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 265 pages)
Contents Foreword. Moving the Course of History -- Introduction. Taking stock of research on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders : the model minority myth, other racial realities, and future directions for research to advance racial equity -- 1. The State of scholarship on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in education: anti?essentialism, inequality, context, and relevance / Samuel D. Museus, Anthony Lising Antonio, and Peter Nien?Chu Kiang
Part I. Racism, racial politics, and race consciousness. 2. Beyond boba tea and samosas : aA call for Asian American race consciousness / Sumun L. Pendakur and Vijay Pendakur -- 3. Critical race consciousness, or, The interest convergence of "diversity": examining the Initiative for Hmong Studies / Christin DePouw -- 4. Voices of Asian American and Pacific Islander students and the politics of diversity policy / Angela W. Kong
Part II: Advancing racially conscious policy and practice. 5. Undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander students : a primer for developing critical awareness and advocacy among educators / Tracy Lachica Buenavista -- 6. Pacific Islander education and retention : the development of a student?initiated, student?run outreach program for Pacific Islanders / Natasha Saelua, Erin Kahunawaikaʻala Wright, Kealiʻi Troy Kukahiko, Meg Malpaya Thornton, and Iosefa (Sefa) Aina -- 7. Asian American and Pacific Islander storytelling and social biography as pedagogy in higher education / Jeffrey Tangonan Acido, Jennifer Farrales Custodio, and Gordon Lee -- 8. Facilitating college access for Hmong students: challenges and opportunities / William Collins, Anna Chiang, Joshua Fisher, and Marie P. Ting -- 9. Journey to success: a university?community partnership to improve college access and success among Cambodian American students / Mary Ann Takemoto, Simon Kim, Karen Nakai, and Karen Quintilliani -- 10. The unique circumstances of Filipinos in Hawaiʻi public higher education / Niki Libarios
Part III: Voices at the margins of the community. 11. Questions of legitimacy and right to caim Hawaiʻian identity: moving Native Hawaiian identity conversations from the margins to center / Leilani Kupo -- 12 Underserved and unseen: Southeast Asian Americans in higher education / Phitsamay Sychitkokhong Uy -- 13 The Hai Bà Tru'ng Project : engaging undergraduates in survey research on Vietnamese (American) women's leadership perspectives / Loan Dao and Linda Tran -- 14. Conclusion: Scholarship, policy, and praxis recommendations for institutional change / Amefil Agbayani and Doris Ching
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 24, 2017)
Subject Asian Americans -- Education (Higher)
Pacific Islander Americans -- Education (Higher)
Immigrants -- Education (Higher) -- United States
Refugees -- Education (Higher) -- United States
Educational equalization -- United States
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Asian Americans -- Education (Higher)
Educational equalization
Immigrants -- Education (Higher)
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Museus, Samuel D., editor
Agbayani, Amefil, 1943- editor.
Ching, Doris (Doris M.), editor.
LC no. 2016052447
ISBN 9781681236186
1681236184