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· Carl Samson
12-year-old California boy graduates college with 5 degrees
A 12-year-old boy from California has made national and global headlines after graduating from college this month. Clovis Hung, who started college at 9, is now the youngest person in Fullerton College’s history of 108 years to receive not one, but five associate degrees.
· Michelle De Pacina
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma joins Tokyo College as visiting professor
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has accepted an invititation to become a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a new research institute run by the University of Tokyo in Japan. On Monday, the university announced that Ma will “share his rich experience and pioneering knowledge on…
· Iris Jung
Olympic champion Suni Lee retires from college gymnastics
Hmong American Olympic Champion Sunisa “Suni” Lee has announced her retirement from college gymnastics to focus on her “health and recovery.” Lee, 20, shared the bittersweet news through Twitter on Monday.
· Michelle De Pacina
Chinese colleges give students a week off to ‘go fall in love’
Nine colleges in China are giving students a weeklong spring break to “enjoy love” amid China’s declining birth rate. The schools, which are run by the Fan Mei Education Group, announced last week that students and teachers are free to “go fall in love” from April 1 to 7. The…
· Carl Samson
Selective colleges lose diversity with affirmative action ban, study finds
A ban on race-conscious admissions practices in selective colleges would threaten the racial and ethnic diversity of their student bodies, according to a new analysis from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW). The new report comes ahead of the…
· Bryan Ke
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 into delayed notice of academic awards at US’ top high school Amid probe, more Virginia high schools apologize for withholding news of…
· Ryan General
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 (Generative Pre-trained Transformer). ChatGPT, which was launched by AI research lab OpenAI in November, immediately gained global…
· Carl Samson
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 entrepreneur Gautam Adani has expressed regrets over dropping out of college, believing his skills would have developed faster if he had obtained…
· Editorial Staff
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 be growing even more difficult with ever-rising standards and competitiveness. Fortunately, we’re here to help you keep things a little…
· Carl Samson
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 the 2023-24 school year. Although it has consistently enrolled over 100% since opening in 2019, the college’s Cantonese program was nearly…
· Isa Peralta
Crying father drops off daughter at dream college in wholesome viral video
A now-viral Instagram video posted by Preksha (@pre.xsha) on Wednesday shows her overjoyed parents dropping her off at Miranda House College in New Delhi, India. "Pov: You made your parents proud," the video’s onscreen text says. “They were dropping me off at ‘our’ dream…
· Ryan General
US Supreme Court poised to ban affirmative action in college admissions
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments concerning admissions programs that take race into consideration at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC). The conservative-majority court spent over five hours hearing arguments from a total of five…
· Carl Samson
12-year-old math and music prodigy in Singapore is already taking up 2 college degrees
Nathanael Koh, 12, of Singapore, has caught national attention for pursuing two bachelor’s degrees in separate institutions simultaneously. The academic prodigy, who started primary school at age 3, is now a first-year math student at New Zealand’s University of Canterbury and a…
· Michelle De Pacina
Renaming of University of Oxford college after Vietnamese billionaire ‘Madame Thao’ now ‘in doubt’
Last year, Linacre College announced that it would be changing its name to Thao College after Vietnam’s first and only woman billionaire after she pledged a 155 million British pound (approximately $171.4 million) donation from her Vietnamese investment group Sovico Group.…
· Ryan General
Mandatory ‘love education’ course for college students gains support in China
The Chinese Ministry of Education has expressed support for a lawmaker’s proposal to include “love and marriage” values in the curriculum for universities and colleges in China. National People Congress deputy Huang Xihua filed a proposal in March to teach tertiary students the…
· Carl Samson
Indian college dropout becomes world’s third richest man
Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani, 60, is now the world’s third richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Adani, who chairs the Adani Group, overtook France’s Bernard Arnault after a surge this week. Adani’s conglomerate runs businesses in port development…
· Carl Samson
‘Got to get my nails done by the ch*nks’: Queens College official accused of using anti-Asian slur
Deborah Huggins, who was recently appointed Queens College’s interim public safety director in New York City, allegedly called College President Frank Wu a “ch*nk” and referenced “corona,” according to an ongoing petition. Huggins allegedly made the remark after Wu became the…
· Jane Nam
Shinzo Abe’s assassin forced to give up college after mother’s $722,000 donation to Unification Church, says uncle
The uncle of Shinzo Abe’s suspected shooter Tetsuya Yamagami stated that Yamagami’s mother had donated approximately 100 million yen ($721,875) to the Unification Church. Yamagami blamed the religious organization for what he described to be its forceful donating practices and…
· Khier Casino
Cambodian American domestic abuse survivor graduates from college after serving 16 years in prison
A Cambodian American woman who faced deportation after serving 16 years in prison has graduated with a degree in sociology. Ny Nourn, who immigrated to the U.S. at age 5, thanked everyone who never gave up on her while she attended San Francisco State University. Nourn was…
· Bryan Ke
Study finds gap in college success among Asian American and Pacific Islander students in California
A study conducted by the nonprofit Campaign for College Opportunity, titled “The State of Higher Education for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Californians,” found gaps in college access and success among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander…