The students have also formed the “Count Me In” campaign and have joined with state Assemblyman Ted Lieu, D-Calif. to craft a bill that would require the state to collect data identifying each subgroup separately.
California currently identifies 11 subgroups; the bill would increase the category to 21.
To address the issue, the GOA recommends that Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, facilitate information sharing between Asian and Pacific Islander-serving institutions about strategies that help low-income students, beginning in high school.
Some of the information sharing strategies the GOA believes will help retain, recruit and increase the graduation rates of all Asian and Pacific Islander students include a link on the Education Department’s website that institutions can post successful practices for each other to use.
A draft of the report was sent to the Department of Education and other government agencies and interested parties.
The report was based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Education and speaking to officials and Asian American and Pacific Islander students, the GAO, at eight postsecondary institutions in California, Hawaii and Minnesota.
--Margaret Kamara
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