APIARRC created to enhance the University’s mission and strategic goals for student success and community engagement. Sacramento State provides a world-class education in the heart of California’s capital. The University is home to some of the top programs, centers, scholars, and students in the country, collectively comprising an environment of growth and learning where students, faculty, and staff come to redefine the possible.

The U.S Department of Education designated Sacramento State as an Asian-American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) in 2011 and as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) in 2015. Sacramento State is the fourth most diverse university in the western United States. (U.S. News and World Report, 2018).

APIARRC works collaboratively with the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and the Education Insights Center at Sacramento State to develop research proposals, work with community-based organizations to design research metholologies, and consult with other Institutions of higher education on assessment and evaluations. Recent projects include a partnership with ISR to produce "A Community Survey Profile of Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders in Sacramento." This report examines population trends, social and economic characteristics, as well as foreign-born and language characteristics. Information from this report is useful to elected officials, policy makers, community organizations, businesses, and government agencies. Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders are among the fastest growing groups in Sacramento. This trend will continue into the future and highlights the vital need for all communities to actively participate in the upcoming 2020 U.S. Census.

Read the Community Survey Report