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After 3 Years, U. of Colorado Deems Its Conservative-scholars Program a Success
In 2013, Steven F. Hayward accepted what he calls a "gonzo challenge" from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Seeking to support an underrepresented viewpoint on their campus, the university’s administrators invited Mr. Hayward to fill a newly created and unusual position there: a one-year term as a "visiting scholar in conservative thought and policy." "I was somewhat reluctant about the whole idea," said Mr.
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The Dreamer Who Dared to Dream
Undergraduate Alfredo Muniz is featured as one of the 2016 President’s Innovation Prize winners.
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Fading Affordability
Joni Finney of the Graduate School of Education comments about co-authoring a study on college affordability for Americans.
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Things Successful Presidents Do
It’s been nearly three years since I was a fellow in the American Council on Education’s flagship leadership-training program, yet I still reflect on what I learned there. A central benefit of the program is the opportunity to spend time with a cross section of senior administrators from a broad array of institutions. During my fellowship, I made a point of meeting presidents and chancellors who were widely regarded as successful. I met more than 40 such CEOs via the program, and they were as different as the institutions they led.
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Lawmaker Delivers Petition Opposing George Mason’s Decision to Rename Its Law School for Scalia
A Virginia lawmaker sent a petition with more than 1,200 signatures to the council which oversees higher education Wednesday evening, asking them to consider the strong public opposition he has heard to the announcement that George Mason would rename its law school after the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. “Stop GMU from selling the naming rights to the law school to anonymous donors who want to name it for Antonin Scalia,” the petition begins, and Del.
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The Final Straw at UC Davis
Linda P. B. Katehi survived as chancellor of the University of California at Davis after an incident in 2011 where campus police used pepper spray against students engaged in a nonviolent protest. And she survived other controversies in the years since -- even as some students and faculty members demanded her ouster. But on Wednesday evening, she was placed on administrative leave, in part over allegations that haven't been the dominant issues for those demanding her ouster.
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Hey Democrats: Be Careful What You Wish For
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center shares her thoughts on presidential candidate Donald Trump’s popularity.
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Villanova Seeks to Capitalize – again – on a Basketball Crown
The Rev. Peter M. Donohue wants to make one thing clear: He is not much of a basketball fan. Sure, he might go to a Los Angeles Lakers game when he’s on the West Coast. But only if his staff tells him it’s necessary for building alumni or donor relationships. Donohue is, however, a Villanova basketball fan. It’s hard not to be one when you are the president of the university, and you go to every home game, and you have a very visible seat near half court, and the students have a set cheer when they spot Father Peter.
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Locating Language Within the Brain
Anjan Chatterjee of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “In cognitive neuroscience in general, we’re in a transition period between hypothesis- or theory-driven investigations and data-driven investigations.”
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Report: Last Affordable Options for College Students Are Fast Disappearing
Joni Finney of the Graduate School for Education comments on college affordability.