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Hunter Students Fight For Meaningful Asian American Studies Program
12/13/07
Information from Angry Asian Man
Hunter College students have reported frustrations with Asian American studies even after winning a program for many years. Though the Asian American Studies Program at Hunter was created in 1993 due to student and faculty protest, the program is still under attack.
CRASH, the student group now mobilizing around improving the program, cites the following pathetic conditions around the Asian American Studies Program (AASP):
- A $0 budget. They were given $500 for supplies.
- No full time faculty. All professors are either adjuncts or faculty from other departments.
- No permanent office. Right now, the AASP is based in the acting head’s office, an office that will be returned to the Women's Studies Program in spring 2008. In spring 2007 professors were forced to work in a storage closet. Even the closet was taken away when a sorority moved in.
- Listed courses in the Hunter College course catalog are not even offered. The courses that willbe offered in spring '08 are the same ones that are taught every semester. The AASP hopes to offer NEW classes in fall '08, but have no budget to do so.
Needless to say, Hunter College has a large percentage of Asian American students, nearly one in four. CRASH has held unsatisfactory meetings with the administration, and collected over 1,000 signatures on a petition. Fed up, CRASH is now reaching out to outside organizations to put pressure on Hunter.
Those who want to support Hunter students can find their site on facebook
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