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1 avril 2016

How can I teach when my students are packing guns?

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. It is difficult and painful to imagine how the learning environment in my course will change in the fall, when students at the University of Texas–Austin will have the right to attend class with a concealed gun. More...

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1 avril 2016

Strategies to support students with autism at CHERE Conference

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Center for Higher Education Retention Excellence (CHERE) is sponsoring a one-day conference, Higher Education & Students with Autism: What We Know, What We Need to Know & How We Get There Together, to explore best practices for educators working with college students who are on the autism spectrum. More...

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1 avril 2016

Are students demanding a limit to free speech on campuses today?

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. More of this year’s freshman class expects to participate in at least one protest while they’re in college than at any other time in the last 50 years. The portion of all students who claim to be these prospective protesters? 10%. Among black students, the proportion rises to 16%. More...

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1 avril 2016

Skyward’s education partnerships promote technology careers

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Skyward, a K-12 administrative software company, has partnered with area K-12 and higher education institutions to provide students of all ages an early start on discovering the careers of the future within the information technology sector. More...

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1 avril 2016

Rice joins organization focused on teaching, diversity in STEM

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Rice University is one of 25 research universities that are new members of the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL), a national initiative to increase the number and diversity of graduates in the STEM fields. More...

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1 avril 2016

Candidate’s comment reopens whether college is worth the cost

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. For a guy with only a high school diploma, Andrew Cardin, 23, thinks he’s doing pretty well for himself. More...

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1 avril 2016

Higher education bill would add millions, freeze tuition and fees

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. State legislators will be asked to consider a bill that would add millions to the higher education system and freeze tuition and fees in an effort to broaden educational opportunities. More...

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1 avril 2016

University research spins off wide array of products, firms

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Whether people realize it or not, many of the products and companies that touch their lives every day have their origins in university-based research. Google sprang from Stanford. More...

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1 avril 2016

Extend loan policy to adjuncts

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. I respond to the Monday Dispatch article “Instructors carry load for low pay, no benefits,” about adjunct faculty in higher education. More...

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1 avril 2016

Triangle universities partnering to attract innovation funding

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Triangle Venture Alliance (TVA) -- a partnership of Duke University, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University -- will develop a network of cooperating angel groups that will tap the alumni base of the region’s universities to draw seed-stage capital to the region. More...

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