Following the sit-in conducted on April 20-21, 1995, Princeton University pledged to "raise $6 million in endowment to support between two and four positions in existing departments for faculty with special interests in Asian American and Latino studies... These funds would also support other initiatives, including a number of visiting professors."

Despite progress since last Spring, additional steps must be taken. The University's official objectives and the status of current efforts are stated below:

• "In the interim [before the faculty positions are secured], we will continue to support a number of visiting positions in Asian American and Latino studies and to fund a number of courses and curricular development efforts."
  

  +	Visiting Professors Peter Kwong and Gary Okihiro for Asian American studies
  +	Visiting Professors Frank Bonilla and Clara Garcia-Ayluardo for Latino studies
  +	A student-initiated seminar on Caribbean Music and Society was offered
  -	No visiting professors currently planned for 1996-1997

• "Identify outstanding candidates in the field of Latino Studies to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Professor Jorge Klor de Alva."
  

  +	Appointment of Professor Alejandro Portes in Sociology and Latin American studies
  -	Still need to fill the two positions for professor with expertise in Latino studies, since Professor Portes fills the vacancy left by Professor Klor de Alva.

• Faculty search committee created for te hiring of a permanent faculty member with expertise in Asian American Studies.
  

  +	Search is underway to appoint a faculty member in Asian American studies, with the expectation that it will possible to make an appointment next year.
  -	Still need to fill the other committed faclty position with expertise in this area.

• Commitment that the Caribbean studies position in History will be tied to Latino Studies
  

  +	Appointment of Assistant Professor Richard Turits to the History Department as a expert in Caribbean studies.

• Additional library holdings
  

  -	Still need bibliographer to be responsible for securing books dealing with Asian American, Latino and Native American issues.

Other progress:

• New courses by current faculty:
  

  +	The Sociology of Latinos in the United States, Professor Miguel Centeno of Sociology
  +	Asian Americans: Identities and Communities in the Making, Professor Emily Martin of Anthropology
  +	Asian American Literature in Cross-Cultural Contexts and Asian American Themes of Invasion, Professor Jeff Nunokawa of English

• Continuing efforts by the faculty-student Task Force on Diversity in the Curriculum to encourage faculty proposals for new courses assist in funding their development, and co-sponsor relevant lectures and conferences.