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By timmc on May 22, 2013
May 21, 2013
The Chronicle of Higher Education
With ‘Gainful Employment’ Talks Set, Department Hears Interested Parties
By Kelly Field
Washington
Call it the “gainful employment for lobbyists” rule.
Three years after the Education Department sparked an all-out lobbying war with the release of a draft of its controversial gainful-employment rule, opponents and proponents of the regulation are gearing up for another costly fight….
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http://chronicle.com/article/With-Gainful-Employment/139433/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
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By timmc on May 21, 2013
TED Talks
Phil Hansen: Embrace the shake
In art school, Phil Hansen developed an unruly tremor in his hand that kept him from creating the pointillist drawings he loved. Hansen was devastated, floating without a sense of purpose. Until a neurologist made a simple suggestion: embrace this limitation … and transcend it.
Taking a cue from his own artistic journey, Phil Hansen challenges us to spark our creativity by thinking inside the box.
http://www.ted.com/talks/phil_hansen_embrace_the_shake.html?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button__2013-05-21
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By timmc on May 21, 2013
May 21, 2013
The Chronicle of Higher Education
‘Dreamers’ Could Receive Federal Student Loans Under Immigration Bill
By Lee Gardner
Washington
An amendment passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday added language to a pending immigration bill that would extend federal student loans, work-study funds, and other federal support to students who are in the United States illegally….
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http://chronicle.com/article/Dreamers-Could-Receive/139425/?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
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By timmc on May 21, 2013
May 21, 2013
The Chronicle of Higher Education
U.S. Appeals Court Allows Sex-Bias Case Against LSU to Proceed
By Eric Kelderman
A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court’s decision to dismiss a case of alleged gender discrimination and retaliation against Louisiana State University for failing to consider a woman for the position of chief of police at the Baton Rouge university…
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http://chronicle.com/article/US-Appeals-Court-Allows/139427/?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
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By timmc on May 21, 2013
No Apology for Controversial Harvard Dissertation
Inside Higher Education
May 21, 2013 – 3:00am
“I don’t apologize for any of my writing,” says Jason Richwine, whose 2009 Harvard University Ph.D. dissertation has received much scrutiny over the last 10 days. The dissertation argues that there will be a long-term gap in the IQs of Latino immigrants and their offspring, and critics at Harvard and elsewhere said that he lacked evidence to back his theory, and was providing intellectual support for racist ideas. Richwine was the author of a Heritage Foundation report on immigration, and critics of the report pointed to the dissertation to raise questions about why anyone was listening to Richwine and whether he deserved a Harvard Ph.D. On Monday, National Review published an essay by Richwine reflecting on the controversy. He said he regretted that the controversy over the dissertation took attention away from the Heritage report….
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/05/21/no-apology-controversial-harvard-dissertation
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By timmc on May 21, 2013
Baylor Coach Told Players to Keep Sexuality Quiet, Star Athlete Says
Inside Higher Education
May 21, 2013 – 3:00am
Brittney Griner, who led Baylor University to a perfect season and 2012 championship and was the first pick in this year’s Women’s National Basketball Association draft, waited to come out as gay until her final season ended because her coach told players not to be publicly open about their sexuality, Griner told ESPN. Coach Kim Mulkey told players it would hurt recruiting and make the program look bad if people thought the staff condoned homosexuality, said Griner, who has been open in her private life since high school. Griner — one of the most celebrated athletes in college sports – made headlines when she came out in media interviews last month, though some noted that the attention she received was negligible compared to Jason Collins, the NBA player who revealed earlier this month that he is gay. Some of the articles also credited Baylor with publicly supporting Griner, suggesting that the university might be softening its stance on homosexuality.
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/05/21/baylor-coach-told-players-keep-sexuality-quiet-star-athlete-says
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By timmc on May 20, 2013
May 17, 2013 by Nick DeSantis
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Ohio Republicans Seek to Tie Tuition Rates to Students’ Voter Registrations
Republicans in the Ohio House of Representatives have included an amendment in the state budget, now under consideration in the State Senate, that would make students eligible for in-state tuition rates if universities continue to provide them with documents that allow them to register to vote in Ohio. Supporters of the proposal say it seeks to streamline the varied standards for tuition and voting. But critics say the provision is designed to penalize universities that make it easier for students to vote, since students traditionally vote disproportionately for Democratic candidates. A group that opposes the amendment said the proposal would cost the state’s public universities millions of dollars in tuition revenue….
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http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/jp/ohio-republicans-seek-to-tie-tuition-rates-to-students-voter-registrations?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
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By timmc on May 20, 2013
May 20, 2013
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Education Dept. May Have Overpaid Loan-Collection Agencies, Report Says
By Allie Bidwell
Washington
At a time when the amount of defaulted federal student loans continues to climb, the Education Department has been forced to pay private debt-collection agencies based on self-reported estimates of their commissions and bonuses, not precise data, due to glitches in an online debt-management system it launched more than a year ago….
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http://chronicle.com/article/Education-Dept-May-Have/139393/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
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By timmc on May 20, 2013
May 20, 2013
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A Team of Academics Redesigns an Icon
By Paul Basken
Parking lots, public bathrooms, and entry ramps all have that same familiar character. It’s the blue-and-white stick figure in a wheelchair, leaning slightly backward in comfortable repose, on signs that mean “handicapped.”…
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http://chronicle.com/article/New-York-City-Embraces-a/139355/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
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By timmc on May 20, 2013
May 20, 2013
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Students Might Not Be ‘Academically Adrift’ After All, Study Finds
By Dan Berrett
Washington
[Updated (5/20/2013, 6:14 a.m.) with comment from Professor Arum.]
Students show substantial gains in learning during college, as measured by a standardized test of critical thinking, according to two studies conducted by the creator of the test….
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http://chronicle.com/article/Students-Might-Not-Be/139395/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
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