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ETS: ‘Targeted and Tailored’ Strategies Needed to Close Achievement Gaps
An Educational Testing Service report states that racial and ethnic gaps in educational attainment will persist well into the 21st century unless “targeted and tailored” strategies are implemented for various underrepresented groups.
October 17, 2017
Students
Beyond an Uncritical Attachment to Free Speech
Campuses need to aspire to free speech while moving beyond an uncritical attachment to it as a salve for an assortment of difficult conversations, and to be especially critical of free-speech claims that promote speech that is willfully uninformed or intentionally harmful and hateful.
October 17, 2017
Students
States Sue Dept. of Education Over Delay of Gainful Employment Rule
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia sued U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for what they allege is the “unlawful” delay of the gainful employment rule meant to stop predatory practices by the for-profit college industry.
October 17, 2017
Students
Penn State Fraternity Faces Underage Drinking Charges
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A fraternity at Penn State University is facing charges of furnishing liquor to minors after two underage women were hospitalized for alcohol poisoning. Court records show Alpha Chi Rho is facing charges after allegedly serving the alcohol at a Sept. 28 fraternity house party. Police say the women were allowed to […]
October 17, 2017
Students
Soros-founded University Urges Hungarian Government to Sign Deal
BUDAPEST, Hungary — The rector of a university founded by financier and philanthropist George Soros on Tuesday urged Hungary to sign an agreement with New York state guaranteeing the school’s continued operations in Budapest. Central European University rector Michael Ignatieff said the institution had fully complied with changes to Hungary’s law on higher education but […]
October 17, 2017
Students
Lawmaker: Kennesaw State Mascot Wrong to Rally for Kneeling Cheerleaders
KENNESAW, Ga. — The student who wears the owl mascot costume at a Georgia public university where five cheerleaders knelt during the national anthem had no business leading a cross-campus march in support of the cheerleaders, an influential lawmaker said. Kenneth Sturkey, who dresses as Scrappy the Owl at Kennesaw State University athletic events, said […]
October 17, 2017
Students
Guillermo: Will Weinstein Saga Change Attitudes Toward Campus Sexual Harassment?
Sexual harassment on campus is bad enough when it’s simply a matter of students. But add a professor to the mix and now we have the real problem with campus sexual harassment — where the element of power creeps into the mix.
October 16, 2017
Students
New President Aims to Continue Morehouse Mission of Molding Leaders
The Board of Trustees at Morehouse College concluded a six-month search when it voted on Sunday to appoint Harvard University professor Dr. David A. Thomas as its new president.
October 16, 2017
Students
For Medina, Being Administrator Makes a Difference
Dr. Carlos Medina, vice chancellor and chief diversity officer for the State University of New York (SUNY), says that his introduction to higher education administration did not have a linear trajectory. He initially wanted to become a teacher and did achieve this goal after having obtained a bachelor’s degree in education from the State University […]
October 16, 2017
Students
University of Cincinnati to Allow White Nationalist to Speak
CLEVELAND — The University of Cincinnati says it will allow White nationalist leader Richard Spencer to speak on campus, while Ohio State University says it can’t accommodate a rental request for a Nov. 15 speech but is considering alternatives. UC president Neville Pinto said in an email that the university is finalizing details of Spencer’s […]
October 16, 2017
Students
University of Southern Maine Adds Prayer Room
PORTLAND, Maine — The University of Southern Maine is adding a new prayer room to better accommodate Muslim students and students of other faiths. The Portland Press Herald reports the $100,000 project includes a gender neutral bathroom with a foot-washing station Muslim students can use for ritual washing. University officials say the new prayer room […]
October 16, 2017
Students
Faculty: University of Kansas Student Hacked into Computers
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A recent cybersecurity breach has a University of Kansas faculty group concerned that the breach could lead to other attacks, not just at the university, but across higher education. Aerospace engineering professor Ron Barrett-Gonzalez said the hack was carried out by an apparently disgruntled engineering student during the 2016-17 academic year. The […]
October 16, 2017
Students
Indiana Scholarships Fail to Attract Diverse Teachers
INDIANAPOLIS — Scholarships from an Indiana program meant to diversify and recruit the next generation of teachers have gone largely to White students so far, an Indiana agency says. State officials hope to lessen the state’s teacher shortage with $10 million in Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarships, but the scholarships have failed to attract students […]
October 16, 2017
Students
Muñoz Pours His Heart Into Service
Conversations about Dr. Mike Muñoz and his work at Rio Hondo College always seem to come back to his equity-centered approach.
October 12, 2017
Students
Western Governors University Grows Into Its Role
Western Governors University has gone from pioneering to normalizing competency-based education.
October 12, 2017
Students
Federal System Adds Transfer, Part-time Student Data to Mix
A longstanding effort to include more information about outcomes for transfer and part-time students materialized Thursday with the release of more detailed data through the federal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
October 12, 2017
Students
N.C. State Reaches Settlement With Student Over Support Cat
RALEIGH, N.C. — A university in North Carolina has reached a settlement to allow a student to keep a cat she uses as an emotional support animal in her dorm room. Legal Aid of North Carolina said that North Carolina State University also agreed to train staff on the federal Fair Housing Act and pay […]
October 12, 2017
Students
Scholar Researching Hispanic History in U.S. Higher Ed
Conventional wisdom holds that Hispanics are a recent addition to the academy. Dr. Pablo Mitchell, professor of history and comparative American studies at Oberlin College, would contest that notion.
October 11, 2017
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