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Struggling to Stay True to Wisconsin’s Ideals
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is not a particularly wealthy school. So when the writing on the wall made it clear that the regional campus, which educates 10,700 students, would have about a quarter of its state funds cut this year, Eau Claire administrators had already planned a course of action to trim the fat: significant administrative reductions, preferably as far away from the academic enterprise as possible.
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University of Cincinnati Officer Indicted in Shooting Death of Samuel Dubose
A University of Cincinnati police officer was indicted Wednesday on a murder charge in what a prosecutor called “a senseless, asinine shooting” of an unarmed man during a minor traffic stop. Officials say it was the first time such a charge had been leveled against an officer in the county. The Hamilton County prosecuting attorney, Joseph T. Deters, released a much anticipated video of the shooting of Samuel Dubose taken by the officer’s body camera that he described as crucial evidence that Mr.
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Dear Google, Why Is College So Expensive?
Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education comments on the price of college.
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To Fix the Fed, Simplify It
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School pens an op-ed about repairing the Federal Reserve System.
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How to Combat Sexual Assault in College? The Senate Wants to Know.
What should be done about sexual assault in college? And what, if anything, should Congress do? The Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions takes up those questions Wednesday morning in a hearing that suggests sexual assault will become part of the debate in revising the nation’s higher education law. The committee, chaired by Sen.
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How Bioethics Has Pushed America Left
Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences blogs about the impact of bioethics on America.
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Should College Police Officers Be Armed and Challenging People Off Campus?
The high-profile shooting of a man during a traffic stop by a University of Cincinnati officer this month raised a question: Just what is the role of campus security? Most universities now allow their campus officers to carry guns, according to Department of Justice statistics, and most campus security officers patrol areas both strictly within campus limits and those nearby.
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Affirmative Consent: Are Students Really Asking?
Tyler Frahme, a University at Albany junior, had never even heard of affirmative consent, the unequivocal O.K. to sex that is mandated by state law. Nor was he in the habit of asking women for permission to proceed at every new juncture of sexual activity.
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We May Have Been Wrong About How African Pygmies Grow
Sarah Tishkoff of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about there being very few studies of Baka, African Pygmies.
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Why Drexel U. Tames Its Application Monster
When applications fall, trouble often follows. So when Drexel University saw about half as many applicants this year as last, it braced for a smaller freshman class — and less revenue. In June the institution laid off a few dozen employees, part of a restructuring plan already underway to save $18 million while reducing tuition increases. Those cuts went hand in hand with a new enrollment strategy, says John A. Fry, the university’s president: "We were trying to hedge our bets, knowing we were going to be in uncertain territory." Still, he’s confident.