More Colleges Add ‘Confidential Advisers’ for Students Reporting Sexual Assault Chronicle of Higher Education More Colleges Add ‘Confidential Advisers’ for Students Reporting Sexual Assault The requirement that college employees report campus sexual assaults is designed with an important goal in mind: to ensure that no incident gets swept under the rug. If a student is assaulted on a Friday night and immediately informs a resident adviser or faculty member, that employee must notify the college’s Title IX coordinator as soon as possible. The coordinator then must investigate the student’s claims, as required by Title IX, the federal gender-equity law.
Man’s Best Friend: How Veterinary Research Could Save Human Lives The Guardian Man’s Best Friend: How Veterinary Research Could Save Human Lives Dean Joan Hendricks and Nicola Mason of the School of Veterinary Medicine are quoted about health solutions originally developed for pets that could help humans.
Illinois: Chancellor Who Resigned Is to Be Fired Instead, and Lose Bonus The New York Times Illinois: Chancellor Who Resigned Is to Be Fired Instead, and Lose Bonus
Your Commute Could Help You Lose Weight The Wall Street Journal Your Commute Could Help You Lose Weight John MacDonald of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on studying how commuting can contribute to weight loss.
Colleges Under Investigation for Sexual Assault Wonder What Getting It Right Looks Like Chronicle of Higher Education Colleges Under Investigation for Sexual Assault Wonder What Getting It Right Looks Like
Universities Love to Build (and capture construction in cool time-lapse) The Washington Post Universities Love to Build (and capture construction in cool time-lapse)
Breaches in the Wall of Separation The Economist Breaches in the Wall of Separation Sarah Barringer Gordon of the Law School and the School of Arts & Sciences is featured for researching the influence of state authorities on churches during the early decades of American life. The article contains a link to a Law School podcast.
U. of Cincinnati Turns to a Professor to Oversee Police Reform Chronicle of Higher Education U. of Cincinnati Turns to a Professor to Oversee Police Reform
Experts: Hillary Clinton Video Exaggerates Student Loan Problems Politico.com Experts: Hillary Clinton Video Exaggerates Student Loan Problems Student loan interest rates at 9 percent? Graduates leaving school with more than $100,000 of debt? An annual college bill of $64,380? These things happen, but they aren’t the norm — though you might not be able to tell from watching a new online video from Hillary Clinton. Borrowers facing these circumstances are featured in a video promoted on social media this week as Clinton rolled out a $350 billion higher education plan heavy on student loan debt relief.