Friday, October 8, 2010

'Asians in the Ivory Tower'



Inside Higher Ed


October 8, 2010


Each fall brings articles about rising Asian-American enrollments at leading colleges and universities. But according to Robert T. Teranishi, associate professor of higher education at New York University, those stories ignore broader realities -- many of them challenging -- for Asian-Americans in higher education. In his new book, Asians in the Ivory Tower: Dilemmas of Racial Inequality in American Higher Education -- he discusses these challenges. He responded to questions in an e-mail interview about the book.


Q: We've just come through another round of studies on such topics as average SAT scores, and the results show considerable Asian success. What do you make of such figures as average SAT scores?
A: The SAT scores for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) reveal two important trends that are often not recognized by educators, practitioners, and policymakers.



To Purchase "Asians in the Ivory Tower" at a discount, go to the AAAA Bookstore: http://www.affirmativeaction.org/bookstore.html page 19.

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