Tag: Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Campus Climate

Little Clarity in Sexual Harassment Rule Changes

Poor Betsy DeVos. Three words that an accountant would never use for the woman connected to the Amway fortune, whose only real knowledge of education was being an anti-public school/pro-voucher advocate. But now, here she is, thrust into the role of nation’s top education official in a bit of White affirmative action by Donald Trump, another recipient of the same.

November 26, 2018

News Roundup

DOJ Sides with Asian-Americans in Bias Suit Against Harvard

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicated its strongest support to date for the plaintiffs in a controversial, highly publicized federal lawsuit alleging that Harvard University unfairly discriminates against Asian-American applicants, according to CNN and other reports. On Thursday, the DOJ submitted a statement of interest to the court in opposition to Harvard’s motion for a […]

August 31, 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

Opinion

Mothering Behind Bars

As we grow older, Mother’s Day evokes grief over the loss of grandmothers and other mother figures who have made their transition. Yet for 2 million children in the United States, this Mother’s Day reveals the human costs of our addiction to incarceration.

May 9, 2018

Asian American Pacific Islander

DOJ Affirmative Action Investigation Unprecedented, Experts Say

News that the Department of Justice has threatened to sue Harvard University if it fails to turn over applicant records, has raised new concerns about the future of affirmative action.

November 26, 2017

Campus Climate

Sessions: Justice Dept. Will Intervene in Campus Free Speech Cases

WASHINGTON — Decrying what he sees as political correctness run amok on college campuses, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday the Justice Department will ramp up its support for students who sue universities claiming their free speech rights have been violated. The complexity of the free-speech issue was on display as Sessions spoke to an […]

September 26, 2017

Students

Religious Leaders March Against Trump Direction

Sikhs and Buddhist monks, rabbis, reverends and ministers rallied in the nation’s capital Monday to protest the direction of the country under President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

August 28, 2017

Students

Lawmakers Press Justice Dept. on Intentions Regarding Higher Ed Inclusion

Several Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration for clarity on the question of whether the Department of Justice plans to “launch an attack on racial diversity and inclusion in higher education.”

August 21, 2017

Home

Colleges, Universities Plan for Possible Assault on Affirmative Action

The flurry of public denouncements came quick. Some were bold and defiant. Just as the announcement that the Trump administration was implementing an immigration ban drew the ire of administrators at colleges and universities across the nation, so too, did a media report that the Department of Justice was looking to go after universities that employ affirmative action in their admission processes.

August 6, 2017

Students

Scholars: DACA Reprieve No Reason for Dreamers to Relax

Even though the Trump Administration gave Dreamers a bit of a reprieve last week through its continuance of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, scholars say Dreamers still shouldn’t get too comfortable.

June 18, 2017

Latinx

Rodriguez: Resistance or Permanent State of Insurrection?

People of Mexican descent that live in this country, live in a permanent state of dehumanization and thus also part of a permanent state of insurrection that, technically, can never end.

April 16, 2017

Latinx

Rodriguez: Do All Lives Matter?

It was a great forum and a great dialogue, but in a sense, it was the wrong question. The reason is that each time the answer will invariably mischaracterize, misdirect, or at best, deflect.

April 10, 2017