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Category Archives: Education
The Evolution of Asian American Studies: Princeton Hires First Professor of Asian American History
When I was undergraduate at Princeton during the last century, instituting an Asian American Studies (AAS) program was a focus of the university’s Asian American Students Association. After decades of effort by many students, Alumni, and professors, Princeton University finally … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Cheng, Asian American Studies, Beth Lew-Williams, Princeton University
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Priscilla Chan Gives First Television Interview
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy At the end of May Priscilla Chan – most known for being Facebook founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s wife – gave her first television interview ever, on the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Tech, Technology, TV
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Doodle 4 Google 2014 Winner: Audrey Zhang
On Monday, June 9th, Google had a new doodle on their homepage. That doodle was part of an annual competition. Google held their 7th annual “Doogle 4 Google” competition where they asked kids in K-12 tell Google what they’d like … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Education, Entertainment, Tech, Technology, The Arts
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A Look at the Data: Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asians?
While 8asians has covered Asian Americans and college admissions over the years, a recent article from the data services company Priceonomics takes a data driven approach to summarize the arguments in the debate whether elite colleges discriminate against Asian American … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Education
Tagged college admissions, data analysis, holistic review, Priceonomics, Robin Dhor
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Few Asian American Basketball Players at the NCAA D1 Level – Does it Really Matter?
After almost 10 years of playing in community, NJB, AAU, and school leagues, Number Two Son dropped out of organized basketball for good this year. When I saw this article asking why there are very few Asian American division I … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Education, Sports
Tagged basketball, Colorlines, Division I, NCAA, professionalization of youth sports, Silicon Valley, WCAL
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Jade Stars – The Great Race: How the Chinese Zodiac Came to Be
You may or may not have heard of Charles Huang, but I’m sure you know what Guitar Hero is (only one of the most successful video game franchises in history). Charles, and his brother, co-founded RedOctane, which developed Guitar Hero, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Education, Entertainment, History
Tagged children's book, Chinese Zodiac
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8Asians Visits Asian America: USC Pacific Asia Museum
Visit Asian America. Asian America is not just an identity or an idea, it’s a place as well. It is America, and certain parts of America distinctly embody the Asian American homeland. Join us as we highlight different Asian American … Continue reading
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8Asians Visits Asian America: The Asian American Studies Center (AASC)
Visit Asian America. Asian America is not just an identity or an idea, it’s a place as well. It is America, and certain parts of America distinctly embody the Asian American homeland. Join us as we highlight different Asian American … Continue reading
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8Asians Visits Asian America: Hsi Lai Temple
Visit Asian America. Asian America is not just an identity or an idea, it’s a place as well. It is America, and certain parts of America distinctly embody the Asian American homeland. Join us as we highlight different Asian American … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Lifestyles, Religion, Southern California
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The Dilemma of Chinese School
If you’re a Chinese American child of Chinese American immigrants, then it’s quite likely you spent part of your childhood attending Chinese school. It’s a coming of age ritual of growing up ½ or 1st generation Chinese American. And of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family
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8Asians Visits Asian America: Asian American Resource Center at Pomona College
Visit Asian America. Asian America is not just an identity or an idea, it’s a place as well. It is America, and certain parts of America distinctly embody the Asian American homeland. Join us as we highlight different Asian American … Continue reading
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8Asians Visit Asian America: Chinese American Museum
Visit Asian America. Asian America is not just an identity or an idea, it’s a place as well. It is America, and certain parts of America distinctly embody the Asian American homeland. Join us as we highlight different Asian American … Continue reading
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