2013 Student Racial Discrimination and Institutional Responses

This portion of the website contains some historical information regarding a 2013 student racial discrimination incident, and SJSU institutional responses to it. If you believe there is information that is missing that should be here, please contact us at diversityoffice@sjsu.edu

Nov. 22, 2013 New York Times Coverage of incident

Moye Report [pdf]: In 2013, SJSU retained Myron “Mike” Moye to conduct independent fact finding regarding an incident among several students in a residence hall.
Special Task Force on Discrimination: The fact-finding report led to the formation of this group, chaired by retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell. See Videos of the meetings of the taskforce below. At the completion fo the commissions' work, more than 50 recommendations to the university
President Mohammad Qayoumi Memo Documenting the commissions' Final Recommendations [pdf]
Diversity Action Plan [pdf]: Administrative and Academic Senate leaders reviewed each of the task force's recommendations and formulated a list of tasks for the university
December 2015 Update on Action Items [pdf]
February 2016 Update on Action Items [pdf]
February 2020 Update on Action Items [pdf]