A Rostrum article on college participation in the LGBT Pride Index appeared in the February 2015 issue.
A Rostrum article on college participation in the LGBT Pride Index appeared in the February 2015 issue.Work on this project is ongoing and remains to be relevant. 2017 - 2018: The committee chair should determine how to work this ongoing work into the committee chair or identify other ways to ensure that this issue is continually reviewed and refreshed.
Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges is consistent in its unflagging efforts for student success for all students and has a long-standing tradition of support for underrepresented minority students in the State of California;
Whereas, Each community college's support of the psychological health of every student in the California community colleges is important;
Whereas, Research demonstrates that prejudice against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual/transgender (GLBT) people has adverse effects on both GLBT students and the campus community as a whole; and
Whereas, The invisibility, both by omission and by design, of GLBT students and their issues in curricula, co-curricular activities, and campus practices perpetuates prejudice against GLBT individuals and promotes heterosexism;
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge local senates to review their curricula, co-curricular activities, and campus practices for inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual/transgender (GLBT) people;
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges employ appropriate venues to increase awareness of the issues affecting GLBT people in the California community colleges; and
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges amend its diversity policy to include gender identity and expression (transsexual/transgender) in the policy's description of diversity.
MSC Disposition: Local Senates