Across the country, students and faculty members are fighting for more Asian American studies courses, programs and departments in U.S. colleges and universities.
indicates that only 52 U.S. colleges and universities offer dedicated Asian American studies programs.
“Asian American studies … is necessary to provide a more well-rounded education, especially concerning aspects of history that are not fully taught in high school,” said Leung, a member of Asian American Students in Action, a group that spearheaded the effort for Williams College’s Asian American studies program.
“There was this blossoming of solidarity and [a] parallel development of the Asian American movement … with the Chicano movement, Puerto Ricans, Native Americans,” said Tajima-Peña, the UCLA professor.Tajima-Peña, who is Japanese American, said she hoped to major in Asian American studies when she attended Harvard University in the 1970s. Harvard offered an African American studies major but no Latino or Asian American programs.
Asked about the lack of an Asian American studies department, Rachael Dane, a Harvard spokeswoman, pointed to the university’s recent hiring of professors and the provision of greater funding for academic research in that subject area.
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