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Call to Shut Down a Controversial Accreditor Could Shake For-Profit Higher Ed
For more than a year, criticism of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools has been growing over the poor student outcomes at its member colleges and allegations of misconduct against some of those institutions. Now the U.S. Department of Education has recommended that the accrediting agency lose its authority as a gatekeeper of federal financial aid. In a 29-page report released on Wednesday, department analysts laid out 21 areas where they say the accreditor, known as Acics, has failed to follow federal rules.
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Penn’s Perry World House Looks Out of This World
The architecture and design of Perry World House, set to open in September, are highlighted.
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Georgetown Survey: Three in 10 Female Undergrads Experience Sexual Misconduct
Three in 10 female undergraduates surveyed at Georgetown University said this year they had been sexually penetrated or sexually touched without their consent since they arrived at the school, a finding similar to what more than two dozen other prominent research universities have learned recently from their own students. The women told Georgetown that the attacks occurred through physical force or while they were incapacitated and unable to provide consent.
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How Obama Helped Reshape Internet Rules
Christopher Yoo of the Law School is quoted about President Obama’s strategies to shift the debate about internet rules.
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Protecting Values in Overseas Ventures
Bard College offers dual degrees in cooperation with universities in Kyrgyzstan, Russia and the West Bank. In a panel discussion last week, Jonathan Becker, Bard’s vice president for academic affairs and director of its Center for Civic Engagement, began his remarks by discussing another of the college’s locations. “So this is a place where we offer a Bard degree,” Becker said. “But the government there places limits on what we can teach. For example, we can’t offer classes on terrorism.
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Video: The Hidden Forces That Shape the Decisions You Make
Jonah Berger of the Wharton School talks about his new book, Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces That Shape Behavior.
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How the Cultural Revolution Sowed the Seeds of Dissent in China
Goubin Yang of the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts & Sciences is interviewed about his latest book, The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China.
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Hundreds of Colleges Had Zero Rape Reports in 2014. And That Could Be Worrisome.
There were no rapes reported in 2014 at California State University at Long Beach, a public university with about 36,000 students. That could seem like a positive sign. But school officials aren’t boasting about it. They know sexual violence victims are often reluctant to step forward, and they want to hear more often from survivors. “We always operate under the assumption that zero does not really mean zero,” said Cal State Long Beach spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp. “We realize that under-reporting will happen. It is a fact based on the national data.
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To Reassure Nervous Students, Colleges Lean on LGBT Centers
The mass shooting early Sunday at an Orlando nightclub that left 49 people and the gunman dead has heightened fears of anti-gay discrimination and persecution, especially among the college-aged. While officials were still investigating the shooter’s motives on Tuesday, the effects of the massacre were acute among college students — and not just because several of the victims were enrolled in local institutions. Young lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are often particularly vulnerable and seeking a supportive community, said Shane L.
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Ignore Risk Questionnaires and Have a Better Retirement
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School is cited for his book Stocks for the Long Run.