Asians Americans for Higher Education (AHED)

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Asians Americans for Higher Education (AHED)

• 2007-2008

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Mission

• To help middle and high school API communities
  succeed academically, politically, and socially
  through promoting higher education and leadership

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Goals

• Primary Goal Help non-college bound students
• Secondary Goal Help college bound students find
  direction

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Workshop 1 Majors and Careers

• Connect career choices to majors
• Present major options
• Find class/interest that correlate with a major
• Question and Answer Panel with students from
  different majors

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Workshop 2 Financial Aid

• Determine costs of colleges (public, private)
• How to find or fill out
• Scholarships
• Grants
• Financial Aid/FAFSA

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Workshop 3 Race and Ethnicity

• Signs of Identity Game
• Question and answer
• Historical background of Asian community at UO
  and America

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College Visit

• Visit University of Oregon Campus
• Student Union events
• May Asian Heritage Month
• Tour campus and possibility to sit in on a class

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Mentorship

• Provide assistance to high school students by
• Social activities
• Academic support
• Similar to Big Brother/Big Sister program

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Discussion Questions

• How can community members help AHED?
• Support
• Ideas to address issues
• Workshop critique
• How can we find contacts/ins to help the
  community we need
• Ideas on Mentoring

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Goals for the Year

• Get contacts we need
• Start doing planned activites/workshops
• Possible Rites of Passage meeting with students
• Make a difference!!!