Word: academicability
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Its name pays homage to the black mathematician and surveyor who helped design Washington, D.C. in 1790. The founding group of parents and educators grew out of the DuBois Institute, a Saturday program that tried to give black children a chance for academic and personal enrichment.
"Minority students were not receiving adequate academic support," he says.
The transition to Harvard was hardest on the academic front, since both players had been away from the books for a considerable amount of time.
Many Asian-Americans feel they are the victims of the stereotype that they all have high academic achievement and are well educated, according to Yang.
"Our kids come here because they want to go to the greatest academic school in the world, but they also have a passion for hockey and a passion for winning," he added. "I felt philosophically it was very consistent with what I believe in."