For Immediate Release July 7, 2015—Short Hills, New Jersey: We are very disappointed to learn that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), U.S. Department of Education has recently dismissed our Administrative Complaint against Harvard University filed on May 15, 2015. Even though our Complaint presented overwhelming evidences indicating that Harvard University has been engaged in continuous and systemic… Read More »
AACE Progress Update issued on May 27th, 2015 A New Chapter for Asian American’s Pursuit of Equal Education Rights
The organizing committee of this initiative consists of a group of Asian-American civil rights activists and community leaders. They include: Alex Chen—Former President of The Orange Club, the first grassroots volunteer-based Chinese American Political Action Committee based in Los Angeles, California. Swann Lee—A civil rights activist, and a Chinese-American author, who has published fiction in literary journals such… Read More »
Press Release May 15, 2015 Washington, D.C. – Today, a coalition of more than 60 Asian American organizations jointly filed a complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education, asking for a civil rights violation investigation of Harvard University’s discrimination against Asian American applicants.… Read More »
This is the document submitted to US Department of Education and Department of Justice on May 15th, 2015: Complaint Against Harvard University for Discriminating Asian American Applicants in the College Admissions Process