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

by University of Maryland , November 19, 2008

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The new federal funding also will go to expand the research component of the Asian American Studies Program. It is one of only two U.S. Census Information Centers in the nation devoted to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The Maryland program helps give Asian American communities full access to U.S. census data.

Shinagawa will shortly release the most comprehensive portrait ever assembled of Chinese Americans, A Portrait of Chinese Americans, a full-color publication researched and produced jointly with OCA (formerly Organization of Chinese Americans).

The study challenges some widely held stereotypes about Chinese American success, the so-called "model minority myth," especially with regard to educational and professional achievement.



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