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BC’s Solution to LGBTQ+ Demands Gets Tepid Response
Boston College students have long pushed their Jesuit university to create an LGBTQ+ resource center. Instead, the college will house LGBTQ resources in an intercultural center.
New Presidents and Provosts: Columbia College (S.C.), Fairleigh Dickinson U, Florida Southern College, Marietta College, North Carolina CC System, Pennsylvania State U–Berks, U of the Arts, U of Texas Medical Branch–Galveston
Michael J. Avaltroni, interim president of Fairleigh Dickinson University, in New Jersey, has been appointed president there on a permanent...
Stevens Tech Will Give Each Graduate $250 After Terrible Commencement
Stevens Institute of Technology will give each graduate $250 to make up for a “chaotic experience” during the commencement ceremonies...
Poll: Most Americans Favor Modest Affirmative Action
Most Americans support affirmative action in college admissions and do not want the Supreme Court to ban it, according to...
Preparing the Campus for a Controversial Speaker
Spencer D. Kelly and Yukari Hirata offer a case study for how they worked to build receptivity among students, faculty and staff to a controversial invited speaker.
New Programs: Nursing, Addiction Counseling, Mechatronics Engineering
The following colleges have announced new academic programs: Clinton College is starting a bachelor of science in nursing. Emory &...
UNC ‘Civic Life’ Center Progressing, Over Faculty Objections
Chapel Hill faculty members were caught off guard in January by what sounded like the return of a proposed conservative campus center. They objected, but the university is moving forward.