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Faculty & Staff

China Leader: More Party Control Over Colleges

China’s president has called for the Communist Party’s leadership over the country’s universities to be enhanced in a continuing tightening of ideological controls across a wide range of society.

December 30, 2014

Asian American Pacific Islander

Scholars: China Government Gets Foothold on U.S. Campuses

A congressional hearing was told that China’s authoritarian government is funding dozens of institutes that project a rose-tinted view of the Asian nation that compromises the academic integrity of U.S. universities.

December 4, 2014

Asian American Pacific Islander

In Case You Missed It…

Many For-Profit Institutions Do Little to Benefit Students Review: Howard Fuller Chronicles His Road to Education Activism San Francisco State Encouraging Underrepresented to March Forward, Give Back Xavier University to Lead Chinese Language Study in La. Schools

November 7, 2014

Students

China Bans Books by Pro-Hong Kong Protest Author

Authorities in China have ordered books by Chinese-American scholar Yu Ying-shih to be removed from sale, as Beijing expresses its displeasure with writers showing support for pro-democracy movements in Hong Kong and elsewhere, bookstores and publishers said.

October 14, 2014

African-American

Top 100 Degree Producers Special Report

Our annual Top 100 Degree Producers special report — the only national report on the ability of U.S. colleges and universities to award associate, bachelor’s, graduate and professional degrees to African-American, Hispanic, Asian American and American Indian students.

October 9, 2014

Asian American Pacific Islander

Hong Kong Students on Strike in Democracy Battle

Thousands of Hong Kong college and university students boycotted classes Monday to protest Beijing’s decision to restrict voting reforms, the start of a weeklong strike that marks the latest phase in the battle for democracy in the southern Chinese city.

September 22, 2014

Asian American Pacific Islander

The Invisible Quality of Whiteness in Our Schools

Even when Whites are a small percentage of students, whiteness still dominates.

August 27, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Northern State University Pushing for Chinese, Cultural Language Center

Northern State University is moving forward with plans to create a Chinese language and cultural center that will be the first of its kind in the Dakotas and that officials hope will give the state a link to China’s growing economy.

August 17, 2014

Students

Diversity Oversight? Obama’s Initiative, My Brother’s Keeper, Now Includes All

Program expands for Asian American, Native American boys; involves schools and possible local funding.

July 21, 2014

Sports

China Says 127 Students Hired Others to Take Exam

At least 127 test-takers in a Chinese province hired other people to take the country’s all-important college entrance exam on their behalf, the provincial college admission office said.

June 18, 2014

African-American

Ex-NY Times Editor Abramson to Teach at Harvard

Former New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson is joining Harvard University as a visiting lecturer this coming school year, the university announced Thursday.

June 12, 2014

African-American

Yuri Kochiyama, Human Rights Advocate and Malcom X Ally, Dies

She is perhaps most known for cradling Malcolm X’s head in her lap as he died from gunshot wounds in 1965, an image captured in a Life magazine photo.

June 4, 2014