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AACE Welcomes Texas Tech’s Decision to Stop Considering Race in Its Medical School’s Admissions Process

For Immediate Release April 10, 2019 Livingston, New Jersey: Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) is pleased to learn that the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has entered a resolution agreement with the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to discontinue the use of race and national origin in its admissions policies. This encouraging… Read More »

Asian-American Organizations Welcome the Education Department’s Investigation into Illegal Racial Balancing of Montgomery County’s Magnet Programs

For Immediate Release March 22, 2019 Livingston, New Jersey: Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) and Association for Education Fairness (AFEF) jointly issue the following statement to welcome a recent decision by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to open a probe into the selection process of Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) middle school magnet… Read More »

Clarification on Mr. Raymond Wong’s Comments on NY1

For Immediate Release March 20, 2019 Livingston, New Jersey: Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) Board Director Raymond Wong appeared on NY1 on March 19th, 2019. In a discussion concerning the SHSAT, Mr. Wong relayed his personal experience of how Asian-American families prepare students for the SHSAT. He did not imply that families of other races value education… Read More »

AACE Condemns Appalling Corruption Exposed by the College Admissions Scandal

For Immediate Release March 14, 2019 Livingston, New Jersey: Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) denounces the college admissions cheating scam recently charged by the U.S. Department of Justice as a glaring demonstration of the corrupted higher education entrance system. This horrific scandal showcases how structural loopholes, non-transparency and abuse of power within the current college admissions landscape… Read More »

The Majority of Americans Support AACE’s Policy Position on College Admissions

For Immediate Release February 28, 2019 Livingston, New Jersey: Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) is pleased to learn that another well-respected national survey organization, the Pew Research Center has recently reaffirmed that an overwhelming majority of Americans support our long-standing policy position: Race or ethnicity should not be a factor in college admissions. Using rigorous methods and… Read More »