Southeast Asian American Action and Visibility in Education (SAVE) Papers

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The Southeast Asian American Action and Visibility in Education (SAVE) project is a compilation of research papers that seeks to address educational disparities in Southeast Asian American communities and, at the same time, shed light on the educational experiences of Southeast Asian American students. Due to poor disaggregation of data by Asian ethnicity, the educational challenges faced by many in the Southeast Asian community have been hidden and largely ignored by the majority of researchers and policymakers, even as children of Southeast Asian decent are having a much larger impact in many locations around the United States.

SEARAC and the Harvard Civil Rights Project worked with partners in academia and the advocacy community to collect original publications to inform public debates about Southeast Asian Americans and education. The release of these chosen articles, listed in the "Additional Information" box on the right, represent an important step toward publicizing the issues and broadening the view of policymakers, educators, community leaders, and others. Ultimately, our hope is that it will add to and support the overall goal of increasing educational achievement as it relates to an often overlooked and increasingly marginalized population, Southeast Asian Americans.