ERIC Number: EJ1217603
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 27
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Meaning-Making about Becoming a Minority Serving Institution: A Case Study of Asian-American Serving Community Colleges
Alcantar, Cynthia M.; Pazich, Loni Bordoloi; Teranishi, Robert T.
Review of Higher Education, v42 suppl p309-335 2019
The persistent stereotypes of Asian-American students being highly academically successful and not needing support presents a unique context for which to study institutions with a critical mass of low-income Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). This critical ethnographic case study examines practitioners' meaning-making of the federal designation as Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions at two community colleges. The findings of the study suggest that the AAPI-serving designation can result in the onset of organizational cultural change through an increased awareness of their student populations and a new commitment to educate and serve AAPI students.
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Minority Group Students, Institutional Characteristics, Pacific Islanders, Low Income Students, American Indian Students, Stereotypes, Organizational Culture, Organizational Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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