Article: Finding their identities: responding to the demands and needs of Asian American students, the University of Maryland expands course offerings related to culture, identity.

Every time Dr. Larry Shinagawa teaches his "Introduction to Asian American Studies" course at the University of Maryland, College Park, he finds that 10 to 20 percent of his students are adoptees. Among other things, they hunger to better comprehend the social and political circumstances overseas leading to their adoption.

In response, UMD officials hope to roll out a new course on "The Adoptee Experience" as early as next year, Shinagawa says. It's one of many progressive efforts at UMD funded in part by a historic, two-year $2.4 million grant now in its second year.

That grant, awarded under the federal Asian American and Native American Pacific ...

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