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University of Iowa Officials Re-evaluate Chalking Policy

IOWA CITY, Iowa ― University of Iowa officials are re-evaluating the university’s 6-year-old chalk art policy after an anti-abortion group’s sidewalk art caused a skirmish last week. The Students for Life group says its members drew 3,200 hearts on a university walkway with the intention of showing pedestrians the number of abortions occurring in the […]

April 21, 2016

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Jobs Are Scarce for Ph.D.s

If you’re a grad student, it’s best to read the latest report from the National Science Foundation with a large glass of single-malt whiskey in hand. Scratch that: The top-shelf whiskey is probably out of your budget. Well, Trader Joe’s “Two Buck Chuck” is good, too! Liquid courage is a necessity when examining the data on […]

April 21, 2016

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Senate OKs Bill to Allow Gun Carry on Tennessee Campuses

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― The state Senate on Tuesday voted to allow faculty and workers with handgun carry permits to be armed on the campuses of Tennessee public colleges and universities. The bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Bell passed on a 28-5 vote, and the House was expected to take up the measure Wednesday. Republican Gov. […]

April 20, 2016

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University Professor Mauled by Brown Bear While Teaching

JUNEAU, Alaska ― Students and teaching assistants have arrived back in Juneau from a remote mountaineering class that was cut short when one of their professors was mauled by a brown bear. They said Tuesday night that they were tired and not yet ready to talk about Forest Wagner, 35, who was teaching the class […]

April 20, 2016

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Accusers at BYU Investigated by School After Reporting Rape

SALT LAKE CITY ― Madeline MacDonald says she was an 18-year-old freshman at Brigham Young University when she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on an online dating site. She reported the crime to the school’s Title IX office. That same day, she says, BYU’s honor code office received a copy of the […]

April 20, 2016

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Enhancing Identity Development for Black Students at PWIs

“The end of education is to know God and the laws and purposes of His universe and to reconcile one’s life with these laws. The first aim of a good college is not to teach books, but the meaning and purpose of life. Hard study and the learning of books are only a means to […]

April 19, 2016

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Middleton: Higher Ed Leaders Should Take Heed to Student Protesters

Higher education leaders should take heed to the concerns of student protesters and use them as a springboard for conversation, a group of panelists said Tuesday at a convening of the Association of Governing Boards.

April 19, 2016

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University, Colleges Must Seek Help to Better Assist Students

A university president shares advice on how to balance the need to increase completion rates and maintain quality at the Association of Governing Boards’ national conference Monday.

April 18, 2016

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NCAA Board Must Reject Satellite Camp Ban

Satellite camp? Sounds like something high tech, space station kind of stuff.  Practically STEM-ed. Never heard od it before? It’s a big deal if you’re a young kid in high school with the dream of playing college football. But if you’re talking good old boy, big time college football, then the idea is just a major annoyance. […]

April 17, 2016

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Melton Breaks Down Diversity Barriers in Intercollegiate Sports

Nicole Melton has spent the last four years of her budding career in higher education teaching students the importance of breaking barriers in the intercollegiate sports arena.

April 17, 2016

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Secret Harvard Club Breaks Silence, Followed by an Apology

BOSTON — A Boston business chief who broke the public silence of a 225-year-old Harvard all-male club apologized after critics said his comments blamed women for sexual assault. Charlie Storey, the president of Boston’s Harpoon Brewery, wrote a letter to Harvard’s student newspaper defending the school’s social clubs for refusing to accept women. He was […]

April 14, 2016

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John Kerry Urges Miami College Students to Embrace Diversity

Secretary of State John Kerry exhorted Miami Dade Honors College students to pursue an inclusive American dream that includes “what our country stands for internationally.” To encourage freedom, he said, the United States wants to help “the Cuban people to begin a new chapter in their history.” He acknowledged that there are critics who believe […]

April 14, 2016