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Section: Demographics > Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian American Pacific Islander
Movie Review: What a Real Conversation on Diversity Might Look Like
In Lee Mun Wahâs new film, âIf These Halls Could Talk,â the filmmaker explores how individuals can peel back distrust thatâs built up in their lives and can begin, with more honesty, to see others.
December 1, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Disaggregation Key to Fighting âModel Minorityâ Myth for Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians
New report focuses on topics that range from the toxic hazards faced by large numbers of Vietnamese immigrant women working in Americaâs myriad nail salons, to the âbamboo ceilingâ said to exist for Asian-Americans working in federal government.
October 30, 2011
Leadership & Policy
New Association Aims to Support Asian-American and Pacific IslanderâServing Schools
The Asian Pacific Islander American Association of Colleges and Universities has formed to support the mission of Asian-American and Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions in the U.S.
October 24, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
White House Social Outreach to Asians, Pacific Islanders Expanding
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders plans to expand its reach into more communities in need of federal programs and protections, officials say.
October 12, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Report Provides Close Look at Diversity Among Asian American, Pacific Islander Students
College and university leaders should pay greater attention to the demographics of the growing number of their Asian-American and Pacific Islander students, a national commission urges.
October 11, 2011
Students
Commentary: Remember Asian American and Pacific Islander Students
AAPIs have some of the largest disparities in education such as high secondary school dropout rates and low college attendance.
September 18, 2011
Sports
Fox Sports Cancels College Athletics Show After Video Mocks Asians
Video of students at University of Southern California campus asking them to welcome Colorado and Utah to the Pac-12 Conference and then mocking their accents was removed and the network issued an apology.
September 8, 2011
Students
San Francisco State Journalism Professor Yumi Wilsonâs Multicultural Heritage Helps Connect People
The former reporter for The Associated Press and the San Francisco Chronicle was a Fulbright Scholar and holds an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from the University of San Francisco.
August 10, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Ellis Island Immigration Museum to Document the âPeoplingâ of the U.S.
The Peopling of America Center will be rolled out in two phases, with the first chronicling migration patterns before 1892 and the second documenting post-1954 migration.
August 1, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Gov. Jerry Brown Nominates Scholar Goodwin Liu to California High Court
A California law professor was nominated Tuesday for the California Supreme Court, just two months after criticism by Republicans led him to withdraw his candidacy for the second-highest court in the country.
July 27, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Blood Detective
University of California, Irvine hematologist Dr. Jae Chang specializes in blood cell analysis to diagnose obscure, complex disorders that stymie or get missed by many physicians.
July 21, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Commentary: Advancing the Race Conversation â Chinese Man vs. Model Minority
At this yearâs National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education, two very different images of Asian-American males were on display, a noted journalist writes.
June 28, 2011
Students
Scholarship Fund Group Seeks Increased Support for Asian American-focused Minority-Serving Schools
Forthcoming report urges that resources should be targeted to Minority-Serving Institutions with high concentration of low-income students from the often âoverlooked and underservedâ groups of Asian and Pacific Islander students.
June 27, 2011
Students
Former Executive Neil Horikoshi Adds Capacity to Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
Having spent two and a half years as president of the nationâs largest nonprofit organization devoted to giving scholarships to college-goers of Asian descent, Horikoshi has emerged as a national advocate for postsecondary access and equity for that population.
June 26, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Roboticist Dennis Hong Inspires Students To Change the World
Dr. Dennis Hong, a NASA Summer Faculty Fellow and two-time winner of the National Science Foundationâs Career Award for extraordinary teacher-scholars, said heâs gratified to have persuaded his students that robotics is its own form of service to science and to humankind.
June 13, 2011
Students
Commentary: The Asian Pacific American Paradox
While Asian Pacific Americans are no rarity on campus, they remain on the margins.
June 6, 2011
Students
NCORE Conference: Scholar Offers Perspectives on Inter-Minority Racism
During the 24th annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, educators examined not only race, gender, religion and sexual orientation, but intersections among them.
June 5, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Book Review: Examining the Hmong in America
Dr. Chia Youyee Vang, an assistant history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has produced a scholarly examination of the Hmong refugee experience.
May 30, 2011
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