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New Rules, Except for Fraternities
After more than a year of research and consideration, the University of Kansas announced in September that it was adopting 22 of the 27 recommendations suggested by a sexual assault prevention task force created by the university’s chancellor. Among the exceptions? Those related to the university's fraternities. The recommendations the university adopted included revising definitions of sexual harassment and sexual assault, creating a prevention and education research center, and implementing several prevention programs for all first-year students.
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U-Va. Waged Intense Fight To Influence Federal Sexual Assault Investigation
The University of Virginia waged an intense fight over the summer to influence the conclusions of a federal investigation into sexual violence at the school, newly obtained documents show, while Virginia’s governor personally pressed the nation’s top education official to ensure that the elite public flagship would not be unfairly tarnished.
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What Colleges Might Lose by Banning Yik Yak
In an effort to curb harassment on college campuses, 72 women’s and civil-rights groups from across the nation recently announced a campaign to enlist the federal government to shut down applications like Yik Yak, which they claim foster an environment of exclusion and hate.
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When Making Donations, Know an Agency’s Needs
Katherina Rosqueta of the School of Social Policy & Practice comments on why, how and when donations are made.
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With Perkins Loans Ending, Students Scramble
Abigail Anderson had it all figured: With multiple loans, a work-study job and scholarships, she could pay for Immaculata University for all four years. Not anymore. Anderson, a freshman majoring in fashion merchandising, found out recently that after this year she will lose her federal Perkins loan, which amounts to almost $2,000. "It changes everything," said the Magnolia, Del., native, who will have to look for other scholarships, or turn to her parents, whom she said can't afford it. "Every little amount counts. It all makes a difference."
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Use This Formula to Quickly Gain Anyone’s Trust
Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School is featured for his new book, Friend & Foe.
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Neighbors Wary of Temple’s Stadium Plan
Freddie Bolden was doing what she always does on Tuesdays from her perch on West Norris Street: feeding the neighborhood. She placed several boxes of donated canned goods on two tables outside her rowhouse with the yellow-painted cracked steps. But now, a mere glance across the street prompted anger. Temple University wants to build a football stadium on her block. "Who wants to open their door and look at a stadium?" asked Bolden, who is 58 and called Mom Mom by the neighborhood children. "That's ridiculous. They don't need to put it here."
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Marriage May Bolster Recovery From Surgery
Mark Neuman of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “It’s important to look at patients in their environment, including their social supports, in developing interventions that could potentially improve outcomes.”
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Defending Affirmative Action
No consensus exists in American society about the practice of colleges considering race in admissions decisions. Since the 1970s, colleges have been doing so to try to enroll diverse classes of students (and of course under Jim Crow many colleges considered race to prevent diversity). But the practice has always been controversial -- and voters and judges have questioned and in some cases banned the practice. But among higher education associations, a consensus strongly backs the right of colleges to consider race in admissions. Today is the deadline for submitting briefs to the U.S.
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Preventing Another #ProQuestGate
Anne Moyer of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the Renaissance Society of America’s subscription to Early English Books Online.