ABSTRACT

This chapter reviews trends in both population and higher education, and their implications for the Asian American population. It examines how this group's participation has changed and affected overall trends in higher education. Colleges and universities should examine their tenure and promotion practices to determine the causes for the low tenure rate of Asian faculty, their concentration in non-tenure track positions, and their under representation among higher education administrators. Most research on Asian Americans in higher education has focused on the achievement and status of the entire group, yet the population known as Asian and Pacific Islander American is extremely diverse. This leads us to rely primarily on 1980 data for subgroup analysis, which shows educational attainment levels varied widely among different Asian groups. With the Census Bureau now including Asian Americans in the Current Population Surveys, and considering oversampling to provide a better dataset, more information will be available.