Asian American Pacific Islander

Asian American Pacific Islander

Survey Reveals Strong Support for Higher Education, Opposition to DEI Program Cuts

Across all age groups polled, 83% of AAPI adults worry about restrictions on free speech on college campuses, according to the survey.

Asian American Pacific Islander

The Persistent 'Bamboo Ceiling': AAPI Leaders Still Rare Among College Presidents

Only 3.6% of U.S. college presidents are AAPI or Desi.

Asian American Pacific Islander

New Book Focuses on Anti-Asian Racism, Stereotypes, and Catholic Teachings

Dr. Joseph Cheah's latest book focuses on the harmful stereotypes that the Asian American Pacific Islander community faces.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Williams College Faculty Approve Creation of Asian American Studies Concentration

Williams College faculty voted 81-5 to approve the creation of an Asian American studies concentration beginning Fall 2023.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Biden Signs Bill to Study Potential Creation of National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture

President Joe Biden signed into law Monday the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act, a move that non-profit Asian Americans Advancing Justice applauded.

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At the University of Michigan, Mapping Software Reveals Prevalence of Anti-AAPI Hate

Throughout 2020, Dr. Melissa Borja, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan (U-M), and a small team of researchers scoured media sites looking for news coverage of incidents of anti-Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) hate.

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1.3M Grant to Support Asian American Students at Northern Virginia Community College

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Report: “No Strong Evidence” of Admission Discrimination of Asian American Applicants at Selective Institutions

New research revealed “no strong evidence” to support claims that Asian American applicants are discriminated against during the admissions process at selective institutions.

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Where Black History and Asian American History Meet: June 19th

“Critical Race Theory”?  That’s a term I’ll leave for the protestors at local school boards to shout about.  Serious scholars have more important work.  Me, I’m just a journalist engaged in what I’ve dubbed as  “comparative race experience.” That’s when the damage is done and we all  compare notes and find that people of color […]

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Supreme Court Seeks Biden Administration’s Advice on Harvard Case

In an unusual request, the United States Supreme Court has asked for the Biden administration’s opinion on whether it should take up the case of Harvard University’s use of race in undergraduate admissions.

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Not Yet? Harvard Case Not Enough To End Affirmative Action.

Why is the Supreme Court balking on the Harvard affirmative action case? It’s a bad case if you want to get rid of affirmative action. At least ethically and logically.  Racists can get rid of it for any reason they want.  But we’re talking about the black robes of SCOTUS here.

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Learn How This Woman’s Journey Has Made Her ‘a Pillar of Stanford’s Asian American Community’

As the child of Chinese immigrants, Cindy Ng wanted to fit in. She wanted to, as Andrew Yang puts it, “out-American the Americans.” That would change though as Ng entered college at the University of California, Berkeley in the early ’70s. It was there she became “sidetracked by activism.”

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