Mission
TO BRING COMMUNITY PERSONS WHO HAVE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN OR WHO ARE PROFESSIONALLY INVOLVED IN BROADENING ACCESSIBILITY TO AND SUCCESS IN FORMAL POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION. THE ASSOCIATION IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENTS WHO, BY REASON OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATION, FIRST GENERATION STATUS, ETHNIC DEFINITION, MILITARY VETERAN STATUS, AND/OR DISABILITY, ARE IN A POSITION OF DISADVANTAGE WITH TRADITIONAL MAINSTREAM AMERICAN STUDENTS.