A universal issue
By Managing Board | November 4, 2014Hazing is not just characteristic of Greek culture; it is a consequence of group dynamics and peer pressure.
Hazing is not just characteristic of Greek culture; it is a consequence of group dynamics and peer pressure.
Adjuncts should not have to live in fear that any outspoken criticism of their employers will result in their termination, especially when some improvements for adjuncts would also result in improvements for students.
Colleges need to be held responsible for weighing their students down with more debt than they can handle.
Not only can emotional abuse be damaging in and of itself, but it can also be a precursor to physical violence.
Not all young people want or have the resources to take four years to graduate, and they may be attracted to the potential advantage in the job market.
Rather than taking a blanket approach to exclude all applicants who have felony convictions — regardless of whether the convictions were expunged — college admissions offices ought to carefully consider these applications on a case-by-case basis.
The Managing Board examines notable numerals from the preceding month
Taking away anonymous advertising opportunities will make it more difficult for them to run their businesses and more likely for law enforcement to apprehend and prosecute perpetrators.
But it is becoming increasingly clear that restricting the definition of “woman” is a discriminatory practice, and it is not worth uplifting one minority group if another is oppressed in the process.
Requiring colleges to report these different types of incidents rightly responds to statistics which reveal other ways college women are often victimized.
If Honor were to get the Corner merchants on board with this policy, it likely wouldn’t have an impact on a large number of students.
The college’s decision was obviously uninformed and insensitive, but perhaps we ought to be thinking about how these prejudices might manifest in cases where there is not an epidemic.
If a university is to serve as a platform for the dissemination of ideas, it must assure people do not feel unsafe expressing them.
Steinauer’s course can educate medical professionals about why they are obligated to provide abortion care to their patients — because of the potential health risks of continuing certain pregnancies, and the potentially severe medical complications of unsafe abortions, among other reasons.
And this lack of distinction negatively affects the high achievers just as much, because they would struggle to prove their excellence to employers or graduate schools in comparison to their peers.
It may be controversial, but displaying a Confederate flag is an act of expression which a college or university does not have the power to limit, just as it would not have the power to limit the expression of controversial political views which could potentially offend certain students.
Sanctions against schools who compromise the health of their athletes would provide stronger incentives to abide by the “best practices” that already exist.
Not paying rent cannot necessarily be categorized as theft without consideration of all the circumstances of the relationship between the landlord and the tenant.
If having permanent housing will improve health, the homeless who are given apartments would be more likely to get back to work, and will eventually not need their rents subsidized.
Though the logistics of the student plan and the faculty/staff plan are different, principles of equality should apply to all members of the University community — and that includes professors and workers.