Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The reception will introduce faculty and staff to the Asian American / Asian Research Institute; our mission as a university-wide scholarly research and resource center that focuses on policies and issues that affect Asians and Asian Americans and professional development opportunities and programs available.
Our presentation will give a profile of Asian students at CUNY using both demographic, academic performance and student experience survey data. In addition to describing the current Asian student population, we’ll discuss trends over the past several years in some demographic, academic and social indicators. Where applicable, we’ll compare Asian students to other broad racial/ethnic … Read more
Asian Studies at Brooklyn College What can an Asian Studies minor offer to the average Brooklyn College student? In the twenty-first century, knowledge of Asia is indispensable in a liberal arts education, in multi-cultural America, and in the global economy. More than half of humanity lives in Asia, and Asian societies have produced some of … Read more
This book is a 21st Century snapshot of Asian Pacific Americans; a tapestry of tales reflecting their lives, experiences, hopes, and dreams. Ultimately the spectrum of values–in education, family, work–form a remarkable mosaic of the Asian American experience, distinct in many ways from that of Asians living in Asia, or as immigrants encountering diaspora elsewhere … Read more
Hunter College, CUNY Asian American Studies Program Presents Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008 Time: 3PM to 5PM Place: Hunter College, CUNY 695 Park Avenue, Manhattan Lang Recital Hall, Hunter North 424 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED. Asian Americans are a growing segment of the electorate. Although more Asian Americans are … Read more
Typically viewed as a staple of childhood life in East Asia, cram schools are private educational institutions offering additional academic instruction during non-school hours. Over the past few decades, hundreds if not thousands of Asian American-run cram schools have been established throughout the United States, proliferating across urban areas particularly in Asian American enclaves. Despite this recent boom of Asian American cram schools, there has been very little research that examines how these educational sites affect the academic and identity development of youth.