So... your sources are college catalogues and Newsweek, and you expect me to consider that means anything???
Come on - how old are you....?
Read my post 24. Here's information direct from the federal government to back it up. Here are two links to the Dept. of Ed. showing that colleges with a minimum of 10% Asian students qualify for special funds:
Here are some examples of schools that qualified:
http://www.successatsouth.org/
designated by the U.S. Department of Education as an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). This initiative contributes to South’s efforts of achieving high student success rates among our high rates of student diversity. Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students are the college’s largest group of students of color. . . . a two-year, $2.4 million federal grant to support student retention and success, with special focus on Asian American and Pacific Islander students. . . . The U.S. Department of Education grant is designed to improve the retention, transfer and graduation rates of underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students.
And here's another example:
http://www.aast.umd.edu/grant.html
So, as I've been saying, Asian students are counted as "diversity" and included under the fed gov's "minorities" category, along with many other groups.
I do have one correction to make on my post 24, though: It turns out, this is wrong:
if you’re Asian, you do qualify as a “minority” if you apply for a federal tuition grant
According to the Dept. of Ed, the fed gov doesn't give financial aid to students based on race. So, I guess that line wasn't quite right.
Come on - how old are you....?
Old enough. I have a teen nearing college age. That's why I've been looking at information about colleges.
For the record, I think the gov't should stop categorizing people according to "race" altogether. I also don't think grants should be given to people based on low income. The only thing gov't should do is: If there's a real need for (for example) engineers or doctors, the gov could give tuition grants to those who qualify and agree to work within that field in a certain spot (a state, region) upon graduation for a certain length of time. The gov shouldn't be handing out money to pay for any major that any student chooses, just because the student can't afford to pay for it.
But, I don't fault anyone for taking the money. If it's being offered to you, well...