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Faculty & Staff

SIAC, NFL Enter Officiating Partnership

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Wednesday announced a new agreement with the National Football League (NFL) to provide training and professional development for conference referees.

U.S. Colleges Seek to Integrate Chinese Students Better

The multitudes of Chinese students attending American universities are approaching college as less of a life experience and more as a transaction, educators worry, leading to measures to help them integrate.

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Analysis: Scrutiny Adds Context to Graduation Rate of Pell Grant Recipients

An unprecedented look at Pell Grant graduation rates from 1,149 schools shows that, despite a large national gap, low-income students at some schools do as well as their classmates.

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DANIEL AMADO TRUJILLO

DANIEL AMADO TRUJILLO has been appointed dean of studies and student life at Sarah Lawrence College. Trujillo was associate vice president and dean of students at St. John’s University in New York. Trujillo received a bachelor’s from the University of Redlands, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Missouri.

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Private Rhode Island College Opens Business School in China

A private Rhode Island university is giving Chinese students the chance to earn an American business degree without ever leaving China.

State Program Helps Students Reach Higher Education

Today’s economy and job market are making a college degree or trade school education almost mandatory, and one group is helping students reach their goal of a higher education.

Faculty & Staff

Regents Blast Draft of University’s Intolerance Declaration

Members of the University of California Board of Regents on Thursday blasted a first draft of systemwide principles defining intolerance — saying it fails to address the problem of anti-Semitism on its campuses.

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Rutgers Football Coach Suspended for Contact Over Player’s Academic Status

Rutgers University has suspended football coach Kyle Flood for three games and fined him $50,000 for contacting a faculty member over a player’s grade.

Leadership & Policy

Rutgers University Board Holds Private Meeting Amid Sports Scandal

Rutgers University’s Board of Governors met behind closed doors Friday amid the latest scandal to hit the sports program the school has been trying to build up.

College Football Opener Again Raises Cash Game Concerns

Skeptics criticize the decision of some schools to hold football contests that often result in unequal treatment and repercussions for some of the players involved.

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Leadership & Policy

Soccer Players Suspended for a Match after Blackface Incident

Five members of the women’s soccer team at a private Christian university in Washington state were suspended for one match Wednesday after a social media post surfaced showing them dressed in blackface and afro wigs.

Faculty & Staff

Venus Williams Earns B.S. Degree

Tennis superstar Venus Williams, currently focusing on her game this week at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows, New York, recently added another achievement to her resume: a Bachelor of Science degree.

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