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The Asian American Studies community outreach program fosters relevant, long-lasting partnerships between local communities, high schools, and U of M students, staff, and faculty. With the involvement of our faculty and staff, the outreach program facilitates the academic success of our students, mentors the next generation of Asian American scholars and leaders, and builds strong and lasting campus-community partnerships.

Launching this year: Asian American Partners for Tomorrow (AAPT)
The Asian American Studies Program (AASP) at the University of Minnesota seeks to facilitate the academic and admission readiness of high-school aged Asian American students by:

• addressing their personal and social readiness for higher education
• providing mentorship and academic support
• creating long-lasting relationships between undergraduate college students, local high school students, and AASP faculty and staff

AAPT will draw from the existing rich resources of University of Minnesota faculty, staff, and undergraduate students to promote academic, admissions, career, financial, and personal and social readiness of local Southeast Asian American high school students; assist in recruitment efforts to bring them to the U of M; expand their access to academic programs and services at the U of M; mentor the next generation of Southeast Asian American scholars and leaders; and develop meaningful relationships and partnerships between local communities, high schools, and U of M students, staff, and faculty.

Our goals will be achieved through three different kinds of programming: a mentorship pipeline program, a college recruitment event, and a service learning-based undergraduate course that will connect undergraduate mentors with high school participants.