CUNY: Don’t Address Students as ‘Mr.’ or ‘Ms.’
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CUNY Tells Staff Not To Call Students ‘Mr., Mrs. Or Ms.’ Because It Could Be Offensive…
Even worse is their excuse: Calling a man “Mr.” or a woman “Mrs.” could violate federal Title IX policies.
Via NRO:
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York issued a memo advising staff not to address any students as “Mr., Mrs. or Ms.” beginning this spring because some could find it disrespectful.
The policy is intended to “ensure a respectful, welcoming and gender-inclusive learning environment . . . and to accommodate properly the diverse population of current and prospective students,” according to the memo, signed by interim provost Louise Lennihan.
School spokeswoman (wait – can I call her that?) Tanya Domi said the initiative was also part of the school’s “working within a regulatory framework to comply with Title IX legal principles,” which forbid discrimination based on sex at any institution receiving federal funding.
IT?
CUNY Tells Staff Not To Call Students ‘Mr., Mrs. Or Ms.’ Because It Could Be Offensive…
Even worse is their excuse: Calling a man “Mr.” or a woman “Mrs.” could violate federal Title IX policies.
Via NRO:
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York issued a memo advising staff not to address any students as “Mr., Mrs. or Ms.” beginning this spring because some could find it disrespectful.
The policy is intended to “ensure a respectful, welcoming and gender-inclusive learning environment . . . and to accommodate properly the diverse population of current and prospective students,” according to the memo, signed by interim provost Louise Lennihan.
School spokeswoman (wait – can I call her that?) Tanya Domi said the initiative was also part of the school’s “working within a regulatory framework to comply with Title IX legal principles,” which forbid discrimination based on sex at any institution receiving federal funding.
