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LGBTQ+

Court: Civil Rights Law Prohibits Discrimination of LGBT

CHICAGO — A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Tuesday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme Court as gay rights advocates push to broaden the scope of the 53-year-old law. The 8-to-3 decision by the full 7th U.S. Circuit […]

April 5, 2017

Home

Diverse Docket: Court Backs Goddard College in Bias Suit

A federal appeals court has declined to reinstate a national origin discrimination suit by a former faculty member of Japanese ancestry against Goddard College in Vermont.

March 29, 2017

Students

Rollins College Student Suspended for Treatment of Muslim Professor

WINTER PARK, Fla. — A student at Rollins College in Florida has been suspended temporarily for his treatment of his Muslim professor. The Christian student says he is the victim of religious discrimination. A disciplinary hearing was held Tuesday for Rollins student Marshall Polston. The outcome is pending. The Orlando Sentinel reports that professor Areej […]

March 29, 2017

African-American

Some Black Employees Toil in Sunken Place University

The underlying theme of the hit movie “Get Out” is about a mind control process that conditions Black people to accept a marginalized status and continually choose to go into the back doors of life.

March 26, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Gordon College Professor Says Promotion Denied Over LGBT Stance

WENHAM, Mass. — An associate professor at a Christian college in Massachusetts says in a complaint against the school she was denied a promotion for denouncing its LGBT policies. The Salem News reports that Gordon College social work professor Margaret DeWeese-Boyd says in the complaint filed Wednesday with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination she was […]

March 23, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Sharpton: Higher Ed Diversity in Jeopardy in Trump Era

If President Donald J. Trump succeeds in getting Neil Gorsuch confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice, the use of race as a factor in college admissions will be just “one seat away” from extinction, activist and civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton predicted.

March 23, 2017

Students

Rodriguez: Re-indigenization is Underway

To understand the significance of re-indigenization, one needs to understand its anti-thesis: the 500-year process of de-indigenization.

March 22, 2017

Faculty & Staff

University of Oregon Professor Sues School Over Gender Bias

EUGENE, Ore. — The University of Oregon has been hit with a lawsuit by one of its psychology professors over claims that she is being paid substantially less than several of her less-experienced male colleagues. The Register-Guard reports Jennifer Freyd filed the lawsuit Tuesday alleging she was subject to sex-based discrimination in violation of the […]

March 22, 2017

Asian American Pacific Islander

Asian-American Studies Pioneer Philip Choy Dies

A self-trained historian who was part of a teaching tandem behind the first college-level, Chinese American course in this country has died. Philip P. Choy, 90, passed away at his San Francisco home last week.

March 21, 2017

Latinx

Who Counts as an American?

The question that is being asked by the Trump administration is, who is an American? The easy answer, as we are seeing, is a throwback to the 1950s.

March 21, 2017

Native Americans

Ponca Tribe’s History Played Key Role at Conference

Educators and stakeholders of two-year institutions shared best practices, along with new and different ways to teach, stimulate learning and enhance the community college experience at last week’s League for Innovation.

March 20, 2017

Asian American Pacific Islander

Guillermo: Asian American Professors Speak on Suit Against U. of Michigan

What is the situation like for professors of color at major universities, particularly the ones teaching the story of ethnic diversity?

March 19, 2017