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by Julie Larsen on June 23, 2010
Share Yesterday, NASPA sent out an email informing it’s membership that the Board of Directors collectively decided not to move the 2012 national conference out of Phoenix, AZ. (I can’t seem to produce a link to the memo, so if anyone has one, please comment below.) In sum, while they “considered a statement submitted by [...]
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by Gary Ballinger on May 13, 2010
Share Yesterday on the BreakDrink 19 podcast we briefly discussed the recent measure signed by Gov. Jan Brewer that prohibits Ethnic Studies Courses. This law is geared at eliminating Mexican American Studies, Native American Studies, and African American Studies courses from classrooms in the state of Arizona. The law specifically prohibits courses that: 1) are [...]
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by Jeff Jackson on May 4, 2010
Share Moments after Jan Brewer signed AZ SB 1070 into law the talk of boycott has gone off the chart. A quick google search will bring you almost 3 million results ranging from blog post, boycott wear, and videos about the protest. Over the weekend I started to hear news about possible boycott of the [...]
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by Gary Ballinger on April 30, 2010
Share In case you’ve missed it there have been a number of news items out of the State of Arizona the last week or so. Last week Governor Jan Brewer signed AZ SB 1070, a controversial bill that allows for individuals to be detained and questioned about their immigration status. Critics have warned that this [...]
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by Julie Larsen on April 29, 2010
Share In this letter to the University of Arizona employees list-serv, the President of U of A, Robert Shelton, addresses the newly passed SB1070. He states that several families of out of state students have notified him they will be enrolling elsewhere. You can read the email below: “Many people and organizations on campus are [...]
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by Julie Larsen on April 16, 2010
Share The Huffington Post reported yesterday that the University of Pennsylvania has approved transgender insurance for students. This supporting article in the Philadelphia Inquirer explains in greater detail that students who purchase the school’s insurance will have up to coverage for surgery up to $50,000, with the benefits also covering “psychotherapy and hormonal treatments that [...]
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by Gary Ballinger on April 15, 2010
Share MIT Tells Students to Take a Shower UC System has nearly 11,000 wait listed U of Penn to Cover Gender Reassignment Costs Advocates Dismayed with Lack of Universal Instruction Design Where Is The Line Between Personal Life & Fraternity Membership? Make Them Show Their Work Along The Way Social Justice: When Diversity Isn’t Enough [...]
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by Julie Larsen on March 30, 2010
Share In this article published in the SFGate, the UC Regents apologize for the recent racially motivated events which occurred on several UC campuses. According to the article, UC President Mark Yudof, said the incidents were “quite simply the worst acts of racism and intolerance I’ve seen on college campuses in 20 years. We must [...]
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by Julie Larsen on March 24, 2010
Share This recent article in The Chronicle highlights the additional difficulties gay and lesbian couples and singles have when deciding to adopt. They also give some good recommendations for colleges and universities (are you reading this HR?) to follow to increase their support of all staff and faculty interested in adopting. I find I usually [...]
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by Julie Larsen on March 3, 2010
Share I was forwarded this article from Gawker by a friend. Not always sure about the true tone of Gawker, I was skeptical at first. Then, saw it linked to an article from Inside Higher Ed. Apparently, both Dartmouth and University of Pennsylvania are now asking round about questions to see which students identify within [...]
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