Transformative Practices for Minority Student Success: Accomplishments of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions - Softcover

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Dina C. Maramba is an associate professor of higher education at Claremont Graduate University's School of Educational Studies. She was previously an assistant and associate professor of student affairs administration and affiliate faculty of Asian and Asian American studies at the State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton.Maramba's research interests include access and success of underserved college student populations; Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Filipina/o Americans in higher education; equity, diversity, and social justice issues in higher education; the impact of college environments on students; and minority serving institutions. Her teaching areas have included foundations of student affairs in higher education, university diversity, access and retention in higher education, and Asian Pacific Americans in higher education.Maramba has worked more than 10 years as a practitioner and administrator in programs designed to increase the number of underrepresented students in higher education. Previously, she served as director of the Student Support Services TRIO program at the University of California, San Diego; as a resident director at both Colorado State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara; and as a coordinator of Upward Bound at Colorado State University. Timothy P. Fong is Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University, Sacramento. His research specialty areas include comparative race and ethnic relations, contemporary immigration, politics and public policy, community studies, higher education equity and student engagement, and qualitative methodology (ethnography and oral history).Dr. Fong is also the Project Director and Principal Investigator for the Full Circle Project (FCP) a project funded by the U.S. Department of Education. FCP is a comprehensive approach to implement a strategically focused, campus-wide effort to improve retention and graduation rates of underrepresented Asian American and