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(09/29/14 4:56am)
Two universities — Suffolk and Creighton — have recently suspended advertising campaigns following negative feedback from students. According to Inside Higher Ed, Suffolk claims the change in their advertising approach is due to “new leadership and a desire to increase the university’s visibility in a larger region.” Creighton, on the other hand, admitted they were responding to students’ and alumni’s objections to the advertisements, according to KETV, an ABC affiliate in Omaha.
(09/26/14 4:45am)
A paper recently drafted by two University of California at Berkeley professors argues student course evaluations are a poor measure of professors’ teaching abilities. The paper also argues evaluations should not be used for determining whether a professor should get tenure.
(09/25/14 4:59am)
According to Inside Higher Ed, many high school counselors are concerned about the growing role of “demonstrated interested” in certain colleges’ admissions decisions. Demonstrated interest can be measured by how often a student visits a school, how often he communicates with recruiters and whether he applies early.
(09/24/14 4:50am)
On Aug. 31, 2013, University student Shelly Goldsmith passed away in Washington, D.C. Her death took a heavy toll on the University community, reminding us as young people that our perceived invincibility is only an illusion.
(09/23/14 5:08am)
Wesleyan University recently announced that all of its all-male residential fraternities must become co-ed within the next three years. The university’s president and the chairman of its Board of Trustees wrote an email to the student body saying “Our residential Greek organizations inspire loyalty, community, and independence. That’s why all our students should be eligible to join them.”
(09/22/14 4:20am)
Clemson University has suspended a mandatory online training program about Title IX after receiving many complaints from students that survey-type questions in the program were too personal. Some questions asked students how many times they’d engaged in sexual activity in the last three months, and with how many partners.
(09/19/14 5:56am)
3,690 – Number of students in the University’s class of 2018
(09/18/14 4:39am)
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring recently announced a plan to reduce recidivism rates in Virginia by creating a statewide re-entry coordinator position. Re-entry programs have already been implemented with success in several Virginia counties, like Arlington, where 68 percent of offenders who completed the program did not end up re-incarcerated.
(09/17/14 5:30am)
On Saturday September 13 at 1:20 am, Hannah Graham sent a text message to friends saying she was lost. Since Sunday, police forces — and all of the University community — have been trying to find her.
(09/16/14 4:51am)
A New York Times investigation into the experiences of sexual assault survivors at Florida State University revealed that many student survivors who report their assaults to the police end up being dismissed as “uncooperative.” One example cited in the Times article involved a woman who reported her rape to the Tallahassee police. When she subsequently said she was unsure whether she wanted to prosecute the perpetrator, an officer wrote she was “unwilling to cooperate” and closed the case.
(09/15/14 4:34am)
The University of Illinois’ Board of Trustees has voted to deny Steven Salaita a tenured professorship because he posted inflammatory remarks about Israel to his Twitter account. Some have argued this decision threatens academic freedom and that it was motivated more by money and politics than by good judgment.
(09/12/14 4:03am)
On Monday the NCAA announced it would lift Pennsylvania State University’s sanctions two years sooner than expected. Penn State is now permitted to play in Bowl games, and all of their football scholarships have been restored. Former Senator George J. Mitchell, who was hired to supervise Penn State in the aftermath of the Sandusky scandal, recommended the NCAA lift the sanctions because the university had made progress, and the football players did not deserve to be punished for the mistakes of others.
(09/11/14 5:02am)
The New America Foundation recently released a report which concluded student debt forgiveness programs encourage students to borrow more money, in comparison with an income-based repayment program.
(09/10/14 5:21am)
The University has been deemed the number two public university and number 23 overall national university by US News and World Report in their 2015 best college rankings. We’ve anticipated it, we’ve tweeted it, we’ve reveled in it. We do so every year. To bask in our prestige is a University tradition; we want to feel proud that we attend an “elite” institution, because we can all say that we’ve accomplished a feat that is not achievable for just anyone.
(09/09/14 3:30am)
The Board of Visitors will vote this week on changes to its manual. One of the changes, proposed by current Rector George Martin, would allow other board members to remove the rector by a two-thirds vote. University Spokesperson McGregor McCance said Martin intends this to be a “change that will contribute to good governance overall.”
(09/08/14 3:09am)
A Swiss university is walking a shaky line of legality by advertising an assistant professor position only to women. According to Inside Higher Ed, the dean of the school said this “aggressive” approach is necessary because women currently comprise only 11 percent of the faculty.
(09/05/14 5:03am)
Approximately 20 faculty members attended Survivor Support Network training Wednesday, which was conducted by Claire Kaplan and Charlotte Chapman of the Women’s Center. The training session lasted about three hours, and included definitions of sexual misconduct, discussion of trauma, review of reporting obligations, a panel Q & A with student survivors and hypothetical scenarios done in groups.
(09/04/14 4:23am)
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, minority male students are much more likely to drop out of college, particularly black male students. A report released Tuesday makes several recommendations of how to solve this problem, and these recommendations come from researchers at seven different universities.
(09/03/14 5:10am)
Whether it’s MOOCs, collaborative virtual classrooms or Big Data, digital technology continues to change the face of higher education. Such changes can be positive, but university officials must be mindful that advances in technology don’t merely mask other shortcomings in academia.
(09/02/14 4:58am)
The Common Core, a set of standards for teaching methods and assessment of knowledge in primary education, was adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia when it was created in 2010. Since then, several states have questioned the merit and effectiveness of the program. Despite previous support for it, several states have now withdrawn from or attempted to withdraw from Common Core in response to objections from parents and educators.