Tag: Discrimination

STEM

Tulane Graduate Medical Programs Put on Probation, Partly Due to Diversity Concerns

Tulane University School of Medicine’s graduate medical education programs were put on probation last week, partly due to diversity and inclusion concerns, WDSU reported. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) notified the school Jul. 2, according to a letter Tulane medical school Dean Dr. Lee Hamm sent to faculty and students. The change […]

July 8, 2021

Campus Climate

Investigation Finds History of Race/Gender-Related Issues at Manchester Community College

A six-month investigation into allegations of discrimination against Black and female employees at Manchester Community College (MCC) has found a “history of culture/climate issues with racial undertones,” Hartford Courant reported. The investigation was done by Nicholas D’Agostino, director of equal employment opportunity for Connecticut State Colleges and Universities. “There is sufficient evidence to suggest that […]

June 29, 2021

LGBTQ+

Discrimination Causes Disproportionate Harm on LGBTQ People of Color, Research Finds

Discrimination causes disproportionate harm on LGBTQ people of color, according to a research brief by the What We Know Project at Cornell University. “This research brief makes clear the tangible harms that discrimination inflicts on LGBTQ people of color, and the urgent need  for public policy that reflects what the research tells us about  how […]

June 17, 2021

News Roundup

Black Law Professor Files Motion to Disqualify Campbell University’s Law Firm

Black law Professor Amos N. Jones is challenging his former employer – Campbell University’s lawyers– in Raleigh federal court, Your Black World reported. In the suit, Amos N. Jones v. Campbell University, Jones claims Campbell’s law school sabotaged his academic career via discrimination, intimidation and retaliation over his last faculty semesters, later refusing to renew […]

June 14, 2021

African-American

Lawsuit is Likely if Nikole Hannah-Jones is Not Offered Tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill officials are talking with journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’s legal team, after threat of a federal discrimination lawsuit  amid the university’s decision to refuse to offer her tenure with her hiring, The News & Observer reported. University officials responded last Friday to a letter from the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational […]

June 8, 2021

Faculty & Staff

Seattle Pacific University Faculty Vote “No Confidence” in SPU Trustees

Seattle Pacific University faculty have voted “no confidence” in the SPU Board of Trustees after it announced it would keep a hiring policy that they say is discriminatory based on sexual orientation, The Ridgefield Press reported. “The Board’s decision to maintain SPU’s discriminatory hiring policy related to human sexuality, as well as its manner of […]

April 22, 2021

African-American

House Panel Votes to Advance Reparations Measure

The House Judiciary Committee voted 25-17 Wednesday to advance a measure that would form a commission to examine the nation’s slavery past and recommend reparations to the descendants of slaves, the Associated Press reported. Yet, the likelihood of the bill passing in Congress remain slim. The House bill has no Republicans among 176 co-sponsors and […]

April 15, 2021

African-American

Report Analyzes High Unemployment Among Black Men

A recent report has analyzed the causes and potential solutions for why Black men suffer from the highest unemployment rates of any race and gender group. Looking through Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, report author Dr. Harry J. Holzer, a nonresident senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, found that Black men […]

March 4, 2021

Opinion

Jewish Students Need Allies on Campus

Last fall, the FBI released its annual report on hate crimes and the numbers were stark. In 2019, law enforcement agencies across the country documented a total of 15,873 criminal and related incidents motivated by bias toward a host of identity groups—the highest level in more than a decade. Fully one-fifth of reported crimes were driven by the offenders’ religious bias.

February 11, 2021

Disabilties

ODU Settles with Justice Department on Discrimination and Retaliation Investigation

The Justice Department has settled with Old Dominion University (ODU) to resolve its investigation into a complaint that the school discriminated and retaliated against a graduate student based on disability and her related request for reasonable modifications of policy, according to Justice Department officials.  Findings state that the complainant was punished for requesting acknowledgement of […]

February 5, 2021

News Roundup

Former Millersville University Dean Files Civil rights Lawsuit Against School

A former Millersville University dean, Dr. Charity Welch, is pursuing a civil rights lawsuit against the school — one year after the university settled another federal racial discrimination lawsuit for $170,000 — alleging discrimination and unfair treatment because of her race, age and gender, reported The Lancaster Online. Welch filed a suit on Oct. 6. […]

October 15, 2020

News Roundup

Princeton Will Pay Almost $1M in Pay Back to Female Professors in Settlement

The Department of Labor found that Princeton University is guilty of pay discrimination between 2012 and 2014, though the investigation dates back to nearly a decade ago. Princeton has agreed to pay close to $1 million in back pay to its female professors, reported CNN. According to CNN, 106 women professors in full-time positions were […]

October 13, 2020