Education – Page 76 – 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.

Illegal immigrants’ children eligible for in-state Florida tuition

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:25+00:00 September 5th, 2012|Education, Immigration|

MIAMI — Students at Florida’s public colleges and universities cannot be charged higher out-of-state tuition simply because their parents are in the U.S. illegally, a federal judge ruled.

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California Lawmakers Denounce Anti-Semitism in Colleges

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:26+00:00 August 30th, 2012|Education, Intergroup Relations|

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – An Assembly resolution urging California colleges and universities to squelch nascent anti-Semitism also encouraged educators to crack down on demonstrations against Israel, angering advocates for Muslim students.

Read more in Diverse Issues in Higher Education: http://diverseeducation.com/article/17341/

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Op-Ed: Affirmative action in college admissions is not required

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:26+00:00 August 27th, 2012|Education|

The University of California’s plea to the U.S. Supreme Court, filed earlier this month, to uphold race-based affirmative action in college admissions is — in effect — a confession of failure.

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Ex-student’s persistence ended school’s day of Latino caricatures

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:26+00:00 August 24th, 2012|Education, Intergroup Relations|

He remembered classmates in huge sombreros and fake mustaches, and dressed as Border Patrol and immigration agents. He was offended seeing Latino culture reduced to caricature during the “Seniores and Señoritas” day for graduating seniors at Anaheim’s Canyon Hills High School.

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GOP Would Deny Funds to Colleges Allowing Illegal Immigrants to Pay In-State Tuition

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:26+00:00 August 24th, 2012|Education, Immigration|

Just days before Republicans gather for their national convention in Tampa, Fla., party leaders have adopted a platform that would cut off federal financing to colleges and universities that permit illegal immigrants to pay tuition at the same lower rates as state residents, according to The New York Times.

Anaheim high school cancels events found to be demeaning

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:26+00:00 August 23rd, 2012|Education, Intergroup Relations|

“Seniores” and “Señoritas” events held at an Anaheim high school — in which students dressed as gang members and a pregnant woman pushing a baby stroller — have been canceled after officials concluded the activities were demeaning toward Latinos and their culture.

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Editorial: No asterisk to the 14th Amendment

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:27+00:00 August 17th, 2012|Education, Immigration|

For years, New Jersey barred U.S.-born college students from receiving state financial aid if their parents were in this country illegally. Last week, a state court of appeals put an end to that misguided policy, finding that education officials had wrongly denied aid to an 18-year-old student born and raised in the United States because

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Harvard Sociologist Says His Research Was ‘Twisted’

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:27+00:00 August 16th, 2012|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Robert D. Putnam’s research is being used to make the case that diversity is bad—and he’s not happy about it.

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Supreme Court Is Flooded With Briefs Defending Race-Conscious Admissions

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:28+00:00 August 14th, 2012|Education|

The Obama administration on Monday joined a long list of higher-education associations, civil-rights groups, and other organizations in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold race-conscious admission policies in a case involving the University of Texas at Austin.

Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/Supreme-Court-Is-Flooded-With/133625/

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U. of California Report on Anti-Semitism Sparks Controversy

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:28+00:00 August 13th, 2012|Education, Intergroup Relations|

The University of California’s president, Mark G. Yudof, convened an advisory group to study the experiences of Jewish and Muslim students on six of the system’s campuses, and some of the resulting recommendations have now drawn the ire of students, faculty members, and alumni, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.