Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 89, No. 186 

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 10816 of September 20, 2024 

Asian American and Native American Pacific IslanderServing Institutions Week, 2024 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

Our Nation’s nearly 200 Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs) open doors of opportunity for millions of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and 

NHPI) students. AANAPISIs provide a pathway to the middle class and 

a better life for their students, many of whom often come from low-income 

neighborhoods and may be the first in their families to attend college. 

During AANAPISI Week, we celebrate these critical institutions for the resources and support they provide to students, and we recommit to advancing 

their mission and success. 

AANAPISIs play a critical role in the lives of so many of our Nation’s 

AA and NHPI students. In addition to a quality education, these institutions 

meet AA and NHPI students where they are and foster inclusive learning 

environments—providing tutoring, career development, counseling, culturally 

and linguistically responsive services, and more. AANAPISIs confer more 

than half of all associate degrees and more than a third of baccalaureate 

degrees that AA and NHPI students earn. 

My Administration is committed to strengthening our AANAPISIs so that 

more AA and NHPI students can reach their full potential. My American 

Rescue Plan delivered $5 billion to AANAPISIs. The Department of Education 

has invested in increasing the number of diverse and talented teachers 

by funding programs at Minority Serving Institutions that serve large percentages of AA and NHPI populations. Across my Administration, Federal agencies are working to expand the capacity of AANAPISIs and strengthen their 

programs. And I re-established the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and released a National Strategy 

to Advance Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for AA and NHPI Communities. 

These actions work to ensure AA and NHPI communities have the resources 

they need to thrive. 

My Administration is also working to make college more affordable for 

all students. We provided a $900 increase to the maximum Pell Grant 

award—the largest increase in over a decade, canceled debt for hundreds 

of thousands of borrowers through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness 

program, and taken steps to help borrowers manage their payments through 

income-driven repayment. And earlier this year, I laid out my Administration’s new plans that would cancel student debt for more than 30 million 

Americans when combined with everything we have done so far. 

I have always believed that the American Dream is big enough for everyone— 

and every generation has benefited by opening the doors of opportunity 

a bit wider for those behind them. During AANAPISI Week, may we celebrate 

the nearly 200 institutions across our Nation that ensure generations of 

AA and NHPI students can pursue the limits of their talents and ambitions. 

May we recognize that diversity will always be one of our Nation’s greatest 

strengths. And may we celebrate all our Nation’s AA and NHPI students. 


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NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 23 through 

September 29, 2024, as Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Week. I call on public officials, educators, and 

all the people of the United States to observe this week with appropriate 

programs, ceremonies, and activities that acknowledge the many ways these 

institutions and their graduates contribute to our country. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day 

of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-ninth. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22122 

Filed 9–24–24; 8:45 am] 

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