Most AAPI adults oppose college funding cuts and student deportations, a new poll finds
May 20, 2025
A new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds that as colleges and universities pull back on diversity practices, young Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders are overwhelmingly against cutting federal funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs in higher education, and deporting students involved in protest activity on campus. Opposition, however, is lower among their parents and grandparents. That’s despite the fact that most AAPI adults, regardless of age, place a high value on a college education. The findings suggest that President Donald Trump’s efforts to roll back DEI on college campuses and crack down on international students could be landing differently among older and younger AAPI adults.
