new report on obstacles for asian american students

According to a major new UCLA report, collectively, more Asian American college and university students are experiencing obstacles to academic success in U.S. higher education than in the past. More Asian American students now come from low-income homes with limited financial capacity to pay for college, and fewer are attending their first-choice institutions than in past years: More Asian Americans meeting obstacles to academic success, survey shows.

"Beyond Myths: The Growth and Diversity of Asian American College Freshmen, 1971-2005," documents trends in the values and characteristics of Asian American college freshmen nationwide and is based on data for 361,271 Asian and Asian American first-time, full-time college students compiled over 35 years. The report represents the largest compilation and analysis of data on Asian American college students ever undertaken. Lots of interesting observations and findings in there... it seems that the perceived widespread academic success of Asian Americans isn't quite what you think. Oh, big props to my pals Oiyan A. Poon and Julie J. Park, who co-authored the study. More on the report, including order information, here.