Tag: Public Policy: Page 31

Students

HBCUs Advised Not to Run Away from Bad News

The biggest detriment to any campus media relations department is the idea that negative media coverage ― or no coverage ― is just part of the job, participants at the HBCU Media Week conference were told.

July 9, 2015

Home

Baylor University Lifts Ban on ‘Homosexual Acts’

Baylor University, the world’s largest Baptist university, dropped language in its sexual conduct policy that banned “homosexual acts.”

July 8, 2015

Community Colleges

Preservation Group Wants Lynching Murals Kept Uncovered

BOISE, Idaho ― The University of Idaho’s plan to keep two murals inside the old Ada County Courthouse covered for the grand opening of its new campus is being contested by the state’s leading historic preservation group.

July 8, 2015

Community Colleges

Preservation Group Wants Lynching Murals Kept Uncovered

The University of Idaho’s plan to keep two murals inside the old Ada County Courthouse covered for the grand opening of its new campus is being contested by the state’s leading historic preservation group.

July 8, 2015

Home

Baylor University Lifts Ban on ‘Homosexual Acts’

Baylor University, the world’s largest Baptist university, dropped language in its sexual conduct policy that banned “homosexual acts.”

July 8, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Student Activists in Thailand Seen Before Military Court

BANGKOK ― A military court in Thailand freed 14 student activists from detention Tuesday ahead of their trial but said they still face sedition charges ― and up to seven years in prison ― for defying the junta’s ban on political gatherings.

July 7, 2015

African-American

Diverse Bookshelf: The Importance of the Black Community Going Green

When it comes to how industry treats the environment, Black communities have been dumped on more than others for years.

July 2, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Presidents Partial to Severance Packages

Severance packages for college and university president can be quite hefty.

July 1, 2015

Students

Rethinking Remediation

Community College of Baltimore County seeing much success with innovative remedial education programs.

July 1, 2015

African-American

Same-Sex Fight Not Over

Obama’s polarizing Friday shows the fight for same-sex equality still isn’t over.

June 29, 2015

Students

Government Names Special Master for Corinthian Student Debt

The Education Department appointed a special monitor Thursday to help develop a debt relief program for students who attended the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges ― a debt forgiveness plan that could cost billions of dollars.

June 25, 2015

African-American

HBCUs, HSIs Equipped to Aid Incarcerated Youth

A 2013 study by RAND concluded that prisoners were 43 percent less likely to be imprisoned after release because of educational programs.

June 24, 2015