Education – Page 32 – CAHRO – California Association of Human Relations Organizations

Next to complaints relating to law enforcement, the concern for schools and education generates the greatest demand for the attention of human relations commissions. Because school decision making is diffused between boards of education, school administrators, and faculties human rights commissions are usually not able to establish strong working relationships with the education community and special strategies need to be developed.

Outstanding resources and model programs are available that cover just about every facet of education that would be of concern to a commission. Commissions may form education committees to examine specific needs, identify resources and programs, and develop strategies.

Supreme Court Justices’ Comments Don’t Bode Well for Affirmative Action

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:22+00:00 December 10th, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations|

WASHINGTON — An affirmative action plan at the University of Texas seemed to be in trouble at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. By the end of an unusually long and tense argument, a majority of the justices appeared unpersuaded that the plan was constitutional.

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The Supreme Court Could Fuel Campus Unrest in Ruling on Race in Admissions

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:23+00:00 December 8th, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Black and Hispanic student activists demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court whenever it debates affirmative action in college admissions, but this time around, they are already protesting throughout the nation.

As the court prepares to hear oral arguments on Wednesday in Abigail Noel Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (No. 14-981), a lawsuit challenging that institution’s consideration

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Many Community-College Students Struggle to Afford Food or Shelter, Study Finds

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:23+00:00 December 7th, 2015|Education|

Community-college students, many of them adults, often face the challenge of balancing coursework with jobs and families. But some students face a more basic, urgent struggle: feeding themselves and finding a place to stay at night.

One in five community-college students went hungry in the last month because they couldn’t afford enough food, according to a

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San Bernardino Shootings Underscore Culture of Fear for Muslim Students

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:23+00:00 December 7th, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations|

The morning 14 people were killed at a California office party, Hassanah El-Yacoubi was on her way to class at the University of California at Riverside.

Around noon, her classmates started asking, “Did you hear about the shooting?” Ms. El-Yacoubi, a Ph.D. student in religious studies, had not.

She checked her phone and saw a text from

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Students’ Protests May Play Role in Supreme Court Case on Race in Admissions

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:24+00:00 December 2nd, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations|

WASHINGTON — As student protests over racial injustice are exploding at campuses across the nation, the Supreme Court is preparing to hear a major case that could put an end to racial preferences in college admissions.

The tense atmosphere on campuses may alter the legal dynamic when the case

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Study: Diversity on Campuses Impacts Religious, Sexual Identity Worldviews

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:24+00:00 November 30th, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Earlier this summer, the intersection between religious identity and sexual orientation on college campuses received some media attention after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. A number of church-affiliated groups redefined their stance on same-sex relationships.

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Colleges Trying to Find Ways to Deal with Racial Incidents

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:24+00:00 November 30th, 2015|Education|

WASHINGTON ― Officials were slow to handle racial incidents at the University of Missouri, and that contributed to protests, a student hunger strike, a threatened boycott by the football team and ultimately, the resignations of two administrators.

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Demanding 10 Percent

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:24+00:00 November 30th, 2015|Education|

Student protesters on a number of campuses want to see many more black faculty members. But how realistic are some of their goals?

More Complaints Than Findings

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:24+00:00 November 30th, 2015|Education|

Education Department has received more than 1,000 filings on racial harassment in higher ed in last seven years. But only a fraction result in any findings.

Guest commentary: Properly educating children of color is the solution, not repealing Prop. 209

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:24+00:00 November 30th, 2015|Education|

A recent guest commentary in this paper suggests that policies like Proposition 209 have caused such situations as the black uprising at the University of Missouri and Yale University. The article laments that the 1996 ballot initiative in California, which “prevents the consideration of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin” in college admission decisions

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