{"id":3274,"date":"2019-06-17T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=3274"},"modified":"2019-05-29T13:17:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T17:17:33","slug":"gender-inclusivity-slowly-improving-on-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/06\/17\/gender-inclusivity-slowly-improving-on-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Inclusivity Slowly Improving on Campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colleges and universities are making strides in gender inclusivity, but there is still a lot of work to be done.<\/p>\n

Ten years ago, the University of Vermont became the first school in the US to allow students to self-identify their pronouns and to include it in their student data.<\/p>\n

Now, according to the Campus Pride Trans Policy Clearinghouse,<\/a> 255 colleges enable students to use a chosen first name, instead of their legal name, on campus records and documents; 60 colleges enable students to change the gender on their campus records without evidence of medical intervention; and 19 colleges enable students to indicate the pronouns they use for themselves on course rosters.<\/p>\n

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Jeane Robles, a student at the University of Vermont, said that these options mean a lot.<\/p>\n

“Just having the option to do that makes me feel like I can exist here,” Robles, a graduate student whose pronouns are they\/them, told NPR<\/a>. Without these options, “I [wouldn’t] be able to fully be present.”<\/p>\n

Z Nicolazzo, a professor at the University of Arizona, told NPR<\/a> that these policies need to come with a new mindset for higher education.<\/p>\n

“I really worry that it becomes almost like a checkbox kind of way of thinking about diversity and equity work,” Nicolazzo, whose pronouns are she\/her or ze\/hir, said.<\/p>\n

She said higher education still tends to look at gender as a binary concept. For instance, having sex-segregated athletic teams feeds into this mindset.<\/p>\n

Pronouns are just one part of gender-inclusivity, Nicolazzo told NPR, and “much more needs to be done.”<\/p>\n

Listen to the full NPR story<\/a> and learn more about NACAC\u2019s own move<\/a> to gender-inclusive pronouns.<\/p>\n

Ashley Dobson is NACAC\u2019s senior communications manager for content and social media. You can reach her at\u00a0adobson@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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