Associate Professor Julie J. Park joined WBUR's On Point for a conversation about the diversity of Asian Americans' experiences with higher education.
"I think there are a lot of things about Asian Americans that aren't talked about. Of course, the Harvard case dominated the headlines. But it was rarely mentioned that well over 40% of Asian American undergraduates, they attend, not the Ivy League, they attend community colleges," explains Park.
She added, "Ethnicity .... in a limited fashion did open the door for Asian Americans of different ethnicities, including, Hmong, Cambodian, Vietnamese Americans. But also within East Asian Americans as well. ...Race conscious admissions policies were a critical tool in expanding opportunity across the spectrum for Asian Americans from different communities."
