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Why Mr. Rogers is having a big moment in education
Fred Rogers -- the beloved TV host, Presbyterian minister, puppeteer, composer, organist, best-selling author and cardigan aficionado -- died in 2003, but his ideas on education are as relevant as ever. Here are a few reasons Mr. Rogers still matters.
Should college rankings include rape and assault statistics?
The Princeton Review's college rankings can tell you which schools offer good value, where to find the swankiest dorms and whether a campus looks like something out of Reefer Madness. What those rankings don't tell you is whether your college pick has a rape and sexual assault problem.
Instructor: MCTC rescinds reprimand over racial row
The note below just came in from Minneapolis Community and Technical College instructor Shannon Gibney, who last fall appealed a reprimand over how she handled a heated discussion of race with three white students. MCTC instructor: I was reprimanded for how I handled a discrimination debate (November 2013) I’ll try to get some MCTC comment/verification. (Update:…
Earlier this week, the progressive Institute for Policy Studies pulled a report critical of the administrative spending at the University of Minnesota and other universities because of questions over the accuracy its data. It has since reissued the report with some modified conclusions — which campus officials still dispute. I’d like to get more detail,…
Emory hires first African-American woman to lead top business school While three minority women are currently deans at American colleges of business, James will be the first to lead a full-time MBA program at a top-25 business school. (CNN via The Huffington Post) Elizabeth Warren on Spiraling Student Debt and What Should Be Done About It The…
Lawmakers seek delay on healthy lunch rules for schools
How hard can it be for school cafeterias to swap white bread for whole-grain tortillas, cut sodium, and nudge kids to put more fruit and vegetables on their trays? Tougher than you might imagine, according to some schools.