Education – Page 70 – 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.

Minority Applicants to Colleges Will Rise Significantly by 2020

By Carmen Chandler| 2013-01-11T16:04:42+00:00 January 11th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Over the next decade, more students of color than ever before will pass through the gates of the nation’s colleges and join the ranks of its work force, according to new projections by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/Wave-of-Diverse-College/136603/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Gallaudet Reinstates Diversity Officer in Flap Over Petition Against Gay Marriage

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:12:26+00:00 January 9th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

The diversity officer, Angela McCaskill, was placed on leave in October after administrators became aware that she had signed a petition in Maryland circulated by a group seeking to overturn the state’s gay-marriage law. Voters upheld the law in November. Some people on the campus had said they were concerned that Ms. McCaskill was the

Judge Rebuffs Discrimination Suit Against Spokane Falls CC

By Carmen Chandler| 2013-01-02T16:45:41+00:00 January 2nd, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

A federal judge in Washington state has rebuffed a race and national origin discrimination suit by an economics instructor who was denied tenure at Spokane Falls Community College.

Read more in Diverse Issues in Higher Education: http://diverseeducation.com/article/50405/

Evangelical College’s Chief Says There Are No Gay Students on His Campus

By Carmen Chandler| 2012-12-14T16:20:04+00:00 December 14th, 2012|Education, LGBTQ+|

Patrick Henry College has never claimed to be a gay-friendly campus, but could a gay student even exist at the evangelical Christian institution? Michael P. Farris, the Virginia College’s chancellor, has his doubts.

Read in The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/Evangelical-Colleges-Chief/136299/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

U. of Iowa Will Ask Applicants if They ‘Identify With’ the Gay Community

By Carmen Chandler| 2012-12-13T16:13:43+00:00 December 13th, 2012|Education, LGBTQ+|

Last week the University of Iowa added an optional question to its application for undergraduate admission: “Do you identify with the LGBTQ Community?” The university has also given applicants a third gender option, allowing prospective undergraduates and graduate students to identify themselves as “transgender” instead of “male” or “female.”

Grant to aid UC Berkeley’s undocumented students

By Carmen Chandler| 2012-12-12T17:19:20+00:00 December 12th, 2012|Education, Immigration|

The $1-million donation from the Haas Fund will provide $4,000 to $6,000 a year to about 100 students, officials say.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/me-berkeley-undocumented-20121212,0,6468685.story

Education Dept. Clears Minority Programs of Discrimination at Colleges in 3 States

By Carmen Chandler| 2012-12-10T19:45:22+00:00 December 10th, 2012|Education|

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has scrapped long-running investigations of programs for minority students at colleges in Missouri, New York, and North Carolina, based mainly on its determinations that the programs either have ended race-based participation criteria or consider race narrowly enough to comply with federal antidiscrimination laws.

Here’s Smarty-Pants, Home for the Holidays

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:12:26+00:00 December 6th, 2012|Education, Intergroup Relations|

When Melissa Boone visits her family for the holidays, she is enveloped by the clatter of pots and pans and the smell of collard greens, ham drizzled with maple syrup, and pumpkin cheesecake. For the first few hours, she revels in what she describes as the “comfortable chaos” of her relatives’ townhouse, in Sewell, N.J.

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Diversity Class May Be Required at University of New Mexico

By Carmen Chandler| 2012-12-04T16:13:08+00:00 December 4th, 2012|Education, Intergroup Relations|

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Students at the University of New Mexico may soon be required to take at least one class on diversity.

Read more in Diverse Issues in Higher Education: http://diverseeducation.com/article/49880/

Aid Changes Raise Issue of Diversity at Colleges

By Carmen Chandler| 2012-12-03T16:48:37+00:00 December 3rd, 2012|Education, Intergroup Relations|

College and university endowments have recovered most of the losses they sustained during the recession, now that the economy has begun to grow. Yet as this year’s high school seniors begin to fill out applications and aid forms, a number of prestigious smaller colleges are straining to meet students’ financial needs. To bridge the gap,