Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
WRITING FROM EXPERIENCE: THE ASIAN-AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW I write from my experience, but I distill and shape events so that they add up to coherent stories. My sources are memories, life situations and occasionally dreams, all having to do with growing up as the child of mixed-race parents in rural America and later moving … Read more
In recent years, increasing number of Asian Americans are relying on the City University of New York to achieve their higher educational aspirations. As the City University of New York is transforming itself into a world class institution of access and excellence.
Thomas Tam: My name is Thomas Tam, I’m the director of the Asian American Research Institute, it’s affiliated with Queens College, it’s part of the City University of New York. I’d like to welcome you from the bottom of my heart that you came to this colloquium, taking time from your very busy schedule. This … Read more
Thomas Tam: This is a rare opportunity that we can sit around and talk about this. We know how busy you are. If you can, based on your own experience, your own knowledge, tell us, as we continue to do our study, what we should really be focusing on, what are the important things we … Read more
David Cheng: In our study, we studied what we need to do in terms of assessing the needs of Asian and Asian American students in CUNY. And this is a very selective colloquium; all of you here have been invited, so you are sort of the chosen few that we feel you can contribute to … Read more
Betty Lee Sung : Most of them had jobs after school and they work, sometimes twenty to thirty hours a week. So this was a big problem… nobody knows what was happening with them. Some of the other problems with the students are, that they don’t take part in any activities outside of school. The … Read more