The National Scene: An Update by Howard Wang

Dear colleagues, If you have cross membership on other listservs, you may have recieved this already. Please pardon the possibly duplication. Please feel free to forward the links to anyone who may be interested. I was invited to Washington, D.C. and make a presentation to CAPAC (Congressional Asian Pacific Americans Caucus) last week at its first Education Summit to raise issues and share ideas about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in education. In conjunction with this Education Summit, the College Board also lauched its first indepth study entitled "Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Facts, not Fiction: Setting the Record Straight." I was also invited to attend its press event on the same day as the Education Summit. In fact, Dr. Robert Teranishi, Principal Investigator with the National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (or CARE), presented key findings from the College Board report and his presentation can be found in the link provided (http://honda.house.gov/capac/edforum/ see Panel I). The College Board report is one of its kind in re-shaping how education leaders, federal and state policmakers and the public view and understand the complex issues facing AAPI students in the U.S. educational system. This report helps the presenters at the Education Summit to continue the discussion of issues of race, class, ethnicity, culture, English Language Learners, bilingual education, NCLB (No Child Left Behind Act), and the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islanders Serving Institution legislations. Here is the link: http://honda.house.gov/capac/edforum/ to CAPAC's Education Summit, where one can read the abstracts, the presenters' brief biographies, and view the presentations, I am one of the presenters on Panel III. You'll need to have 2007 PowerPoint in order to see my presentation (you'll need to "un-zip" the file first) However, I just found out that Congr. Honda's IT staff has uploaded a pdf file of the presentation and you can simply click on the "Document" link to access and view the slides (do not click on "Presentation" ). You may also directly download the College Board report directly by clicking this link: http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/08-0608-AAPI.pdf without going to the CAPAC link. If you have any questions, or if you are interested in H.R. 4137 (the latest legislation that would allow federal grants for AANAPI Serving Institutions to be used in community partnerships and community outreach activities and programs), please contact me directly. Howard Wang, Ph.D. Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Executive Director, Student Health and Counseling Center California State University, Fullerton P.O. Box 6830 Fullerton, CA 92834-6830 Offc (714) 278-3221; Fax: (714) 278-1188 mailto:hwang@exchange.fullerton.edu