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Asian American Pacific Islander

Harvard Affirmative Action Decision Exposes Asian American Divide

The Harvard decision last week makes me cheer. And cry. It solves nothing. It only furthers an Asian American stereotype as well as expose a crack in the Asian American community.

October 5, 2019

Latest News

Judge Sides With Harvard on Affirmative Action Case

A federal court judge ruled on Tuesday to uphold Harvard University’s race-conscious admissions policy, dealing a blow to anti-affirmative action proponents who had hoped that the case might be a defining issue in next year’s 2020 presidential race.

October 1, 2019

HBCUs

Scholars Critique White House Higher Ed Policies, 2020 Candidates’ Proposals

Considering unease on many campuses regarding the Trump administration’s higher education policies – and proposals about college accessibility and affordability by presidential candidates who would like to win the White House next year — some academicians say the 2020 elections present significant opportunities to address urgent issues facing postsecondary learning.

July 15, 2019

Students

Redefining Merit

Following the college admissions scandal, countless thought pieces have addressed inequity in college admissions. Understandably, many are angry that wealthy families can literally buy their children into a university, while underrepresented, low-income students are seen as given unfair consideration when admitted to highly selective institutions. Too often, racially underrepresented low-income students are seen as “pity” admits — encouraged to depict their life-story as one in need of intervention from a particular college or university.

April 25, 2019

News Roundup

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to No Longer Use Race as Factor in Medical School Admissions

Officials from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center have announced the center will stop looking at race when reviewing student applications to its medical school. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has ongoing investigations into the use of race in admissions practices at Yale and Harvard universities, which question whether Asian American applicants […]

April 9, 2019

Opinion

The Myth of Meritocracy

To my high school guidance counselor, I wasn’t college material. I remember flipping through the dusty pages of the massive dictionary in the school library to find the definition of the word meritocracy: “the holding of power by people selected based on their ability.” I needed to understand why she repeated that word to me and some of my classmates to limit our options.

March 13, 2019

Home

UNC Admissions Lawsuit Likely Headed to Supreme Court

The federal lawsuit challenging race-conscious admissions practices at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – like a similar case involving Harvard in another federal courtroom – is likely to end up in the high court in a similarly prolonged legal battle, according to some observers.

January 22, 2019

Asian American Pacific Islander

A Lottery for Harvard and Other Elite Schools?

As we wait for the judge’s decision, one interesting essay has been published in Quartz by Natasha Warikoo, an associate professor of education at Harvard. Warikoo suggests Harvard save time, money and anxiety by running a lottery. That’s right. A lottery.

January 11, 2019

Asian American Pacific Islander

The Biggest Diversity Case in 2018 Could be the Biggest of 2019

The Harvard case, in which Asian Americans sued Harvard for discrimination, could determine access to higher education for all people of color for decades to come. It also easily defines where Asian Americans stand on diversity. And just who the good guys are, isn’t exactly clear at first.

December 28, 2018

Students

2018 Higher Education Highlights

Like the year before, 2018 has proven to be an important year for issues relating to diversity, equity and higher education. Most notably, this past year we witnessed up close a number of racial incidents on campus involving law enforcement being called on students and staff of color.

December 20, 2018

Opinion

The Removal of ‘Individual 1’?

The political climate is changing. After Friday, temperatures are rising higher and the leading denier, of course, is Donald Trump, who after last week’s bombshells could only turn to social media.

December 10, 2018

Asian American Pacific Islander

At the Harvard Affirmative Action Trial, We’re About to Hear From the Less Than Perfect — Who Got In

With the news of pipe bombs and hot rhetoric, the trial in Boston over Harvard’s use of affirmative action has been anything but a racial hot-button for the president’s base. Maybe they need the Cliff Notes?

October 27, 2018