The Rainbow ʻOhana Program, a new LGBTQ+ Center service and honors society at UH Mānoa, is a peer mentorship program that started in fall 2021 with 30 participants.
From 2010 to 2018, the four-year graduation rates for first-time freshmen increased from 10.3 percent to 32.3 percent for Native Hawaiian students, and from 13.8 percent to 37.7 percent for Filipino students.
In support of its goal to become a model indigenous serving institution, UH has been awarded almost $3.9 million in grants by the U.S. DOE’s Native Hawaiian Education Program.