Lobbying for Justice: Lessons from a Graduate Student.

Chien, John W.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Lobbying for Justice: Lessons from a Graduate Student.

Chien, John W.

Amerasia Journal, v16 n1 p119-22 1990

Describes to experience of one of professor D. Nakanishi's graduate students, who with others, lobbied the California State Legislature on Nakanishi's tenure denial at the University of California Los Angeles. Describes Nakanishi as a teacher and mentor and links the tenure struggle to the Asian-American community's political development. (JB)

Descriptors: Activism, Affirmative Action, Asian Americans, Court Litigation, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Lobbying, Pacific Americans, Political Issues, Political Power, Politics of Education, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, State Legislation, Teacher Rights, Tenure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

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