Through generous support from the Kresge Foundation, Lumina Foundation, USA Funds, and Walmart Foundation, the National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research on Education (CARE) teamed up with the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) and three AANAPISI campus partners--City College of San Francisco, De Anza College, and South Seattle Community College--to create the Partnership for Equity in Education through Research (PEER). With a goal of supporting AANAPISIs to more fully realize the degree-earning potential of AAPI students, PEER involves co-investigative research with campus teams to identify promising practices, implement targeted interventions, and mobilize campus stakeholders in order to support greater institutional effectiveness. This is the first of a series of reports that share results from PEER, and focuses primarily on findings from the first year of the project. The report begins by sharing baseline information about the AANAPISI program and AANAPISI institutions nationally. It then presents findings from co-investigative inquiry activities with campus partners and discusses the extent to which being an AANAPISI improves institutional capacity to respond to the needs of AAPI students. The report concludes with a discussion about funding and the need for a greater investment in the AANAPISI program. The following are appended: (1) Analysis of AANAPISI Enrollment and Degree Attainment; (2) List of Funded, Designated, and Eligible AANAPISIs; and (3) Methodology and Data Source. [This report is a publication from the Partnership for Equity in Education through Research (PEER), a collaborative effort between the National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE), Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF), and three campus partners--City College of San Francisco, De Anza College, and South Seattle Community College.]