From the saga of City College San Francisco:
“Different Tactics to Help City College of San Francisco”
“City College of San Francisco on Tuesday formally asked its
accreditor to reverse the decision that, a year from now, would strip the
college of its accreditation, The
San Francisco Chronicle reported. But to the disappointment of many
students and faculty members, the college's request to the Accrediting
Commission for Community and Junior Colleges did
not mention a recent report by the U.S. Education Department faulting the
accreditor for being out of compliance with several rules that relate to its
review of the college. Robert Agrella, a state-appointed trustee who has been
running the college since shortly after the accreditor's decision to revoke
recognition, defended the decision not to focus on the commission's own
problems. "I believe that if the college changes direction and begins to
attack the commission, rather than working with it to correct the problems in
the institution, it will jeopardize our ability to maintain
accreditation," he said”.
“About 150 students, meanwhile, demanding Agrella's ouster, staged
a sit-in at San Francisco City Hall, KTVU
News reported”.
This story bothered me because I still think schools are too
complacent when it comes to safety of our girls on campus.
“Student Account of Sex Harassment Abroad Strikes Chord”
“A University of Chicago student’s essay about her experience of
sexual harassment while studying abroad in India had attracted about 350,000
page views by Tuesday morning, CNN reported. Many Indian readers sympathized with the story –
some men offered their personal apologies -- but others warned against making
generalizations about India or Indians”.
“The student, a South Asian studies major named Michaela
Cross, said she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and is
on a leave of absence from Chicago. (A spokesman for the university contacted
by CNN confirmed that Cross is a student there but did not confirm details of
her leave.) In the essay, posted under a pseudonym, Cross described spending
three months “in a traveler's heaven and a woman's hell. I was stalked, groped,
masturbated at; and yet I had adventures beyond my imagination. I hoped that my
nightmare would end at the tarmac, but that was just the beginning."”
(http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/08/21/student-account-sex-harassment-abroad-strikes-chord)
Read the essay here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/20/world/american-student-india-sexual-harassment-irpt/
I look forward to some good and inspiring news.
Dr Flavius A B Akerele III
The ETeam
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