Tag: Diversity: Page 177

Students

Increasing Equity and Access Through Competency-based Education: What Do We Know?

Gaining access to a fast, flexible path to a degree and a more cost-effective way to learn are attractive propositions.

September 14, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Professors Locked Out of Classrooms Over Labor Dispute

NEW YORK ― Students at the New York City campus of Long Island University say they have begun the school year with classes being taught by replacement teachers of questionable quality after the administration locked out their regular professors as part of a bitter labor dispute. About 400 full-time and adjunct members of the faculty […]

September 13, 2016

Students

NCAA President Mark Emmert: We Won’t Push ACC on Bathroom Law

NCAA President Mark Emmert says it is up to the Atlantic Coast Conference to decide whether it wants to follow the association’s lead and pull events out of North Carolina because of a state law that limits anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people. In an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, Emmert said the association expects […]

September 13, 2016

Students

Study: Successful Students’ Focus not on Wealth

A study by economics professors shows that student in the strivers’ class are more atp to study more hours per week to get the higher GPA they expect, are purpose-driven and express more philanthropic goals.

September 13, 2016

Students

Western Kentucky University Investigating Racial Incidents on Campus

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. ― Officials at Western Kentucky University are investigating after someone slipped a statement under an assistant dean’s office door, attacking her race. WKU Provost David Lee told the Bowling Green Daily News Monday that Assistant Dean Michelle Jones of the University College recently found the statement in her South Campus office. He […]

September 13, 2016

Students

Terre Haute Police Investigate Violent Fraternity Party

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. ― Terre Haute police are investigating a weekend party on the city’s north side that resulted in at least 30 shots fired, two people injured and one arrest. The party at the Indiana National Guard Armory involved Indiana State University’s Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, the Tribune Star reported. Police say thousands of […]

September 13, 2016

Students

Fraternity at University of Richmond Suspended Over Inappropriate Email

RICHMOND, Va. ―A University of Richmond fraternity has been suspended over what the school called a “grossly offensive” email that described a party as one that “makes fathers afraid to send their daughters away to school.” The fraternity’s suspension comes as the school faces scrutiny over its handling of alleged sexual assaults after two female […]

September 13, 2016

Sports

NCAA Pulls 7 Events Out of North Carolina Due to LGBT Law

Basketball-crazed North Carolina has lost its next chance to host NCAA men’s basketball tournament games along with several other championship events due to a state law that some say can lead to discrimination against LGBT people. And the fallout may not be over. After the NCAA announced it is pulling seven championship events from North […]

September 13, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Professor Says University Violated Tenure Rules in Firing

HATTIESBURG, Miss. ― A former professor of religion at a private university in Mississippi is suing the school for ending his job. Daniel Browning worked at William Carey University 26 years and had tenure the last 20. He was fired April 28. The Hattiesburg American reports Browning filed suit Thursday in Forrest County Circuit Court […]

September 12, 2016

Students

Support for Minority-serving Institutions may Hang in Balance of Election

Scholars are concerned that if Donald J. Trump wins, support for public and minority-serving institutions (MSIs) almost certainly will wane.

September 12, 2016

Students

Calif. Community College Promise Programs Expanding

California community college leaders say that they expect the number of promise programs in the state to double over the next year.

September 12, 2016

Faculty & Staff

The Importance of Crossover Ecology: Rethinking Public Scholarship

Crossover scholarship is not a one-way street from the academy to the public.

September 12, 2016