APIASF announced its first-ever four-year scholarship opportunity for students this week. The new scholarship opportunity was developed through APIASF’s partnership with FedEx and will provide eight scholarships worth $10,000 ($2,500 per year for four years).
According to a 2011 report produced through a partnership between APIASF and the National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE), large proportions of AAPI subgroups are attending college, but not earning a degree. Among Southeast Asians, 33.7 percent of Vietnamese, 42.9 percent of Cambodians, 46.5 percent of Laotians, and 47.5 percent of Hmong adults (25 years or older) reported having attended college, but not earning a degree. Similarly, Pacific Islanders have a very high rate of attrition during college. Among Pacific Islanders, 47.0 percent of Guamanians, 50.0 percent of Native Hawaiians, 54.0 percent of Tongans, and 58.1 percent of Samoans entered college, but left without earning a degree. The new APIASF / FedEx Scholarship directly meets this need by helping to ensure that students have the financial resources to continue their education and attain a degree. Applications are due at 11:59 p.m. EST on January 13, 2012.
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