Article: Asian American studies needed now

Spencer Prou
University Wire
06-04-1998
(Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Today, President Faulkner will meet with the Asian Relations Committee to discuss and negotiate the creation of an Asian American Studies program at the University. For students, the meeting and proposal mark the culmination of years of lobbying and a means for an often-ignored minority to learn about their cultural heritage. For President Faulkner, the meeting is an opportunity to prove himself a leader concerned with student problems.

The lack of an Asian American Studies program is an issue that student advocates have tried to resolve for years and one that the administration has long skirted around or ...

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