Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
CLIP is an intensive English language program for immigrant students who have been accepted to CUNY and who need to increase their academic English language proficiency in preparation for college classes. CLIP uses a sustained content-based approach with coursework centered on a theme and core texts. Instruction is designed to increase students’ English language skills … Read more
Asian Americans represent a diverse range of nationalities, languages and viewpoints. Over the past decade, the Asian American population grew faster than any other racial group in New Jersey, up 44% to 1.05 million. That’s a vast swath of voting power. Still, Asians are not a monolithic group — and that’s proved a challenge to … Read more
The We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate is an integral part of our response to the challenge of rising hate in our respective neighborhoods, boroughs, and city. This initiative is in its second year and is created in partnership with The Center for Community Leadership at the Jewish Community Relations Council of NY and … Read more
The Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University invites applications for a tenured appointment in modern South Asian Studies. The appointment will be at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The department seeks a scholar with an excellent record of research and publication, in any relevant field of the … Read more
The Ethnic Studies Department invites applications for a pool of part-time lecturers from candidates qualified to teach undergraduate Ethnic Studies courses.
In a press conference at Department of Education headquarters, officials from the Adams administration announced state legislation that will make Diwali a school holiday as soon as next year. Queens Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar’s bill proposes adding Diwali to the school calendar and removing a little-celebrated holiday, Brooklyn-Queens Day.