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University of Maryland Becomes U.S. ‘Minority-Serving Institution’ for Asian Americans

The University of Maryland has been granted status as a “minority-serving institution” for Asian Americans and related groups, a gateway to targeted federal support for scholarships and the growth of academic programs. It’s the first “minority-serving” designation for the University of Maryland. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Education has granted Maryland $2.4 million over two […]

Leadership & Policy

Some Students Take Jagged Path to Graduation

As the nation moves toward a common graduation rate formula based on the number of students who obtain a diploma in four years, students like Jefferson Lara will appear to have fallen by wayside.

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Multiracial Survey To Tap Voter Attitudes

The pollsters have been out en force this presidential election season.

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Obama Maintains Strong Lead in Presidential Race Among Young People

A new national poll finds 18- to 24-year-old likely voters continue to strongly prefer U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (56 percent) over U.S. Sen. John McCain (30 percent) as their pick for president.

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Groundbreaking Study Shows Asian American Vote Still Up for Grabs

Many Asian Americans favor presidential candidate Barack Obama, but a significant portion remain largely undecided on their pick for president less than one month before Election Day, according to a new national survey released Tuesday.

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Asian American Voters: An Untapped Political Demographic, Scholars Say

Although their political power is largely untapped, the fast-growing Asian American population could emerge as a major political force, a group of Asian American academics told Congressional staffers this week during a briefing.

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The Hybridization of Ethnic Studies

The intersection of Asian and Latin American studies has produced a burgeoning new field in transnational studies.

Study: NFL Has Slightly More Hispanic, Asian Players

The NFL has kept a steady number of Black head coaches, while slightly increasing the ranks of Asian and Hispanic players, earning a B+ in an annual diversity study Wednesday.

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States Mandate ‘Culturally Competent’ Health Care

When a doctor doesn’t look an Asian-American patient in the eye, that might be seen as a sign of respect.

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Maynard Institute Celebrates Three Decades of Training Minority Journalists

Dori Maynard, president and CEO of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, will receive the Asian American Journalists Association’s Leadership in Diversity Award, which will be presented to her at the UNITY: Journalists of Color convention July 23-27 in Chicago. The institute, which has trained and placed more minority journalists than any other […]

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Obama’s Asian-American Half Sister Helps Him Reach Out to Other Asian-Americans

The throng of Asian-American donors drew closer, drinks in hand, to hear Barack Obama’s sister describe the wide arc of his life: beyond politics and Chicago, into his childhood in Indonesia and Hawaii.

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Princeton’s Record on Asian Admissions Examined

The U.S. Department of Education has broadened a review into whether Princeton University discriminates against applicants of Asian descent.

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