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Defining Intolerance
The University of California System is trying again to adopt a policy that addresses intolerance on campus. After a draft policy was rejected last year amid First Amendment concerns, the new draft appears to be attracting more support. Last year, a series of incidents led many to fear anti-Semitism on UC campuses was on the rise. A Jewish fraternity at UC Davis was defaced with swastikas, for example.
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These Colleges Expect Poor Families to Pay More Than Half Their Earnings to Cover Costs
Colleges often pride themselves on admitting low-income students, but many of those schools expect the neediest families to cover an outsized portion of the cost of attendance, according to a report released Wednesday by the New America Foundation. Policy analysts at the think tank found that hundreds of schools expect families making $30,000 or less to pay an amount that equals more than half of their annual earnings to send their children to college.
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Should Campus Leaders Ever Disinvite a Controversial Speaker?
About one year, almost to the day, after Christina H. Paxson was inaugurated as the 19th president of Brown University, the institution became the latest site in a string of battles on campuses nationwide that boiled down to two questions: Should a college disinvite a controversial speaker, and if so, when? At Brown in the fall of 2013, the speaker was the commissioner of the New York Police Department, Raymond W. Kelly, who oversaw its controversial "stop and frisk" policy, which was widely viewed as racial profiling. Students pushed for Mr.
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How Do You Fight Poverty? With the World’s Biggest Flower Show
Susan Wachter of the Wharton School is cited for publishing a paper showing that greened lots increased the values of adjacent homes.
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Why New York University Fell in the Best Business Schools Rankings
When U.S. News calculates our annual rankings of the Best Graduate Schools, we get all the statistical data we use from the schools themselves. This means U.S. News depends on those schools to provide accurate and complete data in response to our statistical surveys. When a school does not provide data that are used in the rankings methodologies, that can have a significant effect on its position in the rankings.
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Penn Study: Blacks Playing Men’s Hoops, Football Lag Behind in Degrees
Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about his research on black male student-athletes and the graduation gap.
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College Savings Plans Are Growing in Popularity and Value, report Says
Families are socking away more money in 529 college savings plans than ever, investing a record $253 billion last year in preparation for the sky-high cost of higher education, according to a report released Tuesday by the College Savings Plans Network. The advantage to 529 plans — named for a section of the U.S. tax code — is that families can invest through such accounts without the earnings being taxed, so long as the funds ultimately are used to pay for college expenses.
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Are You Being Watched?
Faculty members at Our Lady of the Lake University recently noticed some newcomers in their courses: administrators and staffers, including their department chairs and program directors. Without notifying the faculty or asking for permission, professors say, the university has given administrators the ability to add themselves to courses in Blackboard Learn, the university’s learning management system. The faculty members only discovered the monitoring after a professor noticed the new names on the course roster while composing an email.
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The Ides of March: A Leadership Epic Fail
President Amy Gutmann is cited for her leadership skills.
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State Budge Impasse Triggers Accreditation Questions for Temple
Pennsylvania’s lengthy budget impasse has caused the commission that accredits colleges and universities regionally to question Temple University about its ability to stay in compliance without the $147 million in state funding it has yet to receive. Heather F. Perfetti, vice president of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, asked Temple in a March 10 letter to provide a report on the impact the budget impasse has had on the university’s operations and its contingency plans. The university must submit the report by April 10.