Posted on 06/20/2024 7:54:29 AM PDT by george76
Dean says goal is to promote ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’
An Alabama college is offering $75,000 in scholarships for trade programs – but only to female students.
The goal “is to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in Gadsden State’s career technical programs,” according to a news release from the community college.
The list of “qualified programs,” include welding, construction technology, and civil engineering.
“This scholarship program is an initiative to get more women into manufacturing, construction, and transportation careers in order to help develop the workforce in our area,” Dean Alan Smith stated in the news release.
Smith did not respond to a voicemail on Monday that asked for comment on potential legal problems for the scholarship.
A spokesperson did not directly address questions about the legality of the program.
“The scholarship program closed on May 29 and all scholarship funds have been expended,” Director of Public Relations and Marketing Jackie Edmondson told The College Fix via email on Monday.
“Monies came from Federal Perkins funds that are provided to colleges to offer scholarship opportunities for special populations, including those who are non-traditional and/or underrepresented,” she said. Edmondson provided a link with more information.
“Individuals preparing for careers that are non-traditional for their gender,” is considered in the group of “non-traditional learners,” according to the information sheet.
She did not respond to a follow-up email on Monday that asked for comment on the legality of the program and what she meant by it being “closed.”
But Ed Barlett of SAVE Services said the program violates Title IX, a federal law that forbids discrimination on the basis of sex in higher education.
Gadsden State should either “discontinue the illegal program, or offer scholarships of a similar value to male students,” Bartlett told The Fix via email.
“Such illegal policies can be traced to Marxist ideology, which classifies men as ‘oppressors’ and women as ‘victims’, regardless of the fact that females now outnumber men in college enrollments,” Barlett ..
The college offers other scholarships that exclude on the basis of race or sex.
The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Scholarship “is awarded to a minority student enrolled in a Valley Street Campus program.”
Another scholarship gives “priority” to “African American students.”
The community college is recognized as a historically black college, but 71 percent of its students are white, according to 2023 enrollment data.
Programs that exclude on the basis of race or sex have been edited following criticism or federal complaints.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently made slight edits to its “women of color,” program following media attention and a civil rights complaint.
The Creative Regal Women of Knowledge program added that “participation is open to all students regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, and national origin,” to other language that promoted it only to black women.
The edit “does not alter the serious violations of the civil rights laws that have been taking place for years and were ongoing in the spring 2024 semester,” according to comments from Cornell Law School Professor William Jacobson.
His organization, the Equal Protection Project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation, filed the federal complaint.
Probably when Obeyme was selected as supreme leader of America 🇺🇸.
That’s assuming they even know what a woman is or if they’re even biological women to begin with.
Hopefully the suits are being filed as I type.
Disgraceful pandering and promotion of a policy which has caused standards to crater across America. Meritocracy fuels excellence.
According to the Left, the superior sex sure has trouble competing on a level field.
Even after decades of this, they still feel the need to appear “oppressed” to many.
I am fine if a private organization awards such scholarships, but not the college or government.
Some fields like medicine is fine. Military and trades? No.
Can some guy identify as a woman and get a scholly?
And the same scholarships for men in non-trad male jobs are ....where?
Special treatment for women is everywhere. Why can’t they make it on their own? Democrats say there is a giant conspiracy among men to hold down women so it’s only fair that they get special treatment! What a load of crap.
They ban men and call that inclusion!!
I had a person assigned to me to trim out a fire pump, it was a week before I figured out it was a woman.
“”to promote diversity, equity and inclusion””
PROMOTE? What fools are running that show? Any female with a brain in her head would look into Mike Rowe’s scholarship programs in the trades....He’s done some fabulous shows on it with Chris Cuomo...very successful programs.
“”They ban men and call that inclusion!!””
They’re trying to get us used to an upside down world...If the person proposing such a thing doesn’t know the meaning of “inclusion”, they need to look for other work...maybe garbage collecting?
“The name of the school (Gadsden State) should be in the FIRST SENTENCE. I hate what news writing has become.“
Claire never learned that. She didn’t have to, her position was awarded to her because she checks a box.
I was making 50 bucks an hour plumbing oil coolers for heat treat furnaces 15 years ago. Not too sure most woman could handle 21 ft lengths of 3” steel pipe working off ladders 20 plus feet in the air for 8 -12 hours a day. Overhead work is a bitch, try swinging a 3-4 ft pipe wrench on the ground and than imagine doing it off a ladder. The real money comes when you work for yourself and you can choose your jobs.
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