The proceedings of the two-day National Asian Studies Conference II titled, "A Tool of Change or a Tool of Control?" represents some change in emphasis from the 1971, First National Asian American Studies Conference at UCLA. Conference II consisted of an Asian Women's Panel, a community session, a curriculum session, and several workshop presentations. The workshops represented the concerns of several groups such as student organizations and Asian American studies. Workshops addressed issues including the following: community organizing, government funding, course design and teaching methods, and the involvement of professionals in the community. Conference II was designed to generate responses to common problems while focusing on the community/ academic relationship. It was developed on a university consortium basis and this team effort provided conference program diversity. (Author/AM)