Education – Page 80 – 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.

Esther Cepeda: The affirmative-action trap

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:48+00:00 May 7th, 2012|Education|

This fall the Supreme Court will hear Fisher v. University of Texas, a case that could decide the fate of racial preferences in the college admissions process. And here’s a perfect example of why higher education’s affirmative action and diversity initiatives should focus on socioeconomic status rather than race and ethnicity: Elizabeth Warren…

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam Vetoes College Discrimination Policy Bill

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:49+00:00 May 3rd, 2012|Education|

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Republican Gov. Bill Haslam Wednesday vetoed a measure that tried to force Vanderbilt University to exempt student religious groups from its nondiscrimination policy. It was his first veto since taking office in 2010….

Read more in Diverse Issues in Higher Education: http://diverseeducation.com/article/17047/

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Andiamo protests put $5M at risk for University of Michigan

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:49+00:00 May 2nd, 2012|Education|

Lansing— A labor group’s use of college students to stage Friday night protests outside an Italian restaurant in Dearborn could cost the University of Michigan millions in taxpayer funding.

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From Tennessee: State Senate passes bill aimed at Vanderbilt’s all-comers policy

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:49+00:00 May 1st, 2012|Education|

The state Senate approved legislation Monday afternoon targeting Vanderbilt’s all-comers policy on a 19-12 vote.

The Senate approved Senate Bill 3597, which originally barred only the University of Tennessee and Tennessee Board of Regents systems from adopting all-comers, after it was expanded to include Vanderbilt. A similar effort is under way in the state House of

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With G.O.P.’s Ear, Rubio Pushes Dream Act Proposal

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:49+00:00 April 27th, 2012|Education, Immigration|

MIAMI — When Senator Marco Rubio first floated his compromise version of the Dream Act — the bill, now stalled, that would grant some students in the United States illegally a path to citizenship — the chances of reviving the politically charged issue in Congress seemed as dim as the chances of snuffing out attack

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Head to Head: Should Congress adopt the Rubio version of the DREAM Act?

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:50+00:00 April 26th, 2012|Education, Immigration|

THE ISSUE: Democrats and Republicans are offering very different versions of the DREAM Act, involving the legal status of young people raised in this country, but whose parents came to the country illegally. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is proposing “DREAM ACT 2.0” which would offer them temporary non-immigrant visas.

An Expelled Transgender Student Talks About Pitt, Bomb Threats, and Why He Won’t Say Uncle

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:50+00:00 April 26th, 2012|Education, LGBTQ+|

The University of Pittsburgh has received about 100 bomb threats in the last few months, some written on the stalls in restrooms on the main campus and others e-mailed to Pittsburgh newspapers. A group calling itself the Threateners recently claimed responsibility for some of the threats.

Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/An-Expelled-Transgender/131678/

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Diversity a casualty of 209

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:51+00:00 April 23rd, 2012|Education|

From the Daily News….

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: The U.S. Supreme Court will once again tackle contentious issue.

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School District Told to Replace Web Filter Blocking Pro-Gay Sites

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:34:44+00:00 March 26th, 2012|Education, Police & Community|

From The New York Times:

CAMDENTON, Mo. — Students using the computers at Camdenton High School here in central Missouri have been able to access the Web sites for Exodus International, as well as People Can Change, antigay organizations that counsel men and women on how to become heterosexual.

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‘It Could Have Been Me’: a Black-Studies Graduate Student Responds to the Killing of Trayvon Martin

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:34:44+00:00 March 22nd, 2012|Education, Hate Crimes, Police & Community|

A perspective on the Trayvon Martin shooting…

“The murder of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager from Sanford, Fla., who was gunned down by a neighborhood-watch volunteer who said he acted in self-defense, has sparked outrage and grief, especially among black Americans. The teen, who the shooter told police looked “suspicious,” was wearing a hoodie as he

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