- Target:
- UC Regents
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- www.geocities.com
What must a region do to earn academic standing at a university? The region of South Asia, rich in history and culture and complicated in its development, is home to one out of every six people on the globe. Students at the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) were thus stunned to find that there was no academic avenue to pursue a degree in the subject; not as a minor, a major, nor as graduate studies. They were furthermore dispirited by the absence of a South Asian Studies Center at UCLA, to coordinate the exchange of ideas between faculty and students.
As the South Asian Studies Task Force we turn to you, our friends in the community, for assistance. Your signature on this petition will show evidence for the demand for such a program at UCLA and at other universities across the nation. Your signature will also reflect the greater pursuit of ethnic studies for various groups. At the largest level, each signature will show support for student access to education.
We are confidant that our efforts can guide and support other groups as they pursue similar goals. Thus, a signature would help not only present and future UCLA students, but also any student wanting to make his/her voice heard in the educational process.
Thank you for your support and we welcome your comments.
Sincerely,
South Asian Studies Task Force
sastaskforce@hotmail.com
I recognize the academic importance of studying regions of the world through
the development of multidisciplinary studies programs. I feel that South Asia is such a region which should hold an academic place at institutes of higher education. I support the development of a South Asian studies program at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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The South Asian Studies at UCLA petition to UC Regents was written by South Asian Studies Task Force and is in the category Education at GoPetition.