Editing Asian Americans (section)

==Cultural influence==
In recognition of the unique culture, traditions, and history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the [[United States government]] has permanently designated the month of May to be [[Asian Pacific American Heritage Month|Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month]];<ref name="NYPL">{{cite web |last=Tiangco |first=Arielle |date=April 25, 2022 |title=APA, AAPI, APIDA or AANHPI? The history and significance of the "Asian American" identity crisis |url=https://www.optimistdaily.com/2022/04/apa-aapi-apida-aanhpi-the-history-and-significance-of-the-asian-american-identity-crisis/ |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=The Optimist Daily |publisher= |quote=Formerly known as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the name officially changed to Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in April 2021, with President Joe Biden's signing of Proclamation 10189.}}</ref> before 2021 it was known as [[Asian Pacific American Heritage Month]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://asianpacificheritage.gov/about.html |title=About Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=August 18, 2014 |archive-date=August 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815013003/http://asianpacificheritage.gov/about.html |url-status=live }}<br />George Bush: "Statement on Signing Legislation Establishing Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month", October 23, 1992. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=21645 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005213637/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=21645 |date=October 5, 2008 }}</ref> Asian American parenting as seen through relationships between Chinese parents and adolescence, which is described as being more authoritarian and less warm than relations between European parents and adolescence, has become a topic of study and discussion.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Russell|first1=Stepehn|date=2010|title=Asian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships|url=https://archive.org/details/asianamericanpar00russ_696|url-access=limited|pages=[https://archive.org/details/asianamericanpar00russ_696/page/n15 1]–15|publisher=Springer|location=New York, NY|doi=10.1007/978-1-4419-5728-3_1|chapter=Introduction: Asian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships|isbn=978-1-4419-5727-6}}<br />{{cite book|author1=Karen Kurasaki|author2=Sumie Okazaki|author3=Stanley Sue|title=Asian American Mental Health: Assessment Theories and Methods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=inxHBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT260|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4615-0735-2|page=260|access-date=February 16, 2019|archive-date=June 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601123530/https://books.google.com/books?id=inxHBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT260|url-status=live}}</ref> These influences affect how parents regulate and monitor their children, and has been described as [[Tiger parenting]], and has received interest and curiosity from non-Chinese parents.<ref>{{cite book|author=Amy Chua|title=Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QsEaN-leF7QC|date=6 December 2011|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-4088-2509-9|access-date=February 16, 2019|archive-date=March 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326122532/https://books.google.com/books?id=QsEaN-leF7QC|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Scarlett |date=Spring 2013 |title=The "Tiger Mom": Stereotypes of Chinese Parenting in the United States |url=https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/appsych/opus/issues/2013/spring/wang |journal=Opus |access-date=15 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220195121/https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/appsych/opus/issues/2013/spring/wang |archive-date=December 20, 2018 |url-status=dead }}<br />{{cite web |url=https://psmag.com/education/tiger-mom-asian-americans-achievement-education-the-problem-with-a-culture-of-excellence-83744 |title=The Problem With A Culture of Excellence |last=Chang |first=Bettina |date=18 June 2014 |website=Pacific Standard |publisher=The Social Justice Foundation |access-date=15 February 2019 |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153229/https://psmag.com/education/tiger-mom-asian-americans-achievement-education-the-problem-with-a-culture-of-excellence-83744 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Health and medicine===
{{See also|Health status of Asian Americans}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:15px;"
|+ Origins of foreign professions in the US
|-
! rowspan=2 | Country of<br />origin
! colspan=3 | Proportion of total in US
|-
! {{abbr|IMGs|International medical graduates}}<ref name="Foreigndoctors">
{{cite web
 | title=International Medical Graduates by Country
 | publisher=American Medical Association
 | url=http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1550.html
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705152927/http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1550.html
 | archive-date=July 5, 2008
 }}</ref>
! {{abbr|IDGs|International dental graduates}}<ref name="Foreigndentists">
{{cite journal
 | last1 = Sweis | first1 = L
 | last2 = Guay | first2 = A
 | year = 2007
 | title = Foreign-trained dentists licensed in the United States: Exploring their origins
 | journal = J Am Dent Assoc
 | volume = 138 | issue = 2| pages = 219–224
 | doi = 10.14219/jada.archive.2007.0140
 | pmid = 17272378
 }}</ref>
! {{abbr|INGs|International nursing graduates}}<ref name="ana1">
{{cite web
 | url=http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ThePracticeofProfessionalNursing/workplace/Work-Environment/InfoforNurses/ANAPolicyPapersandBrochures/February2006SurveyInfo/ForeignNurses.aspx
 | title=Foreign Educated Nurses |publisher=ANA: American Nurses Association
 | access-date=August 31, 2009
 | url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727200519/http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ThePracticeofProfessionalNursing/workplace/Work-Environment/InfoforNurses/ANAPolicyPapersandBrochures/February2006SurveyInfo/ForeignNurses.aspx
 | archive-date=July 27, 2011
 }}</ref>
|-
| [[India]]
| 19.9% (47,581)
| 25.8%
| 1.3%
|-
| [[Philippines]]
| 8.8% (20,861)
| 11.0%
| 50.2%
|-
| [[Pakistan]]
| 4.8% (11,330)
| 2.9%
|
|-
| [[South Korea]]
| 2.1% (4,982)
| 3.2%
| 1.0%
|-
| [[China]]
| 2.0% (4,834)
| 3.2%
|
|-
| [[Hong Kong]]
|
|
| 1.2%
|-
| [[Israel]]
|
|
| 1.0%
|}

Asian immigrants are also changing the American medical landscape through increasing number of Asian [[Health care|medical practitioners]] in the United States. Beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, the US government invited a number of foreign physicians particularly from India and the Philippines to address the shortage of physicians in rural and medically underserved urban areas. The trend in importing foreign medical practitioners, however, became a long-term solution as US schools failed to produce enough health care providers to match the increasing population. Amid decreasing interest in medicine among American college students due to high educational costs and high rates of job dissatisfaction, loss of morale, stress, and lawsuits, Asian American immigrants maintained a supply of healthcare practitioners for millions of Americans. It is documented that Asian American international medical graduates including highly skilled guest workers using the J1 Visa program for medical workers, tend to serve in health professions shortage areas (HPSA) and specialties that are not filled by US medical graduates especially primary care and rural medicine.<ref name="IMGPrimaryCare">{{cite journal | last1 = Koehn | first1 = N. N. | last2 = Fryer | first2 = G. E. | title = Jr, Phillips RL, Miller JB, Green LA. (2007) The increase in international medical graduates in family practice residency programs | journal = Journal of Family Medicine | volume = 34 | issue = 6| pages = 468–9 }}</ref><ref name="IMGGeoDistribution">{{cite journal | last1 = Mick | first1 = SS | last2 = Lee | first2 = SY | year = 1999 | title = Are there need-based geographical differences between international medical graduates and U.S. medical graduates in rural U.S. counties? | journal = J Rural Health | volume = 15 | issue = 1| pages = 26–43 | doi = 10.1111/j.1748-0361.1999.tb00596.x | pmid = 10437329 | doi-access = free }}</ref> In 2020, of all the medical personnel in the United States, 17% of doctors were Asian Americans, 9% of physician assistants were Asian American, and more than 9% of nurses were Asian Americans.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gerstmann |first=Evan |date=4 April 2020 |title=Irony: Hate Crimes Surge Against Asian Americans While They Are On The Front Lines Fighting COVID-19 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2020/04/04/irony-hate-crimes-surge-against-asian-americans-while-they-are-on-the-front-lines-fighting-covid-19/#467ab7f13b70 |work=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2020 |archive-date=May 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530182612/https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2020/04/04/irony-hate-crimes-surge-against-asian-americans-while-they-are-on-the-front-lines-fighting-covid-19/#467ab7f13b70 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Nearly one in four Asian Americans are likely to use common [[alternative medicine]].<ref name="Gurung2014">{{cite book|author=Regan A. R. Gurung|title=Multicultural Approaches to Health and Wellness in America [2 volumes]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OY6dAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA156|date=21 April 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-4408-0350-5|page=156|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=May 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531192339/https://books.google.com/books?id=OY6dAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA156|url-status=live}}</ref> This includes [[traditional Chinese medicine]] and [[Ayurveda]].<ref name="Gurung2014" /><ref>{{cite book|author1=Caroline Young|author2=Cyndie Koopsen|title=Spirituality, Health, and Healing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZW7snWf_JwC&pg=PA87|year=2005|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning|isbn=978-0-7637-4024-5|page=87|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=May 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529203642/https://books.google.com/books?id=wZW7snWf_JwC&pg=PA87|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite report |last=Montenegro |first=Xenia P. |date=January 2015 |title=The Health and Healthcare of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Age 50+ |url=https://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/research/surveys_statistics/health/2015/health-healthcare-asian-americans-pacific-islanders-age-50-plus.doi.10.26419%252Fres.00098.001.pdf |publisher=[[AARP]] |access-date=27 February 2019 |archive-date=February 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228191912/https://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/research/surveys_statistics/health/2015/health-healthcare-asian-americans-pacific-islanders-age-50-plus.doi.10.26419%252Fres.00098.001.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to the prevalence of usage, engaging with Asian American populations, through the practitioners of these common alternative medicines, can lead to an increase of usage of underused medical procedures.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Jun |last2=Burke |first2=Adam |last3=Ysoh |first3=Janice Y. |last4=Le |first4=Gem M. |last5=Stewart |first5=Susan |last6=Gildengorin |first6=Ginny |last7=Wong |first7=Ching |last8=Chow |first8=Elaine |last9=Woo |first9=Kent |date=2014 |title=Engaging Traditional Medicine Providers in Colorectal Cancer Screening Education in a Chinese American Community: A Pilot Study |url=https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/14_0341.htm |journal=Preventing Chronic Disease |volume=11 |pages=E217 |doi=10.5888/pcd11.140341 |doi-broken-date=November 28, 2024 |pmid=25496557 |access-date=27 February 2019 |pmc=4264464 |archive-date=February 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228191937/https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/14_0341.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Education===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; font-size:88%"
|+ Educational attainment, 25 and older
|-
! style="text-align:CENTER;"| Ethnicity
! style="text-align:CENTER;"| [[High school (North America)|High school]]<br />graduation rate,<br />2004
! style="text-align:CENTER;"| [[Bachelor's degree]]<br />or higher, 2010
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Bangladeshis
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| ''not reported''
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 49.6%
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Cambodian
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| ''not reported''
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 14.5%
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Chinese
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 80.8%
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 51.8%
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Filipinos
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 90.8%
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 48.1%
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Indian
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 90.2%
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 70.7%
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Indonesians
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| ''not reported''
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 48.7%
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Japanese
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 93.4%
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 47.3%
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Koreans
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 90.2%
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 52.9%
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Laotians
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| ''not reported''
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 12.1%
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Pakistanis
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 87.4%
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 55.1%
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Taiwanese
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| ''not reported''
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 73.7%
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Vietnamese
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 70.0%
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 26.3%
|-
| style="text-align:LEFT;"| Total US population
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 83.9%
| style="text-align:RIGHT;"| 27.9%
|- style="border-top: 2px solid #CCC;"
| colspan=3 | Sources: 2004<ref name="Pakistan American estimates">[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201PR&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201T&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201TPR&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-reg=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201:045;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201PR:045;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201T:045;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201TPR:045&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-format= Pakistan American Educational Attainment] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200210211212/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201PR&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201T&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201TPR&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-reg=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201:045;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201PR:045;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201T:045;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201TPR:045&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-format= |date=February 10, 2020 }} United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 2, 2010.</ref><ref name="ACS-05">{{cite web|date=February 2007|title=The American Community-Asians: 2004|publisher=United States Census Bureau|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-05.pdf|access-date=September 5, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926002242/http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-05.pdf|archive-date=September 26, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} (Figure 11, p.15)</ref><ref name="Pakistani Migration to the United States: An economic perspective">[http://ir.ide.go.jp/dspace/bitstream/2344/839/1/196_oda.pdf Pakistani Migration to the United States: An economic perspective] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122011015/http://ir.ide.go.jp/dspace/bitstream/2344/839/1/196_oda.pdf |date=January 22, 2013 }}. Retrieved October 1, 2010.</ref> and 2010<ref name="ACSB2010Bachelor"/>
|}

Among America's major racial categories, Asian Americans have the highest educational qualifications. This varies, however, for individual ethnic groups. For example, a 2010 study of all Asian American adults found 42% have at least a college degree, but only 16% of Vietnamese Americans and only 5% for Laotians and Cambodians.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/strategies/topics/multicultural-education/A%20closer%20look%20at%20asian%20americans%20and%20education/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430083704/http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/strategies/topics/multicultural-education/A%20closer%20look%20at%20asian%20americans%20and%20education/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 30, 2013 |title=School of Education at Johns Hopkins University-A Closer Look at Asian Americans and Education |author=C.N. Le |year=2010 |work=New Horizons for Learning |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University]] |access-date=February 18, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It has been noted, however, that 2008 US Census statistics put the bachelor's degree attainment rate of Vietnamese Americans at 26%, which is not very different from the rate of 27% for all Americans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb08-ff05.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523231137/http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb08-ff05.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 23, 2010 |title=Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2008 |author=United States Census Bureau |date=March 3, 2008 |work=Facts for Features |access-date=March 6, 2013 }}</ref> Census data from 2010 show 50% of Asian adults have earned at least a bachelor's degree, compared to 28% for all Americans,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb12-ff09.html |title=Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2012 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=March 21, 2012 |work=Profile America Facts for Features |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 18, 2013 |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209055634/http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb12-ff09.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and 34% for non-Hispanic whites.<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Bachelor Degree Rate Passes Milestone |author=Richard Perez-Pena |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/education/census-finds-bachelors-degrees-at-record-level.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 23, 2012 |access-date=February 18, 2013 |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225135646/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/education/census-finds-bachelors-degrees-at-record-level.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Taiwanese Americans have some of the highest education rates, with nearly 74% having attained at least a bachelor's degree in 2010.<ref name="ACSB2010Bachelor">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acsbr10-19.pdf |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20131019165942/http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acsbr10-19.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-10-19 |title=The Population With a Bachelor's Degree or Higher by Race and Hispanic Origin: 2006–2010 |author=Stella U. Ogunwole |author2=Malcolm P. Drewery Jr |author3=Merarys Rios-Vargas |date=May 2012 |work=American Community Survey Briefs |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 18, 2013 }}</ref> {{as of|2012|12|lc=on}} Asian Americans made up twelve to eighteen percent of the student population at [[Ivy League]] schools, larger than their share of the population.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asians: Too Smart for Their Own Good? |first=Carolyn |last=Chen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/opinion/asians-too-smart-for-their-own-good.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 19, 2012 |access-date=March 3, 2013 |archive-date=March 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328020132/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/opinion/asians-too-smart-for-their-own-good.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|It has been alleged that Asian Americans have been discriminated against during the admission process to certain universities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jaschik |first=Scott |date=7 August 2017 |title=The Numbers and the Arguments on Asian Admissions |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2017/08/07/look-data-and-arguments-about-asian-americans-and-admissions-elite |work=Inside Higher Ed |location=Washington, DC |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-date=June 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618175648/https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2017/08/07/look-data-and-arguments-about-asian-americans-and-admissions-elite |url-status=live }}</ref> These include, Harvard University,<ref>{{cite news |last=Fuchs |first=Chris |date=30 October 2019 |title=ASIAN AMERICA After Harvard affirmative action decision, Asian American students rethink college applications |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/after-harvard-affirmative-action-decision-asian-american-students-rethink-college-n1073376 |work=NBC News |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807052443/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/after-harvard-affirmative-action-decision-asian-american-students-rethink-college-n1073376 |url-status=live }}<br />{{cite magazine |last=Suk Gersen |first=Jeannie |date=7 October 2019 |title=The Many Sins of College Admissions |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-many-sins-of-college-admissions |magazine=The New Yorker |location=New York City |publisher=7 October 2019 |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-date=May 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513134400/https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-many-sins-of-college-admissions |url-status=live }}<br />{{cite report |first1=Peter |last1=Arcidiacono |first2=Josh |last2=Kisnler |first3=Tyler |last3=Ransom |date=21 April 2020 |title=Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions* |url=http://public.econ.duke.edu/~psarcidi/realpenalty.pdf |publisher=Duke University |page=Peter Arcidiacono |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-date=July 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702140243/http://public.econ.duke.edu/%7Epsarcidi/realpenalty.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> University of California,<ref>{{cite news |last=Jaschik |first=Scott |date=19 November 2018 |title=New Front in Fight Over Affirmative Action |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2018/11/19/new-lawsuit-suggests-u-california-has-been-considering-race-admissions |work=Inside Higher Ed |location=Washington, DC |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603065515/https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2018/11/19/new-lawsuit-suggests-u-california-has-been-considering-race-admissions |url-status=live }}</ref> and University of Texas.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gluckman |first=Nell |date=16 May 2019 |title=U. of Texas Is Sued Over Affirmative Action in Admissions. Yes, Again. |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/U-of-Texas-Is-Sued-Over/246317 |work=The Chronicle of Higher Education |location=Washington, DC |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-date=June 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607063829/https://www.chronicle.com/article/U-of-Texas-Is-Sued-Over/246317 |url-status=live }}</ref> }} For example, the [[Harvard College]] Class of 2023 admitted students were 25% Asian American.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/03/harvard-college-admits-1950-to-class-of-23/ |title=Harvard College admits 1,950 to Class of '23 |author=FAS Communications |date=28 March 2019 |website=The Harvard Gazette |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419005726/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/03/harvard-college-admits-1950-to-class-of-23/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the years immediately preceding 2012, 61% of Asian American adult immigrants have a bachelor or higher level college education.<ref name="RoAAPEW2012" />

In August 2020, the [[United States Department of Justice|US Justice Department]] argued that [[Yale University]] discriminated against Asian candidates on the basis of their race, a charge the university denied.<ref>{{Cite web|author=David Shortell and Taylor Romine|title=Justice Department accuses Yale of discriminating against Asian American and White applicants|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/justice-department-yale-discrimination/index.html|access-date=2020-08-14|website=CNN|date=August 13, 2020 |archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814000151/https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/justice-department-yale-discrimination/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Xu|first=Kenny|title=An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy|publisher=Diversion Books|date=2021|pages=288|url=http://inconvenientminority.com|isbn=978-1635767568}}</ref>

===Popular media===
Asian American culture is referenced in a number of mainstream forms such as literature, TV shows, and movies. ''[[Crazy Rich Asians (film)|Crazy Rich Asians]],'' directed by John M. Chu, follows Rachel Chu, a Chinese American economics professor. Min Jin Lee's novel, ''[[Pachinko (novel)|Pachinko]]'', is an intergenerational story that tells the story of Koreans who immigrate to Japan. Some of the popular Asian American plays are "Chickencoop Chinaman", "And the Soul Shall Dance", "Paper Angels", "Yellow Fever", and many more.

===Identity===
As of year 2023, a recent survey showed one out of five respondents said they do not identify as Asian to non-Asians.  Most immigrants identify as Asian compared to American-born Asian Americans. People under the age 18 are more likely not to identify as Asian.  People over the age of 65 are more likely to identify as Asian.<ref name="Voice of America"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pewresearch.org/race-ethnicity/2023/05/08/diverse-cultures-and-shared-experiences-shape-asian-american-identities/ | title=Diverse Cultures and Shared Experiences Shape Asian American Identities | date=May 8, 2023 }}</ref>