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Items categorized: education

Increasing Access to Higher Education for AAPI Students

Higher education policy needs to be better informed about the experiences of all American students if we are going to meet President Obama’s goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.


Re-enactment of Chinese immigrant exclusion and recent quelling of protests show a future without diversity and freedom

From the Restore Fairness blog-

"The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with."
- Eleanor Holmes Norton, civil rights activist and Democrat Delegate to Congress representing the District of Columbia.


Michelle Rhee Not Helping

(photo courtesty of NewsOne)


Get Your JACL Scholarship Applications in Today! (Deadlines: March 1 and April 1)

National News - JACL is kicking off its Scholarship Program for the 2011 academic year. Need not be Japanese American to apply and non-members are welcomed and encouraged to apply. At the national level, JACL offers over 30 awards, with an annual total of over $60,000 in scholarships.  


Asian American Legal Defense Education Fund (AALDEF) Seeks Education Equity and Youth Rights Project Staff Attorney

STAFF ATTORNEY

AALDEF EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND YOUTH RIGHTS PROJECT

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Comments on Breakthrough’s I AM THIS LAND give great insight and hope for the future

From the Restore Fairness blog-

Thank you for all your amazing submissions to the I AM THIS LAND contest. The contest is now officially closed for entries but stay tuned as winners will be announced on Feb 1!