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Briefs
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
UC AAPI Policy MRP
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.
July 2, 2008
The growing influence of Asian American voters could play an important role in the upcoming presidential election, but still more can be done to increase voter registration and citizenship rates among this population, according to an analysis conducted by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, the UC Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Initiative, and the Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics. The report, based on 2006 U.S. census figures, charts Asian American electoral trends in the context of population growth, demographics and immigration status and highlights the challenges of translating Asian Americans' growing numbers into strength at the polls.
- "Building Capacity for Rapid Response to State Health Crises:
Learning from HIV/AIDS and Asian American and Pacific Islander
Organizations"
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- "The Impact of Welfare Reform on Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities in California."
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- "Pacific Islanders Lagging Behind in Higher Educational Attainment"
PDF of full report
UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Census Information Center
UC AAPI Policy MRP
Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Census Information Center
November 14, 2006
In an economy that increasingly requires a college education to be successful in the labor market, Pacific Islanders have fallen behind and current admissions patterns will perpetuate this problem, according to an analysis conducted by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, the UC Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Initiative, and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center. The analysis uses data released November 14, 2006 from the 2005 American Community Survey, iterated by race, Hispanic origin, ancestry and age released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, along with previously released data.
Major Findings include:
* Among those 25 years and older, single-race Pacific Islanders are only about half as likely as non-Hispanic whites to have at least a bachelor's degree (15% versus 30%). The gap is even wider when compared to Asians (49% with a bachelor's or more advanced degree).
* Pacific Islander levels of educational attainment (15%) are similar to African Americans, in which 17% have at least a bachelor's or more advanced degree.
* Pacific Islanders in Hawai'i have lower educational attainment than those in the other 49 states.
* Among Pacific Islanders, Samoans, Tongans, and Fijians have the lowest percentages with a college degree.
* Prospects for future educational attainment are bleak. Slightly less than a third (29%) of Pacific Islanders between the ages of 18 and 24 are enrolled in a college or university, a rate comparable to African Americans (29%). In contrast, the college enrollment figures are 39% for non-Hispanic whites and 57% for Asians.
* Public schools are failing to prepare Pacific Islander students for high school and college levels. The lack of culturally-appropriate programs and a hostile educational environment contribute to social alienation and a high dropout rate among Pacific Islander youths.
- "The New 'Sleeping Giant' in California Politics: The Growth of Asian Americans"
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UCLA Asian American Studies Center
UCLA AAPI Policy Initiative
September 6, 2006
In the 1980s and 1990s, Hispanics were considered the “sleeping giant” in California politics because of their growing numbers. Asian Americans are now the new “sleeping giant” and are at a point where Hispanics were about two decades ago. They have significantly increased their potential power at the polls in California, according to an analysis conducted by researchers affiliated with the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and with the UC AAPI (Asian American & Pacific Islander) Policy Initiative. The analysis uses data from the 2005 American Community Survey (ACS) released on August 15 and 29, 2006 by the U.S. Census Bureau, along with previously released data from the Census Bureau. The number of Asian Americans in California eligible to register to vote (citizens who are 18 and older) climbed by over a half million between 2000 and 2005, from 2 million to 2.5 million. The Asian American share of the a proportion of the state's population eligible to register as voters increased from 10% to 12% during this time period. Two factors behind the emergence of the new “sleeping giant” are the overall increase in the total Asian American population and the higher rate of citizenship. Between 2000 and 2005, the number of Asian Americans residing in California’s households increased from 3.8 million to 4.7 million, accounting for 38% of the net gain of 2.2 million persons in California’s population.
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