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I understand Sophia's frustration on not being included in the "minority" category. In fact, those of Asian heritage are a minority. The justification for not extending special outreach programs and counseling support is ___? Can you guess?

Persons of Asian heritage are not statistically "underrepresented" at UCLA or elsewhere in the UC system. Therefore, the thinking goes, scarce extra help needs to be channeled elsewhere.

Of course, all these categories sometimes hide more than they reveal. Not all Asian sub-groups are well-represented in the UC system or in higher education generally. Many Asian Americans suffer from poverty and isolation every bit as crushing as that endured by others.

My own preference would be for outreach and other special efforts to be extened primarily on the basis of economic class. Middle class African Americans, whites, Asian Americans, and Latinos don't need the help, in my opinion, as much as poor people, especially recent immigrants.

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People of Asian heritage are definitely a minority. A relatively fast-growing minority, yes, but definitely a minority.

Here's a just released summary compiled by the UCLA AASC of latest US Census data:

Asians

13.5 million
The estimated number of U.S. residents who say they are Asian or Asian in combination with one or more other races. This group comprises 5 percent of the total population. California has both the largest population (4.6 million) and the largest numerical increase (367,100) of people of this group since April 2000; Hawaii is the state where Asians make up the highest proportion of the total population (58 percent).
http://www.census.gov/Press-Releases/www/releases/archives/population/002897.html

Education
50%
The percentage of Asians, age 25 and over, who have a bachelor's degree or higher level of education. Asians have the highest proportion of college graduates of any race or ethnic group in the country. The corresponding rate for all adults in this age group is 27 percent.
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88%
The percentage of Asians, age 25 and over, who are high school graduates. The corresponding rate for all adults in this age group is 85 percent.
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19%
The percentage of Asians, age 25 and over, who have an advanced degree (e.g., master's, Ph.D., M.D. or J.D.). The corresponding rate for all adults in the age group is 9 percent.
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Languages
2.2 million
The number of people who speak Chinese at home. Next to Spanish, Chinese is the most widely spoken non-English language in the country. Also among the top 10 most frequently spoken languages are: Tagalog (1.3 million); Vietnamese (1.1 million); and Korean (966,959).
http://factfinder.census.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://factfinder.census.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://factfinder.census.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://factfinder.census.gov/ (Table: P034, 2003 ACS)

Coming to America
8.7 million
The number of U.S. residents who were born in Asia. Asian-born residents comprise one-fourth of the nation's total foreign-born population.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/foreignborn_population/003969.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/foreignborn_population/003969.html

52%
The percentage of the foreign-born from Asia who are naturalized U.S. citizens. The corresponding rate for the foreign-born population as a whole is 38 percent.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/foreignborn_population/003969.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/foreignborn_population/003969.html

1.7 million
The estimated number of foreign-born people from China. Next to Mexico, China is the leading country of birth for the nation's foreign-born. Also among the top 10 countries of birth for the foreign-born population are the Philippines, India, Vietnam and Korea.
http://factfinder.census.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://factfinder.census.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://factfinder.census.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://factfinder.census.gov/ (Table: PCT027, 2003 ACS)

Serving Our Nation
276,000
The number of Asian-American military veterans.
http://factfinder.census.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://factfinder.census.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://factfinder.census.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://factfinder.census.gov/ (Table: P056D, 2003 ACS)

Counties
1.3 million
The number of Asians in Los Angeles County, Calif., which tops the nation's counties. This county also experienced the largest numerical increase of Asians (76,700) from 2000 to 2003.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/002897.html

Age Distribution
Twenty-six percent of people identifying themselves as either Asian or Asian in combination with one or more other races are under 18; 8 percent are 65 or over.

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Hi Folks,

It was great to see so many of you at the orientation yesterday.

National Geographic Traveler has a website with useful links on hotels and more. See it at:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/tw/0105/shanghai.html

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Here's a link to an APA article: movie discussion.

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Here is the handout of web curriculum resources.

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For example your can type in bold.

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Hi Folks --
Van Dinh's done us a service by creating a thread for your research theses. Post your thesis here along with any comments you might have or questions you might raise.

Others should feel free to comment upon the thesis and to suggest materials or issues to consider.

When you post your thesis, just hit "post reply" to this message and then put your research topic in the subject line. Put the thesis (and perhaps your full name, not everyone knows her/his classmates' last names) into the message area.

(By the way, did I mispell "theses"? -- If I did I could correct it. You can always edit your own posts.)

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Hi Folks,

I've created a web page for us to consult at the outset of our session. It's at

http://international.ucla.edu/asia/ncta/utla/web-workshop.asp

Web Page naming conventions

Give files simple names, without spaces. Do this for web pages and for images.

Name your homepage -- this will make your web address shorter.

FTP Settings

Host address: http://www.international.ucla.edu

ID: yourfirstnameyourlastname
PW: as assigned

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Hi Folks,

Since you're reading this, you've probably already got the forum figured out. But just in case you don't, we've got a handy guide, complete with pictures and step by step instructions. To download your copy, just click the icon below (a file in a vise). It's in .pdf format, so you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free program to open it. You likely already have it on your computer (it comes preinstalled on most machines), but if not, you can get a free copy at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

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One of the requirements for this seminar is active participation in every class session and contributing to our ongoing web discussion. Each seminar member is required to post at least 30 substantial messages to this forum or to one of the other Asia Institute forums. Note the adjective substantial, this means, "yeah, i agree" or "when's the paper due?" don't count.

In general you are free to discuss whichever Asia-related topics that most interest you. If your comment or question concerns our Asia families theme, then post it in this forum (e.g., in the topic "marriage" or "what men want"). If it is on a more general current events topic (e.g., rising China-Taiwan tensions, Korean reconciliation, the Japanese economy), please post it to the "Asia on My Mind" forum.

Each participant is required to read and comment on at least one Asia Pacific Arts article or interview. Read these at http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu. You can use the search feature or browse past issues to find a music, film, or other topic that interests you. Post these comments in the Asia Pacific Arts forum.

Each participant is also required to read and comment on at least one AsiaMedia article. Read these at http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu. Again, you can browse regional coverage, special coverage (e.g., Tsunami and 2004 Taiwan election), or use the search feature.

Again, you are required to post a minimum of 30 substantial comments or questions. Posts to any Asia Institute forum count.

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Many of you are veteran bulletin board/discussion forum users and since you're reading this, you've already managed to get into our seminar's forum. In case you'd like a systematic guide to using the forum, please click on the icon below to download a copy of the forum guide. It includes step by step directions and illustrations.

To read the guide, you'll need to have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer. This program is free and you probably already have it. If not, download it from

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

and install it.

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A copy of the revised seminar schedule is attached.

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Since you're reading this, you already have several discussion forum skills down. I have attached a copy in case you don't have your guide to using the forum handy, or if you want to see the sort of guide we can give your students if you'd like them to use the forum for Asia-related units or activities.

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Virtually all world history textbooks note and some devote considerable space to the Chinese expeditions led by Zheng He in the first decades of the 15th century. The Chinese are officially marking these with "600th Anniversary" events. These include an 8 month sailboat journey from a Jiangsu port to Kenya.

You can read about the journey in a 3/19/2005 Xinhua (the official Chinese news agency) dispatch.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/20/content_2719002.htm

Picking up on the anniversary of China-African contact, another Xinhua story tells of a Kenyan girl helped by a Chinese man living there to continue her education. The Chinese Ministry of Education has now offered the girl a college scholarship to study in China.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/20/content_2719001.htm

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