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30 mars 2018

At Calif.’s top public universities, why a dearth of Latino professors matters

In the middle of a talk on immigration policy, UC Berkeley lecturer Pablo Gonzalez suddenly gets personal. Standing at the front of a windowless classroom on this prestigious public university campus, he recounts how his mother and other women in his West Berkeley neighborhood each year would mark the anniversary of their arrival to the United States. More...

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30 mars 2018

Quiet year for higher education bills at Indiana Statehouse

People living outside the state could soon be eligible for resident tuition after serving on the USS Indiana submarine, thanks to a bill coming out of the 2018 Indiana General Assembly. More...

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30 mars 2018

U. of Ala. searching for family of owner of radio struck by meteorite

If anyone in Forsyth County knows the family of Eugene H. Hodges, officials with the University of Alabama are trying to contact them to talk about a radio struck by a meteorite. More...

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29 mars 2018

Post-protest: Colleges overlook HS activism

The tragic shootings at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February triggered a massive reaction by U.S. high school students, capturing the attention of the public and the media in ways students never had before. More...

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29 mars 2018

Colleges teach future teachers to address school violence

The ongoing wave of school violence has forced higher ed to enhance emergency-response training in teacher education programs. More...

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29 mars 2018

Behavioral teams soothe higher ed student distress

After the Virginia Tech tragedy, colleges began to build teams of administrators and faculty to better recognize and support distraught individuals on campus. More...

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29 mars 2018

Paying college adjuncts in full

When adjunct faculty assembled in November 2017 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, it wasn’t for curricula conversation. Instead, after voting to form a union earlier in the year, they were rallying for better pay. More...

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27 mars 2018

What to expect when a college assigns students to random roommates

Duke University recently announced that first-year students will now be randomly assigned to their dormmates. The goal is to give students a chance to meet and learn from peers from a completely different background. Is this silly social engineering or smart policy. More...

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27 mars 2018

If you want to know how to stop school shootings, ask the Secret Service

While President Donald Trump has not shied away from offering suggestions on how to prevent school shootings – including one controversial idea to arm teachers – what often gets overlooked in the conversation is research on the subject that has already been done. More...

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27 mars 2018

Zero tolerance discipline policies won’t fix school shootings

The Trump administration and its supporters are latching onto school discipline reform as the solution. But by reform, they do not mean improving school climate, ensuring fairness or getting students the mental and social services they need. They mean doing away with the school discipline reform the Obama administration helped spur. More...

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