Officials at the University of Maryland at College Park say their decision to hire a full-time “hate-bias response coordinator” reflects that a new normal has taken hold in higher education, one in which white supremacists and other hate groups are targeting campuses more than ever before.
Maryland announced the new position on Monday as part of a broader retooling of its procedures for responding to reports of bias on the campus. The coordinator will manage a new bias-response team as well as meet with students affected by hate incidents and help design training and education on diversity and inclusion issues…
Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education.