The University of California has 65,438+00 campuses with 235,000 students. The school said school? University Volunteer Application Form? Generally, sexual orientation will be listed as an option, which will make schools better understand the composition of students and improve teaching plans and services. But critics believe that this will only pave the way for gay groups to seek preferential treatment.
Gay advocates welcome this, stressing that this option is not mandatory. They think this is no different from the common identity information on the form.
Columnist Kimberley? Gleno told University of California Daily Bruin that the plan is not as disturbing as it sounds.
Gleno wrote:? At first glance, it seems unnecessary for schools to fill in the applicant's sexual orientation, which is also a sensitive topic. But counting the number of gay students will help the school to better serve and support them. ?
But Raja, director of the center for gay, bisexual and transgender people at the University of California? Baatar said that the statistics may not be so accurate.
Baatar told reporters that sexual orientation is probably an option, which means that many students will not fill in or answer truthfully, which will make the result inaccurate. ?
There is no exact timetable for adding this option, but I believe it will appear in the application form this fall.
At present, only one other school in the United States requires applicants to fill in their sexual orientation. Last year, Elm Elmhirst College added the option of sexual orientation to the application form, and 5% of the students who filled in the application form thought they were gay, bisexual or transgender.
Yale University and Harvard University are also considering similar measures in recent years, but the application procedures have not changed.