Harvard students stage walkout in front of professor accused of sexual harassment

Over 100 students marched out of a Harvard classroom on Tuesday to protest the first lecture of professor John L. Comaroff this year.  Comar...

Asian American history to be taught in Florida public schools if new bill passes

Florida public schools may soon be required to teach Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history to its students if a new bill passes...

Vanderbilt professor says math education is too ‘white, cisheteropatriarchal’

A Tennessee university professor recently made the case that undergraduate mathematics education is discriminatory against queer and transge...

Asian American studies trailblazer Betty Lee Sung dies at 98

Asian American activist, academic and author Betty Lee Sung has died at 98.  Sung died at her Silver Spring, Maryland, home on Thursday. Her...

Judge rules no jail time for University of Kansas researcher accused of secret China work

Before you read: Study: Half of US-based Chinese scientists express fear of racial profiling and surveillance by feds Increasing number of C...

More Virginia high schools delayed giving merit awards in time for college admission deadlines: report

Before you read: US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’ Virginia governor seeks probe int...

Chinese students made to sign ‘loyalty pledges’ to CCP before going to Sweden, report reveals

Several Swedish universities reportedly discovered that over two dozen doctoral students from China were made to sign an agreement pledging ...

UC Davis professor accused of sexually assaulting high school student

A University of California (UC) Davis professor was placed on administrative leave after he was accused of sexually assaulting a high school...

College student develops new app that detects AI-written essays

A university student has developed an app that can detect if a written work was authored by the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT...

Asia’s richest man regrets not completing college: ‘My abilities may have been faster’

Before you read: Indian college dropout becomes world’s third richest man While sitting on Forbes’ list as Asia’s richest man, Indian entrep...

Amid probe, more Virginia high schools apologize for withholding news of academic awards

Before you read: US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’ Virginia governor seeks probe int...

Purdue University’s first Asian American president takes office amid controversy over Northwest chancellor

Dr. Mung Chiang officially became the first Asian American president of Purdue University at the start of the new year. The Purdue Board of ...

Stanford pulls IT language guide that brands ‘American,’ ‘brave’ as ‘harmful’ words

Amid massive backlash within and beyond its academic community, Stanford University has backpedaled on a language initiative that deemed wor...

The Philippines wins its first World Universities Debating Championship title

The Philippines won its first-ever World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) after students from Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) ba...

Virginia governor seeks probe into delayed notice of academic awards at US’ top high school

Before you read: US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’ Supreme Court declines to block t...

Death of Princeton student who was reported missing ruled a suicide

Princeton University student Misrach Ewunetie, whose dead body was found behind a secluded campus tennis court on Oct. 20, was determined to...

US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’

For years, administrators at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) concealed students’ National Merit certificati...

UNC-Chapel Hill removes racial criterion for fellowship program limited to BIPOC amid civil rights complaint

After a civil rights complaint, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) removed a fellowship program criterion th...

Purdue Northwest faculty votes no-confidence in chancellor for mock Asian language

The faculty and staff of Purdue Northwest have cast an overwhelming vote of no-confidence in Chancellor Thomas Keon’s leadership.  The chanc...

Pfizer beats suit claiming anti-Asian, anti-white discrimination in fellowship program

A federal lawsuit alleging that pharmaceutical company Pfizer is discriminating against Asian and white applicants for a coveted fellowship...

Purdue University chancellor faces growing pressure to resign over racist joke

Before you read: Purdue University Northwest chancellor under fire for mock Asian accent The Purdue University Northwest faculty senate has...

NYC principal accused of hating Asians, banning pencils to prevent erasing mistakes

Debra Mastriano, principal of Public School 166 in New York City’s Upper West Side, has come under fire for racist remarks and draconian po...

Chinese Berklee student arrested for stalking, harassing pro-democracy peer

Before you read: Chinese students filmed shouting at Japanese student, blocking his presentation on Taiwan at a UK university ...

Anonymous UMich student reveals East, Southeast Asian students are being harassed, stalked on campus

An anonymous individual claiming to be a University of Michigan student posted a PSA earlier in December warning of a man harassing and stal...

Purdue University Northwest chancellor under fire for mock Asian accent

Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. Keon has come under fire for a racist joke and accent used during the school’s commencemen...

McDonald’s APA Next Summit 2022 key highlights

McDonald’s, in partnership with NextShark, held its inaugural APA Next Summit on Saturday, November 12, providing an avenue for Asian Pacifi...

Asian students try to appear ‘less Asian’ to bypass race-conscious admission policies

Asian students studying at top U.S. schools revealed that they made themselves appear “less Asian” on their college applications just to be...

Brown University becomes first Ivy League to impose campus-wide ban on caste discrimination

Brown University became the first Ivy League school to explicitly ban caste discrimination throughout campus following a vote from its gove...

8 in 10 Asian Americans who oppose affirmative action believe it’s racist, survey reveals

Nearly half (49%) of Asian Americans oppose affirmative action, according to a new survey by higher education resource Intelligent.com. Of...

UNC Charlotte officially allows Sikh students to wear kirpan on campus

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) has officially altered its policies to allow Sikh students to wear a kirpan while on c...

Asian nations dominate ranking of countries with most international students at US universities

Students from Asia ranked in the top 10 among the number of international students studying at universities in the U.S. According to the I...

Asian kindergarten students more likely to display advanced math, science skills, new study finds

A new study found that racial discrepancies in advanced math and science skills are exhibited as early as kindergarten. The research, whic...

Here’s a handy college admissions checklist for parents and students

Applying to college is both an exciting and stressful time for both students and their parents. The experience for Asian Americans seems to ...

10 things to consider when exploring your passion

For many students, getting accepted to their top-choice college is only part of the battle when they aren’t yet sure what they want to study...

After 2-year fight, City College of San Francisco to launch new Cantonese programs

After a two-year fight to keep its Cantonese program, the City College of San Francisco is now set to launch two certificate programs in th...

Student who scored in top .5 percent for national exam gets surprise gift in viral video

A video of a high school student in India who was gifted an iPhone 12 by her parents for her 18th birthday has gone viral on social media. ...