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Letter to the Adminstration about APA faculty at the University of Chicago
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Letter to the Adminstration about APA faculty at the University of Chicago

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Started by Anonymous 19 years, 5 months ago
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April 10, 2007 Dear President Zimmer: We write to you as frustrated members of the Asian Pacific American (APA) student community in the College and graduate schools. We are disturbed by a glaring problem in our university: the lack of full-time APA faculty in the Humanities and Social Sciences Divisions committed to curricula relevant to Asian Pacific Americans and advocacy on our behalf. We initially raised this matter in May 2003 with a report entitled

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June 6, 2013

The feedback from students continues to confirm that this representation gap is felt across every department. We are currently organizing our notes to present a formal request for a meeting with the administration.

June 6, 2013

The momentum is undeniable now. This message is reaching the people who need to see it.

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Sarah Chopra
19 years ago Featured

RIDICULOUS that this was brought up years ago and nothing has changed. Do better UChicago.

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Kevin Tan
19 years ago Featured

Its 2007 and this is still a issue. We deserve to see ourselves represented in the departments we pay tuition for.

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David Stewart
19 years ago Featured

Need more diverse perspectives in the classroom. Its long overdue.

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