Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
This talk is inspired by the first Study Abroad course offered by CUNY’s City College of New York to India. The course objectives examined education and multiculturalism in their broadest forms as a group of CUNY students from multiple campuses, representing diverse academic degree levels, diverse disciplines, and diverse ethnic origins, made its way to … Read more
In this talk Drs. Ball and Hartlep will discuss their latest volume, Asian/Americans, Education, and Crime: The Model Minority as Victim and Perpetrator. They will discuss how their book contributes to a limited amount of scholarly writing so that researchers, policymakers, and educators can gain a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the relationship between … Read more
The CUNY Asian American Leadership Initiative (“The Initiative”) was established ad hoc in 2015 to address the remarkable lack of Asian Pacific American (APA) representation in leadership roles at The City University of New York (CUNY). The City University consists of 24 campuses across the five boroughs of New York City: 11 senior colleges, one … Read more
This conference will focus on why there is a lack of Asian American leadership, best practices for recruitment and professional development, student leadership, tenure and promotion, as well as the importance of Asian American and Asian Studies in preparing and inspiring the next generation of Asian American Leaders.
Diverse Early Childhood Education Policies and Practices explores issues in early childhood education and teacher preparation in five Asian countries: India, Singapore, China, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Some observed classrooms in these countries reflect influences that are simultaneously indigenous and colonial, local and global. By highlighting the diverse and often hybrid classroom pedagogies at … Read more
Over the last 25 years hundreds of thousands of new immigrants have been arriving in New York City from rural areas near Fuzhou, southeast China. Fuzhounese immigrants, many undocumented, work primarily in restaurant, construction and garment industries. In the last few years, their children have begun to attend Baruch College—a senior college in the City University … Read more