Tag: Public Policy: Page 48

Faculty & Staff

Review for Colorado University Professor Who Teaches Deviance Course

Patti Adler was ordered to stop teaching the class following complaints about a prostitution role-playing skit.

January 21, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Education Champion George Miller to Retire from Congress

U.S. Rep. George Miller, ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee, has announced that, after four decades in Congress, he won’t be seeking re-election in 2014.

January 15, 2014

Students

Study Urges Tough Measures for Parent PLUS Loan Requirements

A new report released by the New America Foundation urges reforms to ensure that the Parent PLUS loan program does not burden parent borrowers with debt they cannot pay back.

January 8, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Scholars Gather in Bid to Preserve History’s Role

Hundreds of historians made their way to the nation’s capital for the American Historical Association’s 128th annual meeting.

January 5, 2014

Students

Faculty Panel Gives OK to Deviant Behavior Class

A course at the University of Colorado on deviant behavior has passed a faculty review, but the professor behind the class said she is still not sure if she’ll return after being suspended from teaching it.

January 1, 2014

Students

Report Presses UNC System for Greater Efficiency

North Carolina’s public university system should increase its focus on efficiency as students and taxpayers alike grapple with the rising cost of higher education, a report Wednesday to state legislators said.

December 18, 2013

African-American

Ohio University Helps Miami Tribe Preserve its History

Miami University is working to preserve 19th century land grant documents recently recovered by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.

December 15, 2013

African-American

Pay Gains for Young Women; Inequality Still Seen

Taking time off or reducing hours for families still cited as main reason for gender gap in pay equality.

December 11, 2013

Sports

Court Rules Florida Universities Can’t Regulate Guns

The court ruled, however, that the Florida Legislature has pre-empted the regulation of guns by local governments and state agencies and that this includes state universities.

December 10, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Diverse December 6 Edition

In this edition, Diverse features a Spectrum reflection on James Meredith, activist and first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Also included are reports on the efforts of HBCUs to diversify and grow enrollment, the need for more alumni and wealthy donor giving at HBCUs, the struggle of Catholic universities adapting to modern changes in efforts to adhere to the Catholic Church, and the re-emergence of co-op programs that offer students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the real world.

December 10, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Howard Univ. Honors Mandela in Photo Exhibit

“Nelson Mandela: Character, Comrade, Leader, Prisoner, Negotiator, Statesmen,” a 37-panel exhibit chronicling Mandela’s rise to South Africa’s first Black president, made its debut at Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center on Oct. 31.

December 8, 2013

Students

UMASS-Amherst to Invest $2M in Dorm Security

The University of Massachusetts Amherst plans to spend more than $2 million to upgrade dormitory security in response largely to the reported gang rape of a woman in her dorm room last year.

December 5, 2013