UCLA Community College Review: The Overlooked Minority: Asian Pacific American Students at Community Colleges.

The article focuses on Asian Pacific American (APA) students at community colleges. Over the last several decades, APA students have captured public and scholarly attention for their increasingly visible presence in the halls of academia. Most of that attention has been focused on either supporting or debunking the widespread portrayal of Asian Pacific Americans as a model minority. However, in the news media and in higher education research, a significant subset of the APA student population has largely been overlooked, APA students at the nation's community colleges. Over 40% of all APA students enrolled in higher education in the U.S. attend community colleges, and in 2000-2001, APAs made up 15% of all students enrolled in two-year institutions. Though few scholars have specifically studied APA community college students, the developing body of literature on APA undergraduate students can inform the understanding of and ability to serve APA students at the community college.