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UC-Santa Cruz Congratulates Thousands on Admission. But, Oops, They Didn’t Apply.
The upbeat emails went out this week to 4,000 students in the District, Maryland and Virginia who are on high alert for anything regarding their college applications. It seemed like great news:”Congratulations on your admission to UC Santa Cruz!” “To celebrate your achievement and to provide an opportunity to learn more about UC Santa Cruz, you and your family are cordially invited to a special reception in the Virginia area on March 28th, 2016,” the emails continued. But the students who received those invites Wednesday night were nonplussed.
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Disparities in Coaches’ Academic Incentives Raise Concerns Over Gender Equity
The first rounds of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are set to begin on Thursday and Friday, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in performance bonuses at stake for the coaches whose teams advance. Many of those coaches’ contracts also contain incentives to prioritize academics and help their players perform well in the classroom. Men’s coaches have the potential to earn far bigger academic bonuses than do women’s coaches in dozens of Division I programs, a discrepancy that legal experts say could expose colleges to employment-discrimination claims.
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Feeling Unwelcomed in Korea
Since the turn of the millennium, South Korean universities have been trying to improve their research capabilities by attracting scholars from across the world to shake up a sometimes insular system. But a study has found that in at least one of the country’s top institutions, foreign faculty members are feeling disempowered and usually leave a few years after being recruited, raising questions about how successfully Korean universities and other Asian institutions are integrating their increasing numbers of international academics.
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When It Comes to Breastfeeding. ‘Natural’ Is a Loaded Term
Research by Jessica Martucci and Anne Barnhill of the Perelman School of Medicine about the implications of public-health campaigns on breastfeeding as the “natural” way to nourish infants is featured.
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Heavy Recruitment of Chinese Students Sows Discord on U.S. Campuses
Chutian Shao moved from China to the Midwest college town of Champaign, Ill., a few years ago. Some days, he says, it feels as if he hasn’t traveled very far at all. On a recent Monday, the 22-year-old woke up in the apartment he shares with three Chinese friends. He walked to an engineering class at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he sat with Chinese students. Then, he hit the gym with a Chinese pal before studying in the library until late into the night. He recalls uttering two fragments in English all day.
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The Mental and Academic Costs of Campus Activism
Maxwell C. Little wasn’t in a good place last fall. Many days he stayed up until 3 a.m. to meet with fellow founding members of Concerned Student 1950, the student group protesting racism at the University of Missouri at Columbia, going home for just a few hours and regrouping in the morning. He was tired all the time — physically, mentally, and emotionally. As the campus protests escalated, it became harder for Mr. Little to juggle being an activist and a full-time student.
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After Two Years, Tucker PAL Center Re-opens in University City
Vice President Maureen Rush of Public Safety comments on the re-opening of the Tucker PAL Center.
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As FCC Auction Looms, Colleges Consider the Value of Their Airwaves
In a large brick building that once housed a hospital for freed slaves, a group of Howard University seniors is rehearsing for a newscast. It’s their first time in the studio, and their first story is about dating in the age of smartphones. "Basically, it’s about how you go to a restaurant, and you see a couple scrolling on their phones instead of talking to each other," says Erin Winters, 21, who wrote the script. Ms. Winters sits at a computer, controlling the teleprompter. Husain Murad, a lecturer and doctoral candidate in communications, stands nearby, guiding the students.
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Black Athletes Who Power the NCAA Machine Must Demand Their Just Due
Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education is cited for studying black male student-athletes and racial inequities in NCAA Division I college sports.
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Despite Doubts and Hurdles, Why Medicine Is a Calling for Penn Med Student
Fourth-year medical student Rebekah Lucien of the Perelman School of Medicine shares her passion for medicine and her journey to Match Day.