Tag: The Trump administration

Students

2018 Higher Education Highlights

Like the year before, 2018 has proven to be an important year for issues relating to diversity, equity and higher education. Most notably, this past year we witnessed up close a number of racial incidents on campus involving law enforcement being called on students and staff of color.

December 20, 2018

News Roundup

Seattle University Law School Ends Externship With ICE

As a result of pressure from its students, Seattle University School of Law administrators has ended its externship with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which supplies students with professional legal experience for class credit. In June the private, Jesuit Catholic institution joined other Jesuit organizations in condemning the Trump administration’s policy on […]

November 23, 2018

LGBTQ+

Experts: Federal Policy Change Would Harm Transgender Students

No one who has been paying attention over the last two years should be surprised to learn that Trump administration officials are completing a policy proposal that would more conservatively define gender under Title IX and have implications for transgender students on college campuses, says one academic who has added his voice to the early chorus of critics.

October 22, 2018

News Roundup

DeVos-Backed Sex Assault Plan for Colleges Likely to Spark Debate

The Trump administration is finalizing its plan for schools to deal with sexual assault allegations, according to advocacy groups and college officials who have met privately with senior government officials, reports ABC News. The proposal, known as rules for Title IX — the civil rights law that prohibits gender discrimination in a person’s education — […]

October 11, 2018

Asian American Pacific Islander

Is Higher Ed Responsible for Brett Kavanaugh?

We know Brett Kavanaugh was at the White House days before his hearing on the Dr. Christine Blasey Ford matter. He was prepping for senators’ questions like it was a final exam. And we all saw how he did. How would you grade him?

October 1, 2018

Latest News

Panelists at CBCF Slam White House Education Policies

WASHINGTON – Trump administration education policies are hostile to civil rights and are intentionally dismantling protections intended to help students, and the efforts must be countered by voting and other civic involvement.

September 13, 2018

Opinion

Diversity at Stake in Kavanaugh Hearings

Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is about institutionalizing the trend at the highest court to reverse everything that makes American society coincide with a sense of racial diversity and fairness.

September 5, 2018

Opinion

To Imperil Affirmative Action is to Imperil the Future of Millions

Anyone who has been in higher education admissions over the last 40 years knows why colorblind admissions simply will not work in in a color-conscious society burdened by educational disadvantage due to a number of factors, of which race is the most prominent.

August 30, 2018

News Roundup

US Weighs in Against University of Michigan Bullying Policy

WASHINGTON— University of Michigan policies prohibiting harassment and bullying on campus are unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, the Justice Department said Monday in siding with a free-speech group that has challenged the school in court. The Trump administration argued that the school policies trample on students’ First Amendment rights because they fail to define the […]

June 12, 2018