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LSUâs faculty is considering a resolution asking university officials to require future students, in order to graduate, to successfully complete a course focusing on African American contributions to Louisiana and America. Faculty wishes are routinely ignored by administrators and supervisors at LSU, but this resolution has the support of the provost and system president. Plus, implementing diversity and inclusion core requirement for all degrees by March 2021â is a check off in the universityâs âDiversity & Inclusion Roadmap, 2020-2022.â The recently published roadmap sets out goals to make Louisianaâs flagshipâs university, which has long history of racial intolerance, more welcoming to minorities and women. ....
LSU faculty debates adding diversity class to graduation requirements 3 months 4 hours 32 minutes ago Thursday, December 24 2020 Dec 24, 2020 December 24, 2020 10:52 AM December 24, 2020 in News Source: The Advocate Share: BATON ROUGE - Like a stage featuring an ever-shifting series of scenes, America is changing. In the past twelve months, the nation has seen a multitude of attention-grabbing outcries for racial equality in the form of marches, protests, and face-to-face pleas with officials to take steps to ensure the fair treatment of people of color. As a result, the U.S. seems to have shifted its focus to the welfare of cultural groups who ve been systematically oppressed. ....