How will US universities look after affirmative action? | Education News
It has been a 40-year fight in the United States over affirmative action, or taking race into consideration for university admissions. Now, students and schools are adjusting to a new reality after the US Supreme Court reversed the precedent. The ruling is the culmination of a concerted legal campaign by conservative activist Edward Blum and his organization Students for Fair Admissions. Some US universities have stopped using affirmative action in the past, and the results show a minority of students enrolled at their institutions. So how will this nationwide decision change demographics – and how will that change students’ futures?…
As gender protests move closer to students, is it time for ‘bubble zones’ outside of schools?
As gender-related policies in schools draw debate, some are calling for “safe zones” to be established around schools to allow students to remain focused on education.
Safe zones — also known as bubble zones — effectively create a perimeter around institutions by either limiting or prohibiting certain activities, like protests, in a defined area.
It came after hundreds of protesters and counter-protesters swarmed the streets outside of three schools in Ottawa last month, rallying on opposite sides over how gender identity is taught. At least one school went under a lockdown for the day.
In response, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board…
Mohawk suspends educational assistant program
As school boards across the province struggle to staff classrooms, Mohawk College has suspended its two-year educational support diploma program due to low enrollment.
With just nine students registered for fall 2023 — down from 59 in 2021 — the program was canceled for the 2023-24 year. For years, there has been a steady decline, spokesperson Bill Steinburg said in an email.
At the same time, enrolment in Mohawk’s continuing education courses in the sector have seen increases in recent years, reaching a four-year high of 505 students in winter 2023. But enrollment has fluctuated in recent years, showing no…
Contract talks resume between Carleton University and striking education workers
Carleton University and the union representing education workers returned to the bargaining table Saturday morning, as the clock continues to tick down on the winter semester.
About 3,000 graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants and contract instructors at the university began strike action on Monday, after CUPE Local 4600 and the university failed to come to an agreement.
Carleton University says the two sides have agreed to return to the bargaining table, and the parties have “mutually agreed to work with a neutral third-party mediator.”
The university says further updates will be provided as the “situation evolves.”
CUPE Local 4600 President…