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Asian Americans and EducationPage 1 of 39 PRINTED FROM the Oxford Research ENCYCLOPEDIA, Education ( ). (c) Oxford University Press USA, 2016. All Rights Reserved. Personal use only; commercial use is strictly prohibited. Please see applicable Privacy Policy and Legal Notice (for details see Privacy Policy).date: 27 May 2017 Summary and KeywordsThe communities that constitute the racialized category of Asian Americans consist of approximately 20 million people in the United States, or about 5% of the total population. About 20% or 4 million are of primary or secondary school age, and over million are in higher Education . Both in popular and academic discourse, Asian American generally refers to people who have ethnic backgrounds in South Asia ( , Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), Southeast Asia ( , Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam), and East Asia ( , China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan).
education), language and culture, race and ethnicity, and school community. ... Samoa) or West Asia (e.g., Iran, Iraq), are included under the even broader umbrella term Asian Pacific Islander (API) or Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI). In addition, to distinguish the presence and experiences of South
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