Reviews achievements of Asian Americans in higher education, the importance of family in the drive to succeed, attitudes toward education, Asian American predominance in technical fields, and some stereotypes about Asian Americans. Also discusses comparative studies of Asian and American newborns and Asian and American childrearing. (CMG)

Problems that Asian Americans face in higher education include poor communications skills; stress resulting from family and community pressure to achieve; and universities' reluctance to hire Asian American staff, recruit and provide financial support for Asian American students, and provide relevant curriculum. Various programs have begun to…

Asian Americans are popularly stereotyped as possessing innate characteristics that enable them to achieve excellence in virtually all fields of endeavor. But the reality of contemporary Asian American experiences is more complex, less easily summed up, and not yet thoroughly documented or understood. Current evidence does suggest, however, that…

Provides a history of the introduction of Asian American studies into the general education curriculum at California State University, Hayward. Indicates that such programs must include a description of the diversity of the Asian American population, the history of Asian American studies, and a response to the "model minority"…

Asian Americans are charging that the nation's most prestigious colleges are limiting their access with informal quotas. Admissions deans and directors must discard stereotypes, take steps to guarantee a more sensitive assessment of Asian-American applicants, and not cap admissions for that group. (MSE)

In teaching Asian American literature on the college level, the first consideration is to try to choose works that dispel the dominant stereotypes. One of these stereotypes is the "otherness" myth that Asian American culture is very exotic, distant, mysterious, as in "the mysterious and far East." In reality, Asian Americans…

Despite popular perceptions to the contrary, Asian Americans are alarmingly underrepresented at universities throughout the country. The myth of overrepresentation as well as other stereotypes commonly held about Asian Americans help to keep universities from instituting corrective treatment for this minority group. (GC)

Questions the appropriateness of "Asian American" as a term to categorize this heterogeneous combination of cultural groups. It explains how the notion of a common and shared sentiment of unity among the many cultures labeled collectively as Asian Americans may be viewed as an artificial construct. (GLR)

As part of an ongoing effort to prepare librarians and media specialists for work in a multi-ethnic society, the School of Library Service at Atlanta University sponsored a conference in April of 1978 on library programs and materials relating to the life styles, cultures, and histories of Native American, African American, Hispanic American, and…

For Asian Americans, the solution to racial discrimination and violence is not in adopting the victim ideology, separatism, and political correctness of other minority groups, but in defining their own identity and acknowledging Asian success in the United States. Honest assessment can provide useful lessons for the future. (SLD)

An historical review of the immigration and resettlement patterns, and a demographic profile of Japanese Americans reveals a myth of the "successful minority." Since the founding of the Japanese American Citizens League in 1928, Japanese Americans have defeated alien land laws, discriminatory immigration quotas, anti-miscengenation laws,…

A female, Asian American professor of ethnic literature examines entrenched racial attitudes in higher education institutions. The attitudes are rarely acknowledged, especially regarding race-related courses, teaching, and tenure evaluations that consider race and gender. Compares her experience with that of white male colleagues who have…

Educators should be aware that recent rhetoric about diversity in this country often does not consider the continuing discrimination and mistreatment of Asians. Simply put, the employment situation for Asian and Pacific Americans is characterized by underemployment and the channeling of Asians into a narrow range of jobs. Many people today have…