By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. University demotes two high-ranking administrators after they apparently failed to follow policy in investigating and disciplining a reportedly racist coach. More...
24 septembre 2018
24 septembre 2018
Parents, Greek Leaders Create Anti-Hazing Campaign
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A group of parents of students who died in hazing rituals is working with national Greek life organizations on a national campaign designed to press state lawmakers to strengthen anti-hazing laws. More...
24 septembre 2018
Social Scientists Push for Greater Collaboration
By Lindsay McKenzie. The Social Science Research Council has called on researchers, research funders, the U.S. government and the private sector to forge new partnerships to address the challenges facing social science research. More...
24 septembre 2018
Women now lead half the public HE institutions in Utah
Women now lead half of the eight public colleges and universities within the Utah system of higher education, a percentage higher than the national average of female presidents of higher education institutions, writes Monica Levitan for Diverse Education. More...24 septembre 2018
Colleges told they must have counsellors on campus
The Visvesvaraya Technological University in India is taking stress and emotional disturbances among its students seriously – all its affiliated colleges have been told that they must have counsellors on the campus. The order is: Counsel the students and hand-hold them in all times of difficulty and give them career advice, writes Kumaran P for the Bangalore Mirror. More...24 septembre 2018
100% completion of student sexual harassment training
Harvard College mandated for the first time this year that undergraduates complete an online sexual harassment training, or else face consequences. Failure to complete the module, college administrators warned over the summer, would result in students being barred from enrolling in classes, writes Jamie D Halper for The Harvard Crimson. More...24 septembre 2018
Make campuses great centres of civil discourse again
By Mary Beth Marklein. The outcome of a looming court battle over Harvard University's admissions policy will have implications nationwide for how United States colleges and universities build the racially diverse student body that most Americans say they favour. More...24 septembre 2018
AAUP–ARL Statement on Scholarly Communication
AAUP–ARL Statement on Scholarly Communication
Statement by the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) and Association for Research Libraries (ARL) that mostly preserves the status quo, with a slight nod toward open access. More...
24 septembre 2018
National Occupational Classification
National Occupational Classification
Some discussion in the DEOS list on competencies is producing some interesting links. This one, for example, is the result of Human Resources Development Canada's (HRDC's) efforts in 2001 to describe all occupations in Canada (for fun - select the first link on each page, and be treated to the description for 'cabinet minister'). More...
24 septembre 2018
Judge: Delay of Borrower Defense Rule Unlawful
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' decision to delay an Obama administration student loan rule was illegal. More...
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