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Nevada University Need to Offer Health Benefits to Domestic Partners, Says Public Employees Benefits Board
CARSON CITY Nev. Nevada’s universities need to offer health benefits to employees’ domestic partners in order to stay competitive in hiring faculty and staff, state regulators were told Wednesday.
June 20, 2007
LGBTQ+
Educating a New Majority: Transforming America’s Educational System for Diversity. – book reviews
Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia described the debate on the Colorado gay rights case as part of a “kulturkampf,” a German word meaning culture war.
June 20, 2007
LGBTQ+
Educating a New Majority: Transforming America’s Educational System for Diversity. – book reviews
Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia described the debate on the Colorado gay rights case as part of a “kulturkampf,” a German word meaning culture war. The term dates to the 1870s when Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck used the concept to eradicate Catholic influence in German society, using “government to enforce ideas of a German identity; a German way of thinking, a German culture, a more German Germany.”
June 20, 2007
LGBTQ+
Color-coded hearts – color consciousness among Blacks
When Black slaves came to this country stripped of any connection with the history and culture which gave them a sense of place in the universe, they heeded the human urge to define themselves.
June 19, 2007
LGBTQ+
Campus Anti-Semitism, But Not Racism, Focus of Civil Rights Commission Web Site
A new effort by the federal government to crack down on anti-Semitism against Jewish students on U.S. colleges campuses has some questioning why more isn’t being done to also monitor racist activity directed towards African-American, Hispanic and other racial minority college students.
June 4, 2007
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Students
HBCUs Have A Responsibility To LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Students
Campus silence is read as lack of support.
May 16, 2007
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LGBTQ+
The Diversity Dialogue Never Ends, But It May Get Easier
University of Missouri at Kansas City staff share their ongoing efforts to create a welcoming, inclusive environment.
May 8, 2007
Students
At Conservative Black Colleges, Gays Struggle To Find Their Voice
HAMPTON, Va. So lured was April Maxwell by the promise of the Black college experience, with its distinct traditions and tight-knit campus life, that she enrolled at Hampton University in 2001 without even visiting the waterfront campus.
April 5, 2007
Sports
NCAA and Gay Rights Group Take On Homophobia In College Sports
The National Center for Lesbian Rights recently announced a settlement in the discrimination lawsuit filed by Jennifer Harris, a former Pennsylvania State University women’s basketball player who sued the school over alleged mistreatment by former coach Rene Portland, who allegedly thought Harris was a lesbian.
April 4, 2007
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LGBTQ+
UCLA Gets $1 Million to Study Legal Topics Involving Gay Couples
LOS ANGELES A gay couple that hope to marry one day has donated more than $1 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, to fund research on legal topics involving same-sex relationships.
February 28, 2007
African-American
In Memoriam: Bebe Moore Campbell, Diversity Diva
Following Bebe Moore Campbell’s transition into the spiritual realm, many took note of the Washington Post’s earlier appraisal, “If this is a fair world, Bebe Moore Campbell will be remembered as the most important African-American novelist of this century – except for, maybe Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin.” One dimension neglected by Bebe’s recent national coverage, however, is the fact that Bebe was the quintessential positive outcome of a diversity initiative.
December 2, 2006
Leadership & Policy
Missouri State University Faces Lawsuit By Student Over Gay Adoption, “Christian Beliefs”
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. A Missouri State University graduate has sued the school, claiming she was retaliated against because she refused to support gay adoption as part of a class project.
November 2, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Transgendered Professor Raises Awareness About Bias Against Women Scientists
As someone who studies brain development and regeneration, Stanford University neurobiologist Dr. Ben Barres feels qualified to comment on whether nature or nurture explains the shortage of women working in the sciences.
July 13, 2006
LGBTQ+
Four Brigham Young Students Punished by University for Gay-rights Protest
Four Brigham Young Students Punished by University for Gay-rights Protest…
June 28, 2006
LGBTQ+
California Bill Would Require Textbooks Mention Gays’ Contributions
California State Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, says a key aspect of history is missing from school textbooks – the contributions homosexuals have made…
May 1, 2006
LGBTQ+
Supreme Court Upholds College Military Recruiting Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus…
March 22, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Blogging Rights
For a year and a half, Meg Spohn served as an adjunct faculty member at DeVry University’s Westminster, Colo., campus…
March 8, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Blogging Rights
For a year and a half, Meg Spohn served as an adjunct faculty member at DeVry University’s Westminster, Colo., campus. A well-liked instructor, her engaging teaching…
March 7, 2006
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