By Scott Jaschik. Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president, included her college affordability plan in her speech Thursday night accepting the nomination. Read more...
23 août 2016
23 août 2016
Title IX Victory for Man Suing Over Sex Assault Finding
By Scott Jaschik. Federal appeals court finds enough evidence of possible antimale bias to revive a lawsuit. Ruling could inspire more litigation. Read more...
23 août 2016
On Anniversary of Massacre, Campus Carry Takes Effect
By Scott Jaschik. Fifty years ago today, Charles Whitman killed 17 people and injured 30 more (one of the victims lived for years but ultimately died from wounds linked to the shooting). Whitman killed his wife and mother first and then went up the clock tower at the University of Texas at Austin and fired on the campus, terrorizing everyone who was there that day. In the era before Columbine or Virginia Tech or Orlando, it was a kind of tragedy people could not imagine until it happened. Read more...
23 août 2016
Slight Drop in Colleges in Heightened Cash Monitoring
By Scott Jaschik. The Education Department has released a new list of colleges and universities under heightened cash monitoring, which means that they are subject to far greater oversight than other colleges in federal student aid programs. Read more...
23 août 2016
Pepperdine Drops Its Title IX Exemption
By Scott Jaschik. Pepperdine University has told the U.S. Department of Education that it no longer wishes to be exempt from Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and will abide by the antibias policy. Many Christian colleges, as Pepperdine is, asked for and received exemptions in the last two years, saying that the Education Department's view that Title IX bars discrimination against transgender and gay students violates the colleges' Christian faith. Read more...
23 août 2016
Carthage Goes Test Optional on Admissions
By Scott Jaschik. Carthage College, in Wisconsin, has dropped its requirement that applicants submit SAT or ACT scores. The college explained the shift this way: "Why test optional? This policy aligns with our admissions philosophy of holistic review and aligns with the college’s strategic plan on access. The best indication of whether a student will be successful at Carthage College is their performance in high school -- the grades they earn and the rigor of their course work." Read more...
23 août 2016
Presidents of Black Colleges Call for 'Peace and Unity'
By Scott Jaschik. More than 30 presidents of historically black colleges on Wednesday issued a joint letter calling for "peace and unity" after the shootings of black men and of police officers in several cities. Read more...
23 août 2016
EverFi Buys LawRoom
By Scott Jaschik. EverFi, a company that provides colleges with online training programs on issues such as financial literacy and sexual assault prevention, on Wednesday announced the purchase of LawRoom. Read more...
23 août 2016
College Bans Pokémon Go on Parts of Campus
By Scott Jaschik. The College of the Ozarks has banned Pokémon Go from parts of its campus, OzarksFirst.com reported. The college campus has memorials to veterans and to those who died on Sept. 11 and does not want those playing the game to distract from the experience of visiting those memorials, officials said. Read more...
23 août 2016
Student at Canadian University Feared Killed in Nice
By Scott Jaschik. Ukrainian authorities have confirmed that one of their citizens, who matches the description of a student at MacEwan University, in Canada, is among those killed in the terrorist attack in Nice, CBC News reported. Read more...
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