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- From: rowanf@crc.ricoh.com (Rowan Fairgrove)
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- Subject: WASC Discrimination Alert
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.214735.22579@crc.ricoh.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 21:47:35 GMT
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- Reply-To: rowanf@crc.ricoh.com (Rowan Fairgrove)
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- Thought folx might be interested. Pardon if it has appeared
- here before. My machine has been down alot lately.
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- Rowan
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 11:08:00 PDT
- From: FAW@ACUSD.BITNET
- Subject: Discrimination
- Sender: Library Administration and Management
- <LIBADMIN@UMAB.BITNET>
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- I ask you to write to the WASC to encourage them to add "Sexual
- Orientation" to their Policy Statement of Diversity. Following is a
- clipping from the December 1992 GLAAD/LA REPORTS:
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- ACCREDITING DISCRIMINATION
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- The Western College Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
- Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities has recently
- released a draft of a proposed Policy Statement on Diversity which
- explicitly excludes sexual minorities. The statement reaffirms that any
- institution to be accredited must "demonstrate its commitment to the
- increasingly significant role played by diversity of ethnic, social and
- economic background among its members by making positive efforts to foster
- such diversity." In further defining "diversity," the statement clarifies
- that WASC standards "make no mention of sexual orientation. Institutions
- accredited by this commission follow varying policies based upon
- institutional mission and religious conviction." In plain English,
- colleges and universities are invited to discriminate against, and ignore
- the concerns of lesbian and gay students and staff, without their bigotry
- affecting their accreditation.
-
- The WASC is accepting comment on its proposed policy before making a final
- draft in Feb. Write the Commission and explain to them that its proposed
- Policy Statement on Diversity explicitly recognizes homophobia and
- discrimination against lesbian, gay and bisexual people. Remind them that
- any type of bigotry is unacceptable. Write to: Sister Magdelan Coughlin,
- Chair, Senior Commission, P.O. Box 9990, Mills College, Oakland, CA 94613.
-
- Thanks for your support.
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