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Today, U.S. Representative Grace Meng (D-NY), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) introduced the Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History Act, bicameral legislation to promote the teaching of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) history in schools across the country. 

Findings of a groundbreaking study recently published in the Harvard Educational Review reveals how the pervasive “model minority” stereotype influences Asian American parents’ school selection process.

Kingsborough Community College students William (Liam) Lotz and Tanzeela Jahangir Chaudhry are among 90 high-achieving community college students who have been selected nationwide to receive the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The highly competitive scholarship aims to help the Cooke Scholars complete their undergraduate education with as little debt as possible. It … Read more

Baruch College student Ethan Wen (’28) has been selected as one of just 15 students across New York City to receive the prestigious Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship—an opportunity reserved for high-achieving undergraduates with exceptional promise as future leaders.

Two Baruch College students, Cherry Leung (’26) and Adnaan Elahi (’25), have been selected as recipients of the highly competitive Critical Language Scholarship (CLS), awarded by the U.S. Department of State. The scholarship, granted to only 600 students from a pool of 5,500 applicants nationwide, funds immersive language and cultural studies abroad.

Rajwant Kaur begins study abroad program on June 26