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...Dole has made a difference in her daily life as well as in her political life, according to her assistant, Gia M. Colombraro. “I truly find all the time that I learn something from her every day,” she said. “She would have made a great teacher...
...related note, we were also concerned to learn that the University of the Pacific’s Distinctive Candidate Application affords students the opportunity to apply to college using a pre-filled application with no essay or candidate profile requirement. Again, in an age when the budget crisis has only fanned the flames of anti-intellectualism in the United States, this method of applying to institutions of higher education is disturbingly detached. After all, is a signature the only item an admissions office needs to cast a value judgment on a candidate? For the same reasons, the new practice...
Finally, we were appalled to learn that local police devalued the work of our colleagues at James Madison University’s student newspaper, The Breeze. Allegedly, 926 photographs were confiscated from its newsroom to be used as evidence for a campus riot, an action that violated the integrity and independence of these journalists. Regrettably, we felt it necessary to reiterate the idea that student newspapers are respectable journalism outlets and should receive the coverage of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980. By the same token, we also regret that national newspapers have relaxed their coverage of higher education. This...
...conference, which was scheduled to be held on October 15 and 16, 1985, at the Faculty Club, went on as usual. But many faculty members were “very unhappy” to learn about the questionable grants that funded the conference, according to then-Assistant History Professor Zachary Lockman, who is now a professor at New York University...
Kenen says that college students today learn differently than how faculty members learned. “Our students are often referred to as digital natives—learn visually, learn using multimedia tools, learn using web,” she says...