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Category Archives: Education
Admissions Test Prep: Stepping Stone to Asian Americans, Considered Unfair by Others
New York City’s top academic high schools like Bronx Science (pictured above) and Stuyvesant have one entrance criteria: performance on the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT). While many Asian American families look at SHSAT preparation courses as a stepping … Continue reading
NYU Shanghai: First US China Joint College Established
NYU Shanghai, the first US China Joint College, was established this month. A joint venture of New York University and Shanghai’s East China Normal University, the school will open its doors next year to some 300 students of which about … Continue reading
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Florida Board of Education To Hold Asian American Students To Higher Standard
The Florida Board of Education joined Virginia in setting race based achievement goals that hold Asian American students to a higher standard. The rightmost column in the above excerpt from Florida’s educational strategic plan shows the differing expectations. As you … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Education
Tagged Florida Board of Education, Race Based achievement standards
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College Administrator Resigns Over Too Many Chinese Students
I usually regard alarmist stories about Chinese college students in the U.S.with suspicion, but this particular story about a University of San Francisco (USF) administrator resigning over aggressive recruitment of Chinese students seems to have some substance. Dayle Smith, dean … Continue reading
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Tagged chinese students, Dayle Smith, University of San Francisco, USF
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Tiger Moms Are Still Making Headlines
By John Kim Even as the Tiger Mom debate has started to fizzle out, she’s still making some press. It seems that Singapore’s prime minister has caught some flak for denouncing tiger mother-style parenting. I couldn’t help but wonder if … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Education
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Former Ivy League Admissions Officer Says Asian Americans At A Disadvantage
You do find that some Asians can be disadvantaged in the process, and not only because admissions committees think about Asians in a specific way, but because recommenders do too. These are the words of a former Ivy League Admissions … Continue reading
Hong Kong Couple Sues Admissions Consultant For $2 Million After Sons Rejected From Harvard
A Hong Kong couple is suing an “Education Consultant” for the $2 million that they paid to get their sons into Harvard. The suit alleges that Mark Zimny of IvyAdmit Consulting Associates asked Gerald and Lily Chow to entrust money … Continue reading
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Tagged Admissions Consultants, college admissions, Harvard University
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A Response To Roger Lotchins’ “There Were No Concentration Camps In America” Article
The first lesson I want to teach my son is that there are idiots in the world. Lots of them. And just because you teach a class in college or you have a degree does not mean you are not … Continue reading
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Will Chinese Soon Be The Primary Language In America?
As I spend my time in the metropolitan areas of United States such as New York, Los Angeles, and Boston, I often hear people speaking other languages other than English. More often, I would hear people speaking Chinese. According to … Continue reading
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The Real Bodies Manifesto: Finding Each Other
A note from Thick Dumpling Skin’s co-founder, Lisa Lee: Almost a year ago, Retrofit Republic’s Community Heroes Lookbook landed on my radar. I drooled over this lookbook at my desk, and almost died of happiness that they used real people … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Discrimination, Education, Lifestyles
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Asian American Studies Gains Traction at Tufts University and Ithaca College
Asian American studies seems to be gaining some traction as Tufts University recently approved the creation of an Asian American studies minor. Ithaca College also recently approved an Asian American studies minor. These colleges are way ahead of Princeton University, … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian American Studies, Ithaca College, Tufts University
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The “Asianization” Of Southern California’s San Marino
I was a weird kid. When I was deciding whether or not I wanted to transfer schools from a private prep to San Marino High School, one of the best public high schools in the state of California, the biggest … Continue reading