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Professor Put on Leave for Telling Student to ‘Anglicize’ Her Name

by Jessica Ruf | June 22, 2020 California’s Laney College has put a professor on leave after he asked a Vietnamese-American Read more

Report: To Ensure Equity, Prioritize CARES Act Aid for Public Colleges

by Lois Elfman | June 7, 2020
While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is felt throughout higher education, a report from th [...] Read more

U of Central Florida Professor Tweets About ‘Black Privilege,’ Many Want Him Fired

by Shailaja Neelakantan | June 4, 2020
University of Central Florida (UCF) students and many others are calling for the institution to [...] Read more

Do We All Look Alike?

by Frank Wu | June 2, 2020
“You all look alike,” is what people told me when I was a kid growing up. As an Asian Ameri [...] Read more

‘More Rivers to Cross’ for Penn State to Improve Status of Black Faculty

by Pearl Stewart | April 30, 2020
Penn State University still has “more rivers to cross” to improve the status of its Black f [...] Read more

Amherst College President Urges Students to Call Police if Racially Harassed

| April 9, 2020
Amherst College president Biddy Martin has, in a letter this week, urged students and other com [...] Read more

The President’s Diversity Values Stink

by Emil Guillermo | March 24, 2020
While there is no vaccine for COVID-19 we do have a vaccine for the ignorance of xenophobia. It [...] Read more

DOJ Files Amicus Brief Saying Harvard’s Admissions Policy Violates Civil Rights Law

by Shailaja Neelakantan | February 27, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice, in an amicus brief filed on Tuesday to a federal appeals court, [...] Read more

UAlbany Asian Students Call for Investigation of Coronavirus-Themed Party

by Jessica Ruf | February 18, 2020
Asian students and members of the University of Albany Asian American Alliance are requesting t [...] Read more

What I Learned from The Vagina Monologues

by Pearl Lo | November 7, 2019
One of the proudest accomplishments of my undergraduate experience was my involvement with the [...] Read more

How Do We Persuade the New Asian Alt-Right?

by Frank Wu | November 15, 2018
I write to ask my progressive friends, especially those sympathetic to Asian Americans, to help [...] Read more

At the Harvard Affirmative Action Trial, We’re About to Hear From the Less Than Perfect — Who Got In

by Emil Guillermo | October 27, 2018
With the news of pipe bombs and hot rhetoric, the trial in Boston over Harvard’s use of affir [...] Read more

Report Puts Focus on Mental Health Services for Asian Americans

by Lydia Lum | October 16, 2018
A new report lists multiple ways in which lawmakers and other thought leaders across the countr [...] Read more

Remembering Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien, Champion of Affirmative Action

by Frank Wu | October 9, 2018
This past week, I was moved by the memorial for the late Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien. The first A [...] Read more

Poor in Rich Times: State Funding for Public Higher Education in California

by Amy Sueyoshi | September 4, 2018
In spring 2018, I woke up to an email announcing a proposed $61 million cut from the Governor� [...] Read more

Live Panel Discussion Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

Recorded on October 22, 2020

The Fight for Tenure: An Uphill Battle for Minoritized Faculty

Recorded on July 1, 2020

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America— What Role Does Higher Education have to play?

Recorded on June 19, 2020

Live Panel Discussion
Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America—
What Role Does Higher Education have to play?