AACE to Hold the First National Conference on Equal Education Rights on May 20, 2019 in Washington, DC

In recent years, Asian Americans’ lawsuit against Harvard University has brought national attention to the issue of anti-Asian discrimination in college admissions and the fate of race-based college admissions. These eminent topics of the time arise from much broader issues in our nation’s education system: the prevalence of failing public schools in especially minority communities and politicians’ attempts… Read More »

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 »