The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidance warning schools and colleges of the sanctions they could face if they are found to have retaliated against people who file complaints with the department’s Office for Civil Rights.
Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Officials at UC Irvine have launched an investigation after a public outcry over a recent video produced by students from a fraternity that showed a person in blackface.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
According to literature on the model minority stereotype (MMS) in higher education, the MMS is a sociopolitical foil: it conveniently obscures important differences among minority groups—namely, pre-existing economic and educational disparities between non-Hispanic Whites and Asian, Latino, and African Americans. This column shares three reasons why the MMS is detrimental to people of color collectively
The National Rifle Association and President Obama responded to the Newtown, Conn., shootings by recommending that more police officers be placed in the nation’s schools. But a growing body of research suggests that, contrary to popular wisdom, a larger police presence in schools generally does little to improve safety. It can also create a repressive
When she learned that two bombs had been detonated at the Boston Marathon, one thought crossed Ifrah Inam’s mind: “Oh God, don’t let it be a Muslim.”
The day after the bombing, the sophomore in the pharmacy program at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, in Boston, briefly considered visiting Boylston Street, the site
Kenyon Juvenile Justice Center can head off problems for those who might not keep a court date, an action that can result in serious consequences, activists say.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Tired of Wilcox County’s segregated proms, black and white students are holding an integrated one, shining a light on a pocket of the rural South where student dances remain separated by race.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Top officials of the Boy Scouts of America unanimously recommend allowing gay boys into the ranks of the organization but excluding gay adults as leaders.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Officials of the Boy Scouts of America said Friday that they propose ending their ban on openly gay scouts but continuing to bar gay adults from serving as leaders.
Read more in The New York Times.
Human rights groups are appropriately appalled by the breadth of a U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that would make it exceedingly difficult for some victims of human rights abuses committed in other countries to win redress in U.S. courts.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.