Alic, a pediatric oncology nurse, features in the #HireTrans campaign A new social media campaign is urging employers to #HireTrans: encouraging them to recruit and support transgender staff. The campaign has been launched by the Trans Employment Program at the SF LGBT Center in California – which is highlighting the experiences that trans, non-binary and…
DetailsMillions of 18-year-olds are excited about heading to college this month — leaving home, making friends and taking courses that meet only a few hours a week. On the first day of classes, however, they may be startled to find that the professor who enters Calculus I or Intro to Philosophy is more than a…
DetailsRecognizing sexual harassment in the workplace may not seem like a difficult thing to do. The most commonly reported instances of sexual harassment in the workplace are typically instances wherein the harassment is recurrent and blatantly offensive. Unwelcome touching or kissing, relentless sexual inquiries, or uttering explicit comments all fall under the umbrella of sexual…
DetailsClassrooms are becoming more diverse, but the people leading them remain predominantly white. More than 80 percent of the bachelor’s degrees in education awarded during the 2009-10 school year were to non-Latino white students, according to a new study by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Three-quarters went to women, and only…
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