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Diverse Conversations: Improving College Diversity
If we want to make a positive difference for the future of America, change begins with education. Emphasis must be placed on inclusion of all students, regardless of gender, ethnicity or economic status.
March 16, 2017
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Rodriguez: Language and Civilizational Clashes
For many years many academics and writers had avoided using the term racism or, more precisely, had avoided calling people racists because many believed that such terms had lost their meaning and power due to overuse.
March 16, 2017
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Higher Ed Leaders Lambaste Federal Budget Proposal
Higher education leaders blasted federal budget proposal released Thursday as one that will make college less accessible, less affordable and set back the nation’s workforce and research interests.
March 16, 2017
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Cuba Offers Colombia 1,000 Medical School Scholarships
HAVANA — Cuba is offering Colombia 1,000 medical school scholarships to support a peace accord in which the South American country’s largest rebel army will relinquish its weapons. The scholarships will be distributed mostly to members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and those affected by the decades-long conflict. Colombia’s Cuban ambassador Jose Luis […]
March 16, 2017
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Scholars: Student Hunger, Homelessness Underrecognized
A new report focuses on college student hunger and homelessness in an effort to stimulate policy solutions.
March 15, 2017
Students
700 Michigan State University Workers Won’t Help Immigration Agents
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Roughly 700 Michigan State University employees have signed a statement vowing not to help federal immigration officials seeking to apprehend or deport students. The Lansing State Journal reported Wednesday the faculty and staff members signed the “statement of solidarity” with students who are refugees, immigrants or children of immigrants. The statement […]
March 15, 2017
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Sex Assault Reports Up at Navy, Army Academies
WASHINGTON — Reports of sexual assaults increased at two of the three military academies last year and an anonymous survey suggests sexual misconduct rose across the board at the schools, The Associated Press has learned. The new data underscore the challenge in stemming bad behavior by young people at the military college campuses, despite a […]
March 15, 2017
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Missouri University’s Handling of Rape Cases Under Scrutiny
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — University of Missouri-Kansas City students are expressing ongoing concerns about a lack of transparency following an alleged rape in a dorm last month. The Kansas City Star reports university administrators called a meeting Monday to hear from students, faculty and staff after a protest last week regarding better protection against sexual […]
March 14, 2017
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Indiana University Sorority Protesting Closure Order
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An Indiana University sorority is protesting an order from its national organization shutting down the Bloomington chapter. A lawyer for Tri Delta’s Delta Omicron chapter says its members haven’t been given a clear reason for such severe punishment. Indianapolis attorney Peter French says the chapter received little support from the national organization […]
March 14, 2017
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Chicago’s Loyola University Suspends Fraternity for 3 Years After Hazing Probe
CHICAGO — Loyola University in Chicago has suspended the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity for three years following an investigation into alleged hazing. Dean of Students K.C. Mmeje says in a statement that Monday’s suspension stems from an alleged hazing incident and “engaging in disruptive and disorderly conduct that caused a disturbance in the neighborhood.” Mmeje […]
March 14, 2017
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N.C. Governor Calls for ‘BathroomBill’ Repeal in State of State
RALEIGH, N.C. — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper urged lawmakers gathered Monday night to repeal the state’s “bathroom bill” very soon, saying the law is “the dark cloud hanging over our state of promise” by harming North Carolina’s economy and reputation. Delivering his first State of the State speech as governor to the Republican-controlled legislature, Cooper […]
March 13, 2017
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California Lawmakers Announce Plan to Reduce Student Debt
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Assembly Democrats on Monday proposed an extensive expansion of financial aid programs for students at California’s public colleges and universities. They’re calling their plan the most ambitious proposal in the country to reduce student loan debt. In addition to expanding financial aid for community college students, it would create $1.6 billion per […]
March 13, 2017
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Expert: College Promise Programs must be ‘Sustainable’
To succeed over the long term, promise programs “should be sustainable,” said Dr. Martha Kanter, meaning that they “shouldn’t just redirect federal or state aid.”
March 13, 2017
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Venerable Basketball Coach, Mentor Ben Jobe Dies
Ben Jobe, the college basketball coach who won more than 500 games in more than five decades of coaching around the nation, died Friday night in Montgomery, Alabama, the city to which he moved after retiring in 2003.
March 12, 2017
Students
Student Affairs Pros See Cutbacks on Horizon
In total, 36 states have projected deficits for the coming year and, historically, budget shortfalls have had an outsize effect on public institutions of higher education.
March 12, 2017
Students
Marshall Handling of Sex Assault Complaint Under Fed Review
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Department of Education is looking into Marshall University’s handling of a student’s report that she was sexually assaulted on campus last year. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports a female student complained to the department’s Office for Civil Rights that the university failed to promptly address her report and retaliated against her […]
March 12, 2017
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University of Illinois Faculty Petitions Against Hate Speech
URBANA, Ill. — Several University of Illinois academic units have pressed administrators to take a stance against words and actions they say threaten students amid tense debates on what constitutes free speech. Chancellor Robert Jones sent out a mass email two weeks ago responding to concerns that include Chief-related “Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day” T-shirts, harassment […]
March 12, 2017
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Rhode Island’s Free College Tuition Proposal Off to Rocky Start
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s signature initiative this year – a proposal for two years of free tuition at the state’s public colleges — is off to a rocky start. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, a fellow Democrat, took to Twitter last month to call it “unsustainable and fiscally irresponsible.” Other lawmakers have […]
March 12, 2017
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