This month, to kick off the school year, I'm partnering with Asian Pacific Americans for Progress to bring you a very special list of The Best Colleges and Universities for AAPI Students. We put a call out asking folks to nominate their school and tell us why it deserves a place on the list. Thanks for all the submissions from all around the country.

Our panel of volunteer judges evaluated a pile of enthusiastic nominations and scored entries using the information we received, ultimately coming up with a top ten. Every school offers something a little bit different, and over the next two weeks, we'll be profiling the top ten best colleges and universities for AAPI student activism. Here the schools, in no particular order:

• Dartmouth College


• UCLA


• University of Southern California


• Oberlin College


• University of Massachusetts, Boston


• University of Pennsylvania


• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


• Loyola Marymount University


• Columbia University


• Pitzer College

Check back here and Asian Pacific Americans for Progress over the next two weeks to see the rest of the schools that made the cut.