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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

Harvard’s Asian Problem Does Not Justify the Blum Lawsuit

by Emil Guillermo | August 7, 2018
That lawsuit filed by White conservative Ed Blum using Asians as proxies to fight affirmative a [...] Read more

Being a Good Ally

by Frank Wu | May 16, 2018
Much has been said about the African-American graduate student at Yale who was reported by a Wh [...] Read more

Discussion of Affirmative Action Impact on Asian American Students Rolls On

by Tiffany Pennamon | October 3, 2017
In an Education Writers Association higher ed session Tuesday, key figures debated whether affi [...] Read more

Guiyou Huang Named LSU-Alexandria Chancellor

by Associated Press | November 22, 2016
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana State University-Alexandria has a new chancellor. LSU President [...] Read more

After 20-plus AAJA Conferences, Achieving Diversity in Media No Different Now, Maybe Even Harder

by Emil Guillermo | August 14, 2016
In education, in the media, we fight the same battles. It boils down to the basics: How do we g [...] Read more

Bahng’s Tenure Controversy Remains Cloud Over Ivy League for Asian American Studies Advocates

by Catherine Morris | July 17, 2016
For Sera Kwon, Dr. Aimee Bahng’s situation raises larger questions about the viability of a c [...] Read more

Ono Tapped as New President of University of British Columbia

by Jamal Eric Watson | June 28, 2016
Dr. Santa J. Ono, one of a handful of Asian-American college presidents in the nation, is leavi [...] Read more

After Brexit Vote and the DACA Block: Can We Really Reverse Diversity?

by Emil Guillermo | June 27, 2016
On the week of the disappointing coincidence of the Brexit vote and the Supreme Court decision [...] Read more

Asian-American Actors Are Fighting for Visibility. They Will Not Be Ignored.

| May 25, 2016
When Constance Wu landed the part of Jessica Huang, the Chinese-American matriarch on the ABC s [...] Read more

Diversity in Graduate Education: Looking at — and Beyond — Admissions

Does Testing Serve a Purpose in Holistic Application Review?

Supporting Noncognitive Factors: Connecting Students with Resources, from Theory to Practice