California's Asian American education success story leaves some communities far behind

A new California report found wide disparities in college preparation, university enrollment and degree attainment among Southeast Asian and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.

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Asian Americans as a whole have some of the highest college attainment rates in California, but a new statewide report found that many Southeast Asian and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities remain excluded from those gains. Fewer than 30% of Cambodian, Hmong and Laotian adults hold bachelor’s degrees, wh…