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Higher education on trial

Web Editor | July 27, 2014

Higher education is in the dock in 2014. The questions are flying: Why does it cost so much? Why does it cost more each year? Why do so many students not finish? Why can't they get good jobs? Why is it not equally accessible to all? Why is it not doing a better job training […]

Clery Act revisions: More regulations, more questions

Stefanie Botelho | July 24, 2014

Proposed revisions to the Clery Act aim to give colleges and universities a more clear, centralized set of regulations to prevent and investigate sexual assault on campus. The amendments focus on the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, changes that were made to the Clery Act in 2013. The U.S. Department of Education is proposing that […]

‘Trigger warnings’ trigger college debate

JD Solomon | June 13, 2014

We’ve all seen the familiar warning preceding TV shows: “The following program contains material that may be disturbing.Viewer discretion is advised.” Online, the term “trigger warning” is a common notation on women’s blogs and forums to alert readers, particularly victims of sexual abuse, of content they might want to avoid. Now several universities, spurred by […]

Escaping the athletic trap

JD Solomon | May 22, 2014

College sports has long had its share of scandals, including rape charges against players and coaches, illegal payments to athletes, academic fraud and point shaving, to name a few. More recently, a pair of high-profile cases—an antitrust suit against the NCAA by players seeking compensation for the use of their likenesses for commercial purposes and […]

Are colleges doing enough to combat sexual assault allegations?

Web Editor | April 24, 2014

President Obama recently established a task force to protect students from sexual assault. According to a White House Memorandum of January 22, 2014, one in five female students is a survivor of attempted or actual sexual assault that occurred while in college. The unfortunate and heartbreaking situation with University of Missouri swimmer, Sasha Menu Courey, […]

Closing the gender gap in science

JD Solomon | April 17, 2014

A March report commissioned by the cosmetics company L'OrÁ©al focused on the disproportionate role of women in science. In a nation that prides itself on scientific achievement, the report reveals, less than a third of women actually enter the field, and even fewer graduate and go on to careers. Laurie Glimcher, the first female dean of […]

Sexual assaults on campus: Journalist talks about “frustrating search for justice”

JD Solomon | March 19, 2014

In January, President Obama launched the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault to help colleges and universities combat what he called “the prevalence of rape and sexual assault at our nation’s institutions of higher education.” The announcement came as a growing number of young women have filed federal complaints against colleges […]

College in prison programs expanding again

Matt Zalaznick | February 24, 2014

Bard College doesn’t judge the success of its prison initiative by the number of students who stay out of jail. Recidivism is an extremely low bar, says Executive Director Max Kenner. “We judge by how many people are becoming middle-class taxpayers, how many people are involved in deeply meaningful ways in their communities. We think […]

What about prevention?

Web Editor | February 21, 2014

Recently, the White House Council on Women and Girls issued a report pledging to “make our campuses safer” from sexual assault. According to their research, “1 in 5 women has been sexually assaulted while she’s in college,” a troubling statistic which the authors explain by “the dynamics of college life.” Female undergraduates, we are told, […]

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