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The Other School Bathroom Issue That Nobody Is Talking About
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes about poor restroom conditions in schools.
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Why Host David Duke?
Dillard University President Walter M. Kimbrough walked a fine line under intense scrutiny over the last two weeks -- and more scrutiny is likely coming. The private 1,200-student university in New Orleans, a historically black institution, agreed weeks ago to host a debate Wednesday night between candidates for Louisiana’s open U.S. Senate seat. When it agreed to host the debate, the university did not know which candidates would be participating.
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Penn State Faces $2.4 Million Fine for Violations for Federal Crime Reporting Law Pre-Sandusky
Almost exactly five years after Pennsylvania State University was rocked by the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal, the fallout continues, this time with the U.S. Department of Education levying a $2.4 million fine against the school for violations of federal crime reporting laws. The fine is the largest ever assessed under the federal Clery Act, said the department, which found 11 areas of violations.
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City Turns to Science to Bolster Some Flagging Programs
Dan Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences offers advice about how to improve Philadelphia’s outreach to residents by gaining a better understanding of human behavior.
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Her Students Asked About Police Shootings. So She Created a Guide for Them.
In the fall of 2014, Patricia A. Matthew’s students started asking her why Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, had been shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. Ms. Matthew, an associate professor of English at Montclair State University, in New Jersey, didn’t have the answers. So she did some research: How had racial tensions reached a boiling point in Ferguson?
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Diversity Ensures Today’s Campuses Not Your Grandparents’ Universities
Doctoral candidate Kenyon Bonner of the Graduate School of Education writes about the importance of diversity on college campuses.
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UNC President On the ‘Bathroom Law’ and Higher Ed Reform
The new leader of the University of North Carolina system has much more on her mind than who should be allowed to use which bathrooms on campus. “There’s a lot more at issue in higher education than this particular issue,” UNC President Margaret Spellings said last week during a visit to Washington. “I mean, come on.” Among those other topics, she said, are affordability, access and student success in a 17-campus system with nearly 225,000 students.
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Most Voters Haven’t Changed Their Minds All Year
Dan Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences writes about Americans who have not changed their minds about which candidate they will cast their vote for in the upcoming presidential election.
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You’re Probably Tired of the Presidential Race, but Long Campaigns Are a Good Thing
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on the benefits of long presidential campaigns.
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Bob Dylan, a Laureate Sure, but by What Measure a Poet
Anthony DeCurtis of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on teaching with text penned by Bob Dylan.