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Increasing Access to Higher Education for AAPI Students

Tue, 05/24/2011 - 12:52

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.


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Send a Holiday Card to Senators Urging them to Vote for the DREAM Act!

Thu, 12/16/2010 - 16:15

SEND A HOLIDAY CARD TO SENATORS URGING THEM TO VOTE FOR THE DREAM ACT!


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SAFRA: What's in it for Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders?

Mon, 04/05/2010 - 08:29

Did you hear? President Obama signed SAFRA (Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act) into law last week, and Greg Cendana (APAP Board member/President of USSA) was on the front lines making it happen. That's him with USSA Communications Director, Jake Stillwell (pictured above, left) and Congressman George Miller (pictured above, right).


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Ed Secretary Arne Duncan meets with College Students

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 21:45

Yesterday, after numerous press events on Capital Hill, I had the opportunity to meet with US Education Secretary Arne Duncan regarding student aid reform and his support of the Student Aid & Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA), H.R. 3221 which will be voted on by the US House of Representatives Thursday.


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APAHE Conference 2009... Did anyone know about this?

Thu, 03/26/2009 - 11:23

So it turns out that APAHE was able to get it together for their annual conference, which started yesterday. The program looks pretty interesting with awards to Yuri Kochiyama and Don Nakanishi - both very deserving people to be recognized. Too bad, I didn't know about it until about a week ago that this was going down.


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