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In Explaining Confederate Symbols, Colleges Struggle to Summarize History
In a prominent spot on the University of Mississippi campus stands a statue of a nameless Confederate soldier. Erected in 1906, it was one of many unveiled across the South as a generation of Confederate veterans reached old age, says Andrew P. Mullins Jr., an associate professor of education and former chief of staff to the chancellor. Mr. Mullins, who has worked at the university for decades, has spent a lot of time thinking about the history of the statue over the past several months.
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Video: Health: Local Dentists Give Children a Reason to Smile
Joan Gluch of the School of Dental Medicine is quoted about the school’s free clinic for local children.
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Graduation Gap Widens
Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about studying racial disparities and graduation rates.
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Fight Over Private College Police Records
The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled last week that private college police departments are subject to the state’s open records laws, but a bill passed earlier this month by Indiana’s General Assembly could undercut the ruling. The legislation would require that police departments at private colleges and universities, which have argued they are exempt from public access laws, release records related to arrests for criminal offenses.
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Video: Howard U. Students Protest, Saying Victims of Sexual Assault Deserve Better Treatment
A crowd of students chanted, “‘No’ means NO! ‘No’ means NO!” outside a dorm at Howard University where a woman said she was raped by another student. When she made the allegations on social media, upset by what she said was a lack of concern from university officials, students quickly turned it into a broader protest about safety for women on campus. Their social media campaign — #takebackthenightHU — was trending on Twitter in Washington, as protesters gathered outside the dorm, sitting in the grass and filling part of Georgia Avenue.
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Politicians Push Marriage, but That’s Not What Would Help Children
Sara Jaffe of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on how marriage promotion can backfire.
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Berkeley Hires; Speaker Boycott Ends
The University of California at Berkeley said Friday it will extend job offers to 69 subcontracted employees after the university system’s largest union last month urged speakers scheduled to appear at Berkeley to boycott the campus. AFSCME Local 3299, which represents more than 22,000 employees on the University of California’s 10 campuses, called in early February for a “Speaker’s Boycott” until Berkeley agreed to directly hire custodians and parking attendants who were contracted to work on campus through three different companies: PerformanceFirst, ABM and Laz Parking.
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Colleges Brace for Overtime Overhaul
Schools across the country are bracing for a surge in personnel costs as they prepare for the Obama administration’s overhaul to overtime-pay rules. The Labor Department proposal, due to be released in final form as soon as this summer, would make about 5 million U.S. workers newly eligible for overtime pay by more than doubling the salary threshold that generally determines who can and can’t get it. While the rule will apply to employers of all kinds, higher-education institutions say their missions and circumstances mean they’ll be hit in ways that other types of employers aren’t.
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Audio: Lessons From Rubella Suggest Zika’s Impact Could Linger
Stanley Plotkin of the Perelman School of Medicine makes comparisons between the rubella outbreak and the Zika virus.
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‘Lesson Plan’
Bachelor's degrees should be completed in three years. MOOCs should replace general education. Coding boot camps are the game changer. College should be free. Internships are more important than instruction. Eliminate administrative bloat and higher education will be prosperous. Pick your quick fix for higher education, but it won't be endorsed in Lesson Plan (Princeton University Press), a new book by William G. Bowen and Michael S. McPherson.