Drake University will eliminate three programs as part of efforts to make up budget deficits, the university announced Monday. University President Marty Martin said in a message to campus that the religion major, East Asian studies minor and evidence-based health care graduate certificate will be discontinued. The 14 students in the programs will be given […] The post Drake University to eliminate three academic programs to aid in balancing budget appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.
LSUâs faculty is considering a resolution asking university officials to require future students, in order to graduate, to successfully complete a course focusing on African American contributions to Louisiana and America.
Faculty wishes are routinely ignored by administrators and supervisors at LSU, but this resolution has the support of the provost and system president. Plus, implementing diversity and inclusion core requirement for all degrees by March 2021â is a check off in the universityâs âDiversity & Inclusion Roadmap, 2020-2022.â The recently published roadmap sets out goals to make Louisianaâs flagshipâs university, which has long history of racial intolerance, more welcoming to minorities and women.
LSU faculty debates adding diversity class to graduation requirements
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BATON ROUGE - Like a stage featuring an ever-shifting series of scenes, America is changing. In the past twelve months, the nation has seen a multitude of attention-grabbing outcries for racial equality in the form of marches, protests, and face-to-face pleas with officials to take steps to ensure the fair treatment of people of color.
As a result, the U.S. seems to have shifted its focus to the welfare of cultural groups who ve been systematically oppressed.