Professors should not give speakers who hold hurtful, extremist viewpoints the opportunity to direct their vitriol at students. The face-to-face interaction has the potential to disturb or even traumatize students unnecessarily.
Post-trauma psychological conditions are real, and even if they are not as visible as a physical disability, students who suffer from them still should be accommodated.
As researchers, students develop critical thinking and innovation skills, providing them with a more well-rounded education, as opposed to the education they would get if they just executed projects already outlined by the company.
The message of the students’ singing was that the University community would rather hear the welcoming and encouraging voices of the student body than a religious group’s inflammatory comments condemning their fellow LGBTQ classmates.
But ideally, the University would offer gender neutral housing options so that no students would feel marginalized by an organizational structure which separates people into two rigid categories.
Different standards for male and female college athletes perpetuate inaccurate stereotypes and create social disadvantages
The goal of affirmative action is not to admit a certain kind of student while keeping others out; the goal is to account for institutional factors that may have put minority students at a disadvantage in terms of achievement, and to create a diverse student body by accounting for those factors.
The University of Minnesota Senate was right to reject a proposal to cancel Condoleezza Rice’s appearance
Freezing Pell Grants will diminish education prospects, and therefore employment prospects, for low-income students
Colleges should modify policies and practices to create an environment more friendly towards transgender students
The College Board’s recent SAT policy changes do not do enough to help low-income students
Policies which restrict class recordings likely will encourage more open dialogue
The Managing Board summarizes highlights from the month of March with numbers
The federal government and university officials should collaborate to streamline the financial aid application process
Lawmakers should not have pressured the University of Tennessee to limit funding for Sex Week
The University Judiciary Committee should engage more with the student body, to garner ideas for improvements
Our vested interests should not be prioritized over respect for others’ personal autonomy. The same reasoning gives us cause not to presume someone is in a condition to consent to sex.
Colleges should work to ensure students can successfully transfer their community college credits
Safe Space training for IFC executives is a positive start to making the fraternity system more open to and accepting of gay members. But in order to be effective, each individual fraternity should give the same amount of attention to the issue.
Colleges should not establish policies governing professors’ social media practices
