Tag Archives: Stanford

KQED: Stanford Project Unearths Personal Histories of Chinese Railroad Workers

Posted on August 18, 2015 by John

Recently, the local National Public Radio affiliate station KQED’s program, Forum, hosted a discussion on the history of the Chinese railroad workers as the 150th anniversary of when Chinese workers began to work on the transcontinental railroad: “The Transcontinental Railroad … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, History, Local, San Francisco Bay Area | Tagged chinese railroad workers, Gordon Chang, Stanford, stanford university | Leave a comment

One Easy Way to Win Praise and Adulation for Getting into Harvard and Stanford

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Jeff

With the revelation from an Ivy admissions insider about biases against Asian Americans and ever increasing application pools, it seems more and more difficult for an Asian American to get into “dream” schools like Princeton and UC Berkeley. Some Asian … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged college admissions, Harvard, Stanford, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | 4 Comments

The College Admissions Game Addendum 1: Rankings, Ratings, and Registering

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Jeff

How much is getting into a top ranked college worth? One family from Hong Kong offered up to $400K to a popular Silicon Valley consultant to get their “C” average student into a top ranked school. This raises many questions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family | Tagged Babson College, Boston, College Admissions Game, college rankings, Harvard, Harvey Mudd College, Payscale, Return on Investment, ROI, Stanford, US News and World Report | 1 Comment

David Henry Hwang was in a punk band in college; his punk name was “Maggot Wong”

Posted on January 23, 2015 by jozjozjoz

http://youtu.be/W1shHkKfiO0 It figures that playwright David Henry Hwang would be so multitalented. He was reminiscing to a friend about a college punk rock band he played in, and she found the single online. In his words, “The internet is amazing … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, The Arts | Tagged punk, rock, Stanford | 1 Comment

Stanford: Advanced Leadership Program for Emerging Asian American Executives

Posted on May 18, 2010 by John

At 8Asians, we’ve blogged about Where Are the Asian CEOs? , how Americans Expect Business Leaders to Be White, as well as the “bamboo ceiling.” I recently read that now Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) has an Advanced … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Discrimination, Education, Local, Observations, San Francisco Bay Area | Tagged Business, Business School, executive, Stanford | 1 Comment