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Asian-Nation.org, run by Professor C.N Le of UMass Amherst recently reprinted a statistical study of college campuses from 9 years ago regarding Asian/Asian American student population, splitting schools amongst “Top Universities” and “Top Liberal Arts Colleges.” The “best” university for Asian Americans is the University of Hawaii (which is unsurprising considering that Hawaiian natives are technically Pacific Islanders), and the “best” liberal arts college is Pomona College, its sister schools Claremont McKenna College and Scripps College aren’t far off at rank number 7 and 19, respectively.
As a college student, I can say with some confidence that these numbers tell less than half the story. While there may be a bunch of Asian American students at various campuses across America (especially on the West Coast), it does not mean that they are active in discussions about race or participate in Asian American clubs. I know from personal experience that a high number of Asian American students or Asian American clubs do not necessarily translate to dialogue or debate; in fact I attend a college on the top 15 list and felt very much ostracized because I didn’t think there was enough discussion about race. Another quick note is that Harvard, Dartmouth, and Tufts, the three college campuses that had some noticeable controversy involving Asian American in the past year, are not in the Top 25 for universities or liberal art colleges. However, take the information with a grain of salt as the statistics could have very much changed within the last 9 years.
Therefore, to update that list Angry Asian Man and the Asian Pacific Americans for Progress is calling out for nominations for the “best” college for Asian Americans. I share because I worry that race relations have taken a backseat on many college campuses and that more and more students are becoming apathetic about race when it is still a pressing issue. Therefore I request that all students who have the time and opportunity to nominate their school do so; if you feel like you are struggling to answer some of these questions, it’s because your college should be doing a lot more! I just submitted my school.. you should do the same!
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Boogerhead
I would never want my kid to go to a Cali school with a large number of Asians because that is just unreal and too hippy. Plus, when Chinese people are in the same major and include each other in every thing, they know everyone else's progress and family details but they're not really true friends based on chemistry - they just have access to open pharmacies or dental offices together.
Let's be honest. The best school for your kid is the best school for everyone which is probably Harvard (even though I would like Wesleyan.)
Isn't college supposed to hone your child like a weapon? So the school's ability to do that is what is important and a child mature enough to understand what they are really doing in college would appreciate that school. They can just go to the Asian American Film Festival in NYC for the summer and sit through countless hours of Angel Island, the only Chinese/Korean in my hometwon, Japanese Internment, Lise Yasui, Gregg Araki, Wayne Wang, yada yada, and I promise you, they will be so full, they will never even consider purchasing a Lisa See novel let alone spending college credits on an Asian American studies class.
Boogerhead
Even though I am an ABC, I will raise my kids in a fobby immigranty way as an antidote to becoming a self-regarding, self important, pity me because I am an American born Asian Joy Luck Clubber. Maaaaa, you just don't understand! He's the best boyfriend evah! (apologies to The Chuas and all the other hybrid love matches and their children.)
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Sounds great! make sure you nominate your school!
I'm a senior at UC Riverside, and I believe that my college experience there has developed my racial identity quite a lot. They have ethnic studies, music and literature classes with an Asian American focus, and I enjoyed them all.
UCR's known for its diversity, and I've met several people from around the world (French, German, Taiwanese, Ethiopian, etc) because of the college.
Although the Riverside community doesn't have much APA resources compared to LA, our Asian Pacific Student Programs work hard. By the way, Riverside had a Chinatown! (which was almost demolished, but activists are trying to save it).
Sounds great! make sure you nominate your school!
I'm a senior at UC Riverside, and I believe that my college experience there has developed my racial identity quite a lot. They have ethnic studies, music and literature classes with an Asian American focus, and I enjoyed them all.
UCR's known for its diversity, and I've met several people from around the world (French, German, Taiwanese, Ethiopian, etc) because of the college.
Although the Riverside community doesn't have much APA resources compared to LA, our Asian Pacific Student Programs work hard. By the way, Riverside had a Chinatown! (which was almost demolished, but activists are trying to save it).
Interesting.. I never knew that. Thanks for the heads up!
Actually, University of Hawaii ranked top for Asian Americans due to the fact that sugar plantations of the old era brought masses of Asian immigrants to work as cheap labor. Many of the immigrants remained and thus Hawaii's population has a significant portion of the descendants of those workers.
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