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2 Keys to Success for Underprivileged Students: When to Start College, and Where to Go
Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about the importance of high schools on students’ journey to college.
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A Rising Call to Promote STEM Education and Cut Liberal Arts Funding
When the Kentucky governor, Matt Bevin, suggested last month that students majoring in French literature should not receive state funding for their college education, he joined a growing number of elected officials who want to nudge students away from the humanities and toward more job-friendly subjects like electrical engineering.
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California’s Four-year Universities Reach Out to Immigrant Students with Low-interest DREAM Loans
Officials at California's four-year public universities are reaching out to an estimated 10,000 undergraduate students who might qualify for a special loan aimed at reducing their tuition — a program that further distinguishes the state as a national trendsetter in providing services to immigrants who are in the country illegally. The California DREAM low-interest loans are designated for such immigrants who are enrolled at University of California or California State University campuses. Gov.
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After 40 Years in Solidarity, Albert Woodfox’s Release Marks Turning Point
Paul Robinson of the Law School comments on the post-incarceration effects of solitary confinement.
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Williams College Cancels a Speaker Who Was Invited to Bring in Provocative Opinions
Williams College’s president took “the extraordinary step” this week of canceling the speech of an author who had been invited to bring provocative ideas to campus, saying his ideas cross the line into hate speech. John Derbyshire, a mathematician who used to write for the National Review until he wrote a piece for a blog which was widely decried as racist, had been invited by a student group to speak about immigration and national identity.
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The Next Ann Coulter
In a packed auditorium Wednesday, several students at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities interrupted ultradivisive conservative writer and speaker Milo Yiannopoulos with blaring air horns. Outside, more student protesters held signs reading “End rape culture” and “Rape culture is not a myth.” At another event several days earlier, students at Rutgers University smeared faux blood on their faces while Yiannopoulos spoke, shouting, “This man represents hatred.” And those were the events Yiannopoulos (at right) made it to.
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New Chinese Rules on Foreign Films’ Online Content
Jacques deLisle of the Law School comments on how new Chinese laws on the online content of foreign films is a way to “restrict the influence of foreign or western ideas.”
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What’s the Best Way to Lead After a Racial Incident on Campus?
Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education shares his thoughts on the best way for college leaders to handle the campus climate after a racial incident occurs.
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Former Student Sues Harvard Over Handling of Sexual Crimes Complaints
A lawsuit filed by a Harvard graduate who said she was sexually assaulted by a fellow student and then forced by the university to live in the same dorm as her attacker accuses the institution of failing to protect her and of creating a culture of silence about sexual violence. The lawsuit filed by the former student, Alyssa Leader, on Tuesday in United States District Court in Massachusetts seeks a jury trial for unspecified damages. Ms.
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Education Dept. Defends Its Approach to Title IX in Face of Senate Pressure
The Education Department is standing by its controversial guidance to colleges on sexual harassment and sexual assault in response to questions raised by a prominent Senate critic. Catherine E. Lhamon, the department’s assistant secretary for civil rights, defended her agency’s actions in a letter on Wednesday to Sen. James Lankford, who, as head of the Senate’s subcommittee on regulatory affairs and federal management, had accused the department of overreach in pressuring colleges to fight sexual discrimination to comply with the gender-equity law known as Title IX.