October 31, 2007 - 12:00am
By Michael Stratford
Cornell received high marks for its policies regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues earlier this month from a new national index that evaluates colleges and universities on a range of criteria.
Campus Pride’s first-ever “LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index” gave Cornell an overall score of 4.5 stars out of a possible five. The survey measured LGBT inclusion based on eight specific factors ranging from institutional commitment to student life to campus safety. Cornell received the highest score in all areas except “housing and residence life” and “recruitment and retention efforts,” in which the University scored three out of five and 3.5 out of five, respectively.