Response #3

Reading Response #3 to "Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California: How Higher Education Diversity Benefits Our Communities"

Reading this article, one thing that struck out to me was that there is “Low representation among AAPI applicants is a particularly problematic trend for Pacific Islanders”. It was also interesting to see the problems Pacific Islanders face in obtaining access to higher education. For example, the freshmen admission rates for the UC Berkeley differ for each ethnicity, with the Pacific Islander rate being the lowest (19.1%), the URM rate being second highest (23.2%), and the white rate being the highest (31.3%).

Question:

What are some possible barriers that Pacific Islanders encounter to opportunities in higher education? How might they overcome these barriers?

-Jianying Yang

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