Tag: Discrimination: Page 77

Faculty & Staff

Professor’s Second Lawsuit Against Columbia University Heading Towards Trial

The 15-year sexual discrimination dispute between Columbia University and a professor who claims the institution underpays women is expected to head toward trial later this year.

June 22, 2006

Women

More Single-sex Public Schools Likely Under Expected Rule Change

In Travis Brown’s sixth-grade class, they’re making robots — more than a dozen boys standing around work stations, chatting among themselves as they chop cardboard with scissors or glance at comic books for inspiration.

June 12, 2006

Home

Study: Housing Discrimination Alive and Well

What’s in a name? Maybe plenty if you want to rent an apartment. An Oregon State University survey found that an ethnic-sounding name can be a factor in whether an applicant gets an apartment.

June 6, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Vermont Governor Draws Protests Over Vetoing Non-Discrimination Bill

A group of 25 transgender stood and turned their backs on A group of 25 protesters stood and turned their backs on Vermont Gov. James Douglas as he addressed a conference “Creating a Welcoming Community” at St. Michael’s College late last week. The protesters objected to Douglas’ recent veto of a bill barring discrimination against people based on their gender identity.

June 4, 2006

Home

Perspectives: Is the Voting Rights Act Still Needed?

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is widely hailed as the crown jewel of the civil rights movement, the most effective civil rights statute in history. As the U.S. Congress debates whether to reauthorize this historic piece of legislation, I fear that this will be a missed opportunity.

May 24, 2006

Health

Indian Doctors Strike Against Affirmative Action

A doctors’ strike that began in the capital to protest an affirmative action program at medical colleges spread Sunday, threatening to cripple services at major government health care facilities. Protests by medical students on Saturday were met with violence by police at government hospitals in the capital, New Delhi, and Bombay.

May 14, 2006

Students

Study: Multiracial Youth More Likely to Engage in Violence, Substance Abuse

Multiracial adolescents in middle school are significantly more likely to engage in problem behaviors such as violence and substance abuse than single-race young people, according to a new study.

May 9, 2006

Students

Michigan State Professor Apologizes for Anti-Islam E-mail

A Michigan State University professor has apologized for the “tactless and hyperbolic language” he used in an e-mail to a Muslim student group in which he labeled Muslims “brutal and uncivilized” and told them to “return to their ancestral homelands.”

May 3, 2006

Latinx

Hispanic Group Claims Olgethorpe University’s Language Policy Discriminatory

The alleged policy targeted three Spanish-speaking housekeepers, according to a motion filed last week by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund…

April 16, 2006

Home

New Study of Race in the Workplace Finds Whites the Most Uncomfortable

White employees with Black supervisors experience greater racially based discomfort than do Blacks with White supervisors, finds one of the first studies to directly examine the…

February 23, 2006

Asian American Pacific Islander

Working Outside the System

Every January, the nation pauses to celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holding just as much meaning…

February 8, 2006

Students

Black Students File Discrimination Complaint Against University of Michigan

A group of Black students is accusing the University of Michigan of discriminating by recruiting Blacks to the school but failing to provide enough academic or financial support for them to graduate…

February 6, 2006