Spring 2021
Committee:
RAC/EXEC/LAC
WHEREAS, according to the University of Kentucky’s College of Arts and Sciences, gender studies is defined as “the study of feminine, masculine and LGBT identity, an interdisciplinary approach is used for the study of gender and the intersection of gender with other categories of identity such as ethnicity, sexuality, class, and nationality” [1];
WHEREAS, in a research study conducted in 2017 by The Washington Post, “7,782 degrees were in the broader category of ‘area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies,’ which women’s studies falls under and represents about 0.4 percent of all bachelor’s degrees” in relation to how gender studies and other majors were perceived in the workforce [2];
WHEREAS, according to the Education Code §60040 , “when adopting instructional materials for use in the schools, governing boards shall include only instructional materials which, in their determination, accurately portray cultural and racial diversity of our society” including section (b) “...lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans...to the total development of California and the United States” [3]; and
WHEREAS, gender studies should be considered an essential part of students’ community college education and would promote gender-inclusivity both in the classroom, on campus, in the workforce, and beyond [4]; now, therefore, let be it
RESOLVED, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges urge for gender studies to be considered as an essential part of students’ community college education;
RESOLVED, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges urge the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges to work with both their University of California and California State University colleagues to implement gender studies as one of the IGETC requirements; and
RESOLVED, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges pursue further legislative advocacy by mandating that gender studies become a GE requirement.
Citation 1: https://mcl.as.uky.edu/gender-studies
Citation 2:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/rampage/wp/2017/04/13/what-happened-to-all-those-unemployable-womens-studies-majors/
Citation 3:. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB48
Citation 4: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/wstudies/faq_whatisit.php
WHEREAS, in a research study conducted in 2017 by The Washington Post, “7,782 degrees were in the broader category of ‘area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies,’ which women’s studies falls under and represents about 0.4 percent of all bachelor’s degrees” in relation to how gender studies and other majors were perceived in the workforce [2];
WHEREAS, according to the Education Code §60040 , “when adopting instructional materials for use in the schools, governing boards shall include only instructional materials which, in their determination, accurately portray cultural and racial diversity of our society” including section (b) “...lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans...to the total development of California and the United States” [3]; and
WHEREAS, gender studies should be considered an essential part of students’ community college education and would promote gender-inclusivity both in the classroom, on campus, in the workforce, and beyond [4]; now, therefore, let be it
RESOLVED, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges urge for gender studies to be considered as an essential part of students’ community college education;
RESOLVED, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges urge the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges to work with both their University of California and California State University colleagues to implement gender studies as one of the IGETC requirements; and
RESOLVED, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges pursue further legislative advocacy by mandating that gender studies become a GE requirement.
Citation 1: https://mcl.as.uky.edu/gender-studies
Citation 2:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/rampage/wp/2017/04/13/what-happened-to-all-those-unemployable-womens-studies-majors/
Citation 3:. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB48
Citation 4: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/wstudies/faq_whatisit.php