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Faculty & Staff

U.S. Still Has More Work to Do in Technology Education

According to a recent survey, China leads in integrating technology into the curriculum, its students spend more time using technology in school and say their teachers are technologically savvy.

March 31, 2013

Asian American Pacific Islander

You know MLK, but do you know FTK?: Why we all should celebrate Fred T. Korematsu

In 1942, Korematsu, when he was all of 23, refused the U.S. government’s order to be placed in an internment camp for Japanese Americans.

January 29, 2013

Asian American Pacific Islander

Embattled St. John’s Dean Found Dead in Apparent Suicide

A disgraced dean of St. John’s University accused of using students as personal servants was found hanging in her apartment Tuesday, dead of an apparent suicide one day after she testified in her own defense at her criminal trial, a law enforcement official said.

November 6, 2012

Students

Groundbreaking Shanghai New York University Closing in on Grand Opening

The Shanghai Daily reports that Shanghai New York University, the first Sino-U.S. joint venture university, soon will begin admissions for the inaugural undergraduate freshman class for the 2013 fall semester, university officials announced Tuesday.

October 17, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Gallery Renovation Delay Offers Opportunity for an Unusual Exhibit

WSSU exhibit offers eclectic mix of pieces assembled “By special request.”

October 15, 2012

Asian American Pacific Islander

Disaggregation Key to Fighting ‘Model Minority’ 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 America’s myriad nail salons, to the “bamboo ceiling” said to exist for Asian-Americans working in federal government.

October 30, 2011

Leadership & Policy

New Association Aims to Support Asian-American and Pacific Islander–Serving 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

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

Asian American Pacific Islander

Commentary: Advancing the Race Conversation – Chinese Man vs. Model Minority

At this year’s 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 “overlooked and underserved” 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 nation’s 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