BY NICHOLAS WU
37. That’s the percentage of the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) population that, rather than attending a four-year college, attends community college for a two-year associate’s degree. Yet, you really wouldn’t know it from the vicious debates over affirmative action, particularly within the AAPI community. The Ivy League dominates the conversation, much to the detriment of other educational …
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There have been some recent, ill-informed protests by some vocal Chinese groups against the collection of Asian ethnicity data, and it has sparked a massive response by AAPI educators and community groups. The following is an account from an educator who has spent nearly two decades helping Asian American and Pacific Islander students, including Chinese American students.
BY OIYAN …
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August 9, 2017
This week, AAPI Data joined the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, as part of 77 organizations, 180 community leaders, 105 students, and nearly 500 educators across the country, in reaffirming our commitment to serving the diverse needs of our Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
We are deeply alarmed by recent opposition to the collection of …
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BY KARTHICK RAMAKRISHNAN
President Trump hosts India Prime Minister Narendra Modi today for a meeting and working dinner, and if their prefatory remarks on Twitter are any indication, there is a high level of mutual public admiration between the two leaders.
While President Trump may enjoy public support from Modi, the same is not true for his support among …
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BY KARTHICK RAMAKRISHNAN AND SONO SHAH
Last week, President Trump announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate accords. How might this decision play among Asian Americans?
At first blush, it may be surprising to think of environmentalism and Asian Americans in the same sentence. “Don’t Asian Americans only care about education or immigration?,” some may …
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BY KARTHICK RAMAKRISHNAN
The 2016 Presidential election saw a record increase in voting for Asian Americans. Between 2012 and 2016, about 1.14 million new Asian American voters entered the electorate, nearly double the average increase of 620,000 new voters in the prior three presidential cycles.[1] Breaking down the data further, we find that these disproportionate gains were evident at …
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BY SONO SHAH
With today’s vote in the House of Representatives to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), we wanted to take a closer look at how the ACA has helped AAPIs in terms of health insurance coverage. According to a 2014 research brief by the Department of Health & Human Services:
…Under the Affordable
Most news stories focus on Asian Americans in elite colleges. Most actually don’t go there, and many students struggle.
BY JASON FONG
The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community is extremely diverse in terms of culture, language, and experiences in the United States. In California, it constitutes about 16% of the total population, and almost 90% of Asian …
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(This post is part 5 in a series)
BY SONO SHAH AND KARTHICK RAMAKRISHNAN
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has invited public comments on potential revisions to its 1997 standards. Currently, federal agencies are not required to count detailed data for Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Americans. In many cases, reporting by racial group …
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(This post is part 4 in a series)
BY SONO SHAH AND KARTHICK RAMAKRISHNAN
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has invited public comments on potential revisions to its 1997 standards. Currently, federal agencies are not required to count detailed data for Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Americans. In many cases, reporting by racial group …
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