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Academics
US Naval War College Gets New President
By Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — The U.S. Naval War College in Rhode Island is welcoming a new president. Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley became the college’s 56th president during a ceremony July 25 at the Newport campus. He succeeds Rear Adm. P. Gardner Howe III. Harley previously served as assistant deputy chief of naval […]
July 29, 2016
Academics
CHEA Workshop: More Transparency Needed in Accreditation Process
Washington — Accreditors need to make their actions more transparent and better define their roles and responsibilities as assurers of quality in order to gain the public trust. That was one of the major takeaways from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation 2016 Summer Workshop held here recently. While the goals of transparency and clarity […]
July 29, 2016
Students
Former Oregon State Fraternity Member Found Guilty of Rape
CORVALLIS, Ore. ― A former Oregon State University student has been found guilty of raping a woman at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity last year. The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports that Tyler Lazell Warren on Wednesday was found guilty of rape, sexual abuse and burglary in connection with the July 2015 incident at the fraternity. Warren […]
July 28, 2016
Students
Business School at Wayne State Starts Diversity Institute
DETROIT ― The Mike Ilitch School of Business at Wayne State University is starting an institute to integrate a focus on organizational diversity and inclusive leadership. The Institute for Leadership and Diversity will consolidate and expand the Detroit school’s leadership service and research programs. It also will seek to offer innovative student, community and executive […]
July 28, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Portland State President Wim Wiewel to Retire in 2017
PORTLAND, Ore. ― Wim Wiewel announced he’s stepping down as president of Portland State University. Wiewel has been president since 2008, a time in which PSU has tried to shift away from its reputation as a commuter school. The university’s enrollment jumped to nearly 30,000 students on Wiewel’s watch. He was also one of the […]
July 28, 2016
Students
2 Towson University Students Charged in Fraternity Hazing Incident
TOWSON, Md. ― Two students in Maryland face criminal charges after authorities say a fraternity hazing incident left a third student hospitalized. Baltimore County police say 21-year-old Evan Palmer Francis and 21-year-old Alexander James Cantor of Towson University were charged Wednesday with hazing and reckless endangerment. Police spokeswoman Elise Armacost says a 19-year-old unidentified male […]
July 28, 2016
Students
Northern Essex CC Combating Immigrant ‘Brain Waster’ Phenomenon
At Northern Essex’s Lawrence campus, where 66 percent of the student population is Hispanic, college officials are engaged in a multipronged approach to ease the process of validating credentials and credits earned overseas.
July 28, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Conversations: Can Income Diversity Replace Affirmative Action?
Harold O. Levy, executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, writes for The Hill that the best way to keep diverse populations on campuses is to put income diversity programs in place.
July 28, 2016
Faculty & Staff
The High Price of Pregnancy While on the Academic Job Market
Although a woman who is currently employed and becomes pregnant has (limited) legal protections afforded to her in the form of FMLA, there is little protection for a woman searching for a job while pregnant.
July 28, 2016
African-American
Black Scholars Take Issue with Obama on Police Encounters
President Obama suggested that Hillary Clinton is the best candidate in the 2016 presidential race because she knows “the worry Black parents feel when their son leaves the house isn’t so different than what a brave cop’s family feels when he puts on the blue and goes to work.”
July 28, 2016
Leadership & Policy
University of Louisville Accepts President James Ramsey’s Resignation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. ― University of Louisville trustees accepted the resignation of embattled President James Ramsey, whose long tenure was dogged by scandal. The action at a special meeting of the school’s board signaled the end of an era. Ramsey, a former state budget director, has led the university for 14 years. After six hours of […]
July 28, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
The CDC Says Doctors Should Screen More Pregnant Women for Zika
Doctors in the U.S. should proactively screen at-risk pregnant women for the Zika virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “All pregnant women in the United States and U.S. territories should be assessed for possible Zika virus exposure at each prenatal care visit,” reads a new memo the CDC released on Monday. […]
July 28, 2016
Other News
UN-backed AIDS conference closes with calls to end discrimination, bolster HIV care, support
As the 21st International AIDS Conference wrapped up in Durban, South Africa, the Deputy Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS), Luiz Loures, called for ending discrimination against patients, especially those from the most vulnerable populations. “The Durban conference was marked by the phenomenal progress made over the last […]
July 28, 2016
Other News
Ice Bucket Challenge credited with ALS breakthrough
(Reuters) – The Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral two years ago, raising hundreds of millions of dollars, has helped identify a new gene behind the neurodegenerative disease ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, researchers say. The challenge involved people pouring ice-cold water over their heads, posting video on social media, and donating funds for research […]
July 28, 2016
Policies
Video: Jailers Restrained Inmate by Neck
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Caddo County Sheriff’s Office released video of an April incident in which an Oklahoma inmate was restrained by jail staff and died of strangulation. In the video obtained by The Oklahoman newspaper Monday, Darius Robinson, 41, appears to lunge toward jail staff before being tackled to the floor at Caddo County […]
July 28, 2016
Other News
NIH: $4 million for local partnership to help deaf postdocs
A local partnership to help advance research and teaching skills for deaf and hard-of hearing postdoctoral students got a big boost with the National Institutes of Health awarding a $4 million grant to this initiative. The funding goes to the Rochester Postdoc Partnership, which has served as a national model. Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals who […]
July 28, 2016
Nursing
Nurse Shares Rape Facts with Team
WACO, Texas — A woman who said she was raped by two Oregon State football players and two other men in 1998 shared her story with the Baylor football team. Brenda Tracy’s talk with the Bears came two months after a 13-page report said Baylor failed to properly handle accusations of sexual assault, including some […]
July 28, 2016
Policies
House Panel Wants Shooter’s Medical Record
ST. MARYS, Kan. —The chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Veterans Affairs has requested all VA medical records for the former Marine who killed three law-enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Florida Rep. Jeff Miller sent a letter dated July 21 to the Department of Veterans Affairs requesting records for Gavin Long, an Iraq […]
July 28, 2016
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