An ad hoc group of students at Mills College has issued a demand for a student ombuds. The Committee for Change seeks to force the College to address "ADA compliance and accessibility, reinstatement of a student appointed Ombudsman, lack of resources for parenting students, and retention in both the faculty and staff and the student body." The Committee wants the ombuds to be elected, paid and supervised by the student body. If the demands are not met, the Committee is "prepared to take direct action against Mills." (Mills College Weekly, Mills College on LiveJournal.)
WOW! Reading about this student activism (and their demand for an ombudsman) really took me back to era in which the first U.S. ombuds offices were established in the late sixties (when I was one of those very students)!
WOW! Reading about this student activism (and their demand for an ombudsman) really took me back to era in which the first U.S. ombuds offices were established in the late sixties (when I was one of those very students)!
ReplyDeleteHere's another story about students agitating for an ombuds -- in this case one to protect housekeepers. (Pomona Students Press Demand for Staff Ombuds.)
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