The Risky Academy: Environmental Scan for October 2017
ACADEMIC & FACULTY QUALITY
An upgrade of the federal government’s main higher ed database enables tracking part-time and adult students and gauging graduation rates for Pell Grant recipients. New Data Counts More Students, But Still Doesn’t Count Them All; The New, Improved IPEDS
WalletHub evaluates higher ed institutions based on student selectivity, cost and financing, and educational outcomes. Notre Dame is the only Hoosier school in the top 20, at #16. Purdue is #84, and IU Bloomington is #180. Hoosier Schools Among ‘Best Colleges & Universities’
An antique, ponderous decision-making process where committees are rampant and procedure is sacred makes it difficult to respond. “The chances of higher education responding in time to its new challenges are further reduced by a thick layer of self-righteousness that pervades. ‘That will never happen’ is reinforced by ‘How dare they?’ Roll all these factors together and you have the classic portrait of a sitting duck.” Purdue president challenges higher education to reform
Credential Engine’s web-based registry allows credential issuers to post information about their programs. The site also plans to feature information about how credential earners fare in the job market, including wage data from state and federal sources. A Kayak for Credentials
The credentials, Software Development Technical Certificate and Business Operations, Applications, and Technology Technical Certificate, will be available in April 2018. Ivy Tech Community College approved for first competency based education programs
Competency-based education is anchored to outputs—demonstrations of knowledge and skills, whereas schools are structured as input driven with the teacher and prescribed curriculum guiding the path for all students. Measures of success focus on quality of the inputs that provide students with the opportunity to learn. CBE focuses on what the students have actually learned. What’s Keeping Competency-Based Education Out of Higher Education’s Mainstream?
The interest in finding an ideal pre-hire screening test comes because companies and public- policy groups are concerned that employers rely too heavily on the bachelor’s degree as a screen for filling jobs, even when the jobs themselves don’t require that level of skills. It also arises from a broader societal push for more hiring based on proven competencies rather than academic pedigrees. Can a 20-Minute Test Tell Employers What a College Degree Cannot?
We must stop thinking of the professional you want to be (end state) and focus on the skills you want to acquire (continuous). If we are preparing students for one job or only one industry, we may be committing educational malpractice. Higher Education: Your Life May Depend Upon It
Employers facing an ongoing work force shortage are turning to automation. However, more technically advanced operations will require more skilled workers, so ongoing education and training programs must continue to be a priority. Manufacturing Survey: ‘Arrow is Pointing Up’
Some of the industry’s biggest companies are placing huge wagers on artificial intelligence, betting on everything from face-scanning smartphones to autonomous vehicles, and doling out salaries that are startling. Tech Giants Are Paying Huge Salaries for Scarce AI Talent
Office of the Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs Page 1 Smart machines could replace up to 50% of current jobs within the next 20 years. We need to make students robot-proof. How College Students Should Prepare for Our Automated Future
The Silicon Valley leader, who helped create Apple with the late Steve Jobs, has debuted Woz U, an online university for computer science. Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Has Created a New Online University; Apple Co-Founder’s Woz U Aims to Train Tech Workers, Affordably
Dashboards allow instructors to see and compare how students are doing, and can show how students perform in a subsequent course following the initial course—a way to identify where students are learning and acquiring skills. Getting Faculty Members to Embrace Student Data
Undergraduate research has expanded in the last couple of decades. Still elusive, however, is good information on how best to shape those programs, assess their benefits, and repeat their successes. Undergraduate Research Surges, Despite Uncertainties Over Best Practices
While there is much work to be done to realize “a ‘new normal’—one characterized by personal and institutional expectations that all faculty members will both use and be rewarded for using evidence-based approaches to instruction—our initiative suggests that progress is being made.” A ‘New Normal’ in STEM Teaching?
The past 50 years have seen a diminishing confidence in government, a widening chasm between political parties, and a growing distrust of public officials. These dangers should prompt every college to think long and hard about Dewey’s statement: “Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.” The Crisis of Civic Education
Let us always be implicitly asking what one graduate professor explicitly asked me when I was being an intellectually recalcitrant pig: If you haven’t changed your mind lately, how do you know it’s working? Take Back the Ivory Tower
Once a must-have for careers in finance and management consulting, the MBA has lost appeal as fewer employers help workers cover costs and a generation of students saddled with student- loan debt opt to remain in the workforce. M.B.A. Program at University of Wisconsin May Be on the Chopping Block; After Outcry, U. of Wisconsin Drops Plan to Suspend Admissions to 2- Year M.B.A. Program; Writing on the Wall for Future of M.B.A. Programs?
A key concern is language outlining when professors may be fired for cause. It includes a “pattern of disruptive conduct or unwillingness to work productively with colleagues.” That, some faculty say, effectively means collegiality—or the lack thereof—can be used as a reason to dismiss a professor. U. of Arkansas System Considers Changes to Ease Tenured-Faculty Firings
Administrators argue the faculty in question haven’t been doing their jobs well for years and are therefore abusing their tenure. Faculty union representatives dispute that, and argue that pressure on medical-school faculty to bring in outside grant funding undermines academic freedom. What It Looks Like When a University Tries to Revoke a Professor’s Tenure
A study of a possible U of Iowa reorganization, which could involve moving departments, nixing programs, and creating new colleges, have some in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences feeling targeted and disrespected. University of Iowa faculty fear breakup of largest college
Office of the Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs Page 2 Under the proposal, each 2-year institution would merge with one of seven 4-year campuses. With an Ambitious Merger Proposal, Wisconsin Charts Its Own Course for Change; Whittling Down Wisconsin’s Colleges; UW Consolidation Proposal Follows Higher Education Trends
“If you look at any university, the reward structure is entirely based on single-warrior combat. But if you want to attack the real-world problems that we face, it’s a team sport, with specialists in many different fields.” Why Larry Smarr Is Pioneering Collaborative Innovation
Faculty have too little time for the sort of meandering, deep-thinking adventures that can lead to big ideas. The standard career path promotes people who bag the big grant and pump out publishable units, and ignores scientists who convey creative stories that don’t translate easily into numbers on a spreadsheet. Rethinking the Scientific Career
Amazon has hired nearly 500 PhDs, former professors among them, since the beginning of this year to work in its applied-science and research-science units. The pace and scale of that hiring are far greater than those of any university. Amazon Is Hiring Ph.D.s — Hundreds This Year
The journal’s editor received “serious and credible threats of personal violence” linked to the publication of the essay that offered a defense of colonialism. Publisher Withdraws Essay Defending Colonialism, Citing Threat to Journal Editor; A Dangerous Withdrawal
Challenged by a newly formed antifascist group to investigate whether, in fact, Purdue students were behind recent white supremacist fliers plastered around campus, Mitch Daniels turned the tables on Bill Mullen, an American studies professor and founding member of the group. Bangert: Inquiry into Purdue fliers gets personal for Mitch Daniels critic
Rohit Varma, the USC medical-school dean who succeeded Puliafito, has been removed as dean, just as the Los Angeles Times was to publish an article describing his alleged sexual harassment of and alleged retaliation against a young woman he supervised in 2003. U. of Southern California Removes Medical-School Dean as Newspaper Reports Sexual-Misconduct Claim
Three Dartmouth professors whose research included studies of sexual desire and attractiveness have been put on paid leave while a criminal investigation of alleged sexual misconduct is carried out. Dartmouth College Professors Investigated Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations; 3 Dartmouth Professors Are Target of State Attorney General’s ‘Sexual Misconduct’ Investigation
Academic departments are trying various tactics to professionalize their respective cultures and reduce the instances of harassment. Harassment Vigilance
A biology lecturer created a fraudulent trade school, printing certificates on college letterhead, and pocketing the fees. CUNY Lecturer Charged With Running Fake Health Certificate Program
ADVANCEMENT
The 2016 election gave vent to the anti-elite, anti-establishment populism that had been building on both the left and the right. The elite higher education establishment became the inevitable target of these twin resentments—as the hoarders of privilege on the left and as purveyors of liberal indoctrination on the right. The Push for College-Endowment Reform
Instead of focusing efforts solely on fundraising, universities should launch large-scale “human capital campaigns.” It’s an effort to engage alumni in serving as mentors for current students and helping students get internships. Why Colleges Need to Launch Human Capital Campaigns
Office of the Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs Page 3 ATHLETICS
The new body, headed by Condoleezza Rice, will consider “substantive changes” to basketball. It will explore the sport’s relationship with apparel companies and the “one and done” rule letting players leave for the pros after a single year of college basketball. NCAA Creates Commission to Revamp College Basketball; NCAA to form commission in response to bribery scheme
The charges provide a behind-the-scenes look at how assistants serve as key points of access to college players. Basketball Scandal Highlights the Power of the Assistant Coach — and the Limits of Oversight; The Man Who Exposed College Basketball
Louisville’s high-profile head coach, Rick Pitino, was ousted. The athletics director, Tom Jurich, was also dismissed, and the five-star recruit referenced in the federal complaint has been suspended from all athletics-related activities. ‘Death’ for Louisville Basketball?
Former U of Louisville head basketball coach Rick Pitino sued Adidas AG, alleging the company tarnished the storied coach’s reputation by implicating him in an alleged conspiracy to funnel bribes to a Louisville recruit. Fired Louisville Basketball Coach Rick Pitino Sues Adidas
Max Baumgardner, an 88-year-old retired pilot and savvy investor, protested the dismissal of the athletic director by instructing his attorney to change the terms of his charitable trust. Instead of an allocation worth an estimated $6.3M in 2015, the athletic department now gets nothing. University of Louisville donor withdraws $6 million pledge over Tom Jurich firing
The FBI investigation that rocked the world of college basketball took another turn: Alabama revealed the resignation of Kobie Baker, who had worked as an NCAA assistant director of enforcement. Alabama basketball administrator resignation reportedly tied to major FBI probe
The shady side of recruiting has always been college basketball’s dirty little secret. It used to be that high school coaches were the conduits to top recruits. Now the shoe companies run the show. Blockbuster arrests not shocking to college hoops followers
Do explosive corruption charges involving the basketball programs at six universities make it harder to ignore the possibility that the problems are systemic? Beyond ‘Bad Apples’
The NCAA “could not conclude that the University of North Carolina violated NCAA academic rules.” The report appears to end the association’s years long probe of the notorious fake-classes scam at UNC. N.C.A.A.: North Carolina Will Not Be Punished for Academic Scandal; In UNC Case, No Watchdog for Major Academic Fraud; North Carolina Escapes Penalties in Academic Scandal; NCAA: No Academic Violations at UNC; ‘How the hell did North Carolina get away with this?’ Media react to NCAA ruling on UNC
Last year, 40 colleges established “varsity” esports programs, meaning they hired a full-time coach and staff members, designated an official arena, began recruiting prospective players, and even awarded esports scholarships. An N.C.A.A. for Esports? Rivals Angle to Govern Campus Video Gaming; College esports is the next big thing in varsity athletics
Steps that pediatricians recommend when students return to school after concussions—such as decreasing class load, taking tests in a quiet room, and more time to finish projects—might also apply to college students. Concussions linked to academic struggles in UW-Madison students
Office of the Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs Page 4 CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE
Attackers find a vulnerable WPA2 network, make a carbon copy of it and impersonate the MAC address, then change the WiFi channel. This new, fake network acts as a “man in the middle” so when a device attempts to connect to the original network, it can be forced to bypass it and connect to the rogue one. Severe WiFi security flaw puts millions of devices at risk
Although the number of network layer attacks is declining, there are more intense and repeated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on the same target network—“A DDoS equivalent to laying siege on an impenetrable castle.” DDoS Attack Trend: Numbers Dip as Intensity Surge
The biggest fear of a cyberattack is disruption to operations and manufacturing (40%), followed by lost or compromised data (39%), degrading of product quality (32%), damage to physical property (29%) and harm to human life (22%). Achieving greater cyber resilience as a society and within organizations will require a more concerted effort to uncover and manage new risks inherent in emerging technologies. Strengthening digital society against cyber shocks
A former U of Iowa wrestler has been arrested on federal computer-hacking charges in a high- tech cheating scheme in which he obtained advanced copies of tests and changed grades for himself and classmates. High-tech cheating scheme prompts charges at University of Iowa
“Given the effort needed to comply, organizations that have yet to make plans are likely to face challenges to meet all the requirements when GDPR takes effect in May 2018.” Cyber risk management a top priority as companies prepare for GDPR, study says
Lawyers for Emanuel Delacruz, who is blind, filed 8 lawsuits in federal court in Manhattan, charging that college websites are inaccessible to their plaintiff and therefore in violation of the ADA. College Websites Must Accommodate Disabled Students, Lawsuits Say
The app, Blockcerts Wallet, enables students to quickly and easily get a verifiable, tamper-proof version of their diploma. The pilot utilizes the same blockchain technology that powers the digital currency Bitcoin. Digital Diploma debuts at MIT
Ohio State will be integrating Apple technology into all its teaching and learning experiences as part of an institution wide initiative called the Digital Flagship University. By giving each first- year student an iPad Pro, the university aims to create “the world’s largest and most effective integrated learning community.” A Higher Ed Strategy From Apple?
ENGAGEMENT & COMMERCIALIZATION
After years of focusing intensely on college readiness, states are turning their attention to students’ futures as workers, enacting a flurry of laws and policies designed to bolster career education and preparation . Growing Number of States Embrace Career Education
Indiana continues to have one of the most competitive tax codes in the nation. The Tax Foundation’s 2018 State Business Tax Climate Index ranks Indiana 9th for its overall tax climate, and tops in the Midwest. Indiana Tops in Midwest For Tax Climate
UT Dallas is offering Amazon more than 100 acres of vacant land that it owns adjacent to its campus, making its research facilities, students and faculty a short walk away from a possible future headquarters site. UT Dallas and Richardson have a higher-ed offer for Amazon HQ2
Office of the Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs Page 5 ENROLLMENT
Northeast Ohio’s public, 4-year universities all saw enrollment decline this fall. Take, for example, Youngstown State, which saw a dramatic enrollment drop of nearly 18% from 2010 to 2015 before starting to turn the tide last year. Enrollment slips, but colleges remain optimistic
Illinois has the 2nd highest rate nationally of college freshmen leaving the state to pursue higher ed—a mark it hit even before the state’s budget impasse. The highest achieving high school graduates were most likely to leave. Getting out: Many students leaving Illinois to attend college
With racial discrimination on the rise, students and parents are watching universities’ responses closely, and some say that these concerns could influence decisions of where to attend. How Campus Racism Could Affect Black Students’ College Enrollment
“Online in theory means you can go to any school, anywhere, anytime. But you’ve got now thousands of schools making that pitch, which is noisy.” In some cases, winning the online enrollment game comes down to who spends the most to get in front of the students who are actively looking. Forget ‘US News’ Rankings. For Online College Programs, Google Is Kingmaker
Facebook marketing is an emerging battleground in higher ed’s competition for students. The approach is relatively cheap and often effective. At the same time, it has raised concerns among privacy advocates. Colleges Use Facebook Ads to Target Applicants, Parents, and Lawmakers
The predictive analytics system triggers an alert when students exhibit any one of the 800 risk factors that could derail the student’s academic success. GSU hired 42 academic advisors to act on the information gleaned. Georgia State Backed Up Analytics With Support System
FINANCE
The prices students paid in tuition and fees still marched upward as aid and tax benefits did not keep pace with rising prices. Net prices for full-time students at public 4-year institutions have increased for 8 years. Net Price Keeps Creeping Up; College Costs Continue to Edge Higher
The DoE wants Purdue to absorb the debts and liabilities of Kaplan as a condition for approving the state school’s controversial purchase of the for-profit college, a request that critics say could place Indiana taxpayers at risk. A hiccup in Purdue’s acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University
A study analyzed England’s shift over several decades from a higher ed system that was free to one with relatively high fees that students typically finance through government loans, finding the fee-based system created better-funded, more equitable universities and largely didn’t deter students from enrolling. Free college made universities less equal — in England, at least
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
St. Joseph’s College temporarily closed at the end of the spring 2017 semester. The school has held sales of property including furniture and sports equipment. The money raised is going to the Phoenix Project, a proposal for the future of the college. Shuttered college sells off items
An attorney for Richard Spencer said he’d sue Ohio State and Cincinnati if they didn’t agree to make campus space available for Spencer to speak. Spencer was denied a request to speak at Auburn, prompting a federal lawsuit. A judge ruled against Auburn, which then allowed Spencer to speak. White nationalists impose deadline for OK on campus speeches; Richard Spencer and a Tale of Two Publics; Ohio State University sued for rejecting Richard Spencer appearance
Office of the Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs Page 6 Representatives from public institutions said they are meeting their constitutional obligation to provide a space for these speakers, but they remain relatively lost for a long-term strategy for paying for security. Speakers Stress University Pocketbooks
“We live in a country where everyone has the right to voice their opinion; however, we have zero tolerance for violence, and public safety is always our No. 1 priority.” Governor Declares Emergency Tied to White Nationalist’s Planned Speech at U. of Florida; University of Florida Braces for Richard Spencer; Spencer Gets to Speak; Lessons From Spencer’s Florida Speech
Mr. Sessions said a “national recommitment to free speech on campus and to ensuring First Amendment rights is long overdue. Which is why, starting today, the Department of Justice will do its part in this struggle.” Inside the Free-Speech Case That Caught Jeff Sessions’ Eye; The Trump Administration Says Colleges Are Suppressing Free Speech. How Should They Respond?; Sessions’ Justice Dept. Is Wading Into Another Campus Free-Speech Case
David Carrera, USC’s vice president for fund raising, left his post amid an internal investigation of his treatment of women. USC had received 5 complaints about Mr. Carrera this year alone, but did not start an investigation until the Times published its bombshell report on Dr. Puliafito. Another Top Administrator at the U. of Southern California Is Out After Claims of Misconduct
A power-mad predator feels invincible, which means he will inevitably abuse more women than a company can ever find and pay. Harboring a sexual harasser, however connected, powerful or brilliant, poses a far more significant risk than firing the executive. CEOs, pay attention: Harvey Weinstein shows sexual harassers have to be fired before they destroy your company
HUMAN RESOURCES
Increasingly, companies are offering student loan repayment as a benefit, making payments possible through payroll deduction and matching a portion of payments employees make. It’s “the hottest employee benefit of 2017.” Student Loan Repayment Is the New Hot Perk
A retreat for employees descended into a booze-soaked bender, culminating in harassment allegations against the division’s head. The events prompted that man to kill himself. Suicide, investigation and a lawsuit follow booze-fueled UC Davis ag school retreat
INSTITUTIONAL ASSURANCE
The suspect, identified as Hollis Daniels, had been brought to the police station after a welfare check which found evidence of drugs, when he suddenly shot and killed the officer before bolting from the scene. Texas Tech student accused of killing officer is caught, police say; Texas Tech student accused of shooting, killing officer tackled during arrest; Texas Tech Student in Custody After Campus Police Officer is Fatally Shot; Texas Tech student faces capital murder charge after allegedly shooting a police officer on campus
Guo, a 23-year-old student from China, was shot to death during an attempted carjacking and found dead in his car. Police arrest man sought in deaths in Utah, Colorado
An Ohio college student has pleaded guilty in the stabbing death of his roommate that police say happened when the friends were drunk and got into an argument. University of Akron student pleads guilty in roommate’s stabbing death
Office of the Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs Page 7 After a second shooting on campus in less than a week, Virginia State announced changes to its campus policing strategy. The campus was placed on lockdown after both incidents. Virginia State University Shootings Prompt Campus Security Changes
A student and friend were shot after an altercation that began in a dorm room. 2 Are Shot and Killed on Grambling State’s Campus After Fight That Began in Dorm Room; Grambling State freshman arrested in campus shooting that left two dead, including another student
Bike thefts, drug abuse, assaults and other violent crimes, protest-counter protest melees, and cyber hackers are crowding onto the ever-expanding plates of university police and security forces. But they say they’re up to those challenges thanks to the combination of equipment, technology and training they can bring to bear. University Campuses Take Center Stage
Ten gunshot detection devices were installed on light poles on campus, and chemical detectors are expected to be integrated. San Jose State Installs Gunshot Detectors, License Plate Readers
Video analytics technology and software provides automatic monitoring of video feeds and triggers alerts for follow-up by security staff. College security: Detection alert!
The U of St. Thomas faces $172,000 in fines after a federal investigation found it underreported campus crimes, and violated the Clery Act by failing to include information required in an annual report. University of St. Thomas faces federal fines for underreporting crime
“Crises often come with opportunities as well as threats, and effective leadership is a key element in managing not only the incident but the reputational impact it entails.” Researchers outline strategies for college presidents to guide a campus through emergencies
INTERNATIONAL
Two staff members of a Kenyan university were killed when gunmen fired on vehicles carrying them and students to their campus. Gunmen kill two in attack on university convoy in Kenya
Nearly 800 higher ed presidents have signed a letter urging Congress to pass legislation as soon as possible to permanently protect Dreamers, young people brought to the US as children. College and University Presidents Urge Congress to Pass Legislation Protecting Dreamers
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
In the lawsuit, Acklam Construction claims the A&M University System has “improperly engaged in a scorched earth campaign to withhold valid payments owed.” The squabble centers around a clause in the contract between the two that allows A&M to conduct third-party audits on all of its contractors. Texas A&M University System sued by local construction company
By embracing the convergence of security and building automation systems, emergency and building managers are creating smarter, energy-efficient campuses. How Integrating Security and Building Automation Saves Time, Energy
RELATIONSHIPS WITH AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
The Piazzas make simple requests for information and action, and get the strangled responses of a massive, inelegant, and transparently self-protecting bureaucracy in reply. When Jim Piazza met with Penn State President Eric Barron a week after Tim’s death, he slid the program from
Office of the Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs Page 8 his son’s funeral across the desk: “Since no one had the time to come,” he said. Death at a Penn State Fraternity; Why This Year’s Hazing Death Is Different
Penn State suspended the Delta Tau Delta fraternity after an 18-year-old male student suspected of drinking there was found unconscious and was hospitalized. Penn State Fraternity Is Suspended After Student Is Found Unconscious
The university found evidence that the Beta Lambda chapter of Kappa Alpha deprived members of sleep and forced them to eat peppers and onions and drink milk until they vomited. Southern Methodist U. Suspends Fraternity for Alleged Hazing
The freshman, Maxwell Gruver, died after participating in a fraternity drinking game and consuming alcohol “in excess.” An LSU investigation found that Phi Delta Theta’s pledges had been asked questions about the fraternity and had been forced to drink if they answered incorrectly. Eight LSU Students Are Arrested Over Fraternity Pledge’s Death
Ball State and presidents of the 13 fraternities in Ball State’s Interfraternity Council have agreed there will be no social gatherings at fraternity houses or co-hosted events by fraternities that include alcohol, until Jan. 31, 2018. 13 BSU fraternities go dry until Feb., to focus on culture
College administrators who try to crack down on fraternity misbehavior often find themselves confronting an influential, well-financed, and politically connected adversary. College Students Keep Dying Because of Fraternity Hazing. Why Is It So Hard to Stop?
Here are members of Sigma Tau Gamma, a fraternity at the U of Central Oklahoma, highlighting their fundraising effort for the Special Olympics, the organization’s national philanthropy. This Oklahoma fraternity has a choreographed jorts-and-fanny pack dance routine; Jorts and fanny pack fraternity dancers turning sudden fame into fortune for Special Olympics
RESEARCH
University research is in trouble, and so is an economy more dependent on it than many people understand. The problem is more pronounced at public universities, and especially those in the Midwest, which have historically conducted some of the nation’s most important research. The Decline of the Midwest’s Public Universities Threatens to Wreck Its Most Vibrant Economies
The authors propose a “traffic light” construct of red, yellow and green climates to illustrate the field site harassment phenomenon and its consequences. Field sites should have clearly articulated rules about professional conduct that are actually enforced. Harassment in the Field
When faculty position themselves as experts in topics that are hard to understand or at the center of heated public debate, it can enhance their stature as well as the university’s. And scholars who can talk clearly to policy makers and others about their work and why it matters can help maintain public support for research funding. Publicize Your Research
STUDENT LIFE
While 93% of students indicated that colleges should invite a variety of speakers to campus, 78% of those students who identified on the political spectrum as “very liberal” believe that invitations should be rescinded in some cases, compared to 38% of “very conservative” students. About 69% of students over all said a speaker should be disinvited if they have made racist
Office of the Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs Page 9 comments. Lukewarm Embrace of Free Speech; Only 1 Percent of Students Would Consider Disrupting Speakers Violently, Survey Finds; Why Are Millennials Wary of Freedom?
Student protesters associated with the campus chapter of Black Lives Matter stopped the head of the ACLU’s Virginia office from speaking. She called their actions a “classic example of a heckler’s veto.” After a Speaker Is Shouted Down, William & Mary Becomes New Flash Point in Free-Speech Fight; The Worst Time for the Left to Give Up on Free Speech
“Free speech is the right of individuals and communities to express themselves without repression from the state,” the students said. “The students are not the state nor the repressors. Taking to the stage and using this platform was an act of free speech—not a violation of it.” Protesters disrupt planned speech by University of Oregon president; Schill leaves after students storm stage; Blocking a President From Talking; Does Disruption Violate Free Speech?
At the U of Michigan, students shouted, played music, and used an overhead projector to point an arrow with the label “white supremacist” at Murray. 2 More Campus Speakers Shouted Down
Under the new rule, students who twice interfere with free speech on campus will be suspended for a minimum of one semester. And three times? They’re out. Wisconsin Regents Approve a 3- Strikes Policy to Deal With Students Who Disrupt Speakers
A series of racist intrusions has unsettled the U of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the surrounding town. The tension between Michigan and its students holds lessons for academic leaders nationwide. Racist Incidents Plague U. of Michigan, Angering Students and Testing Leaders
Raise the Bar trains bar staff about the prevalence of sexual assault by educating them about how alcohol is often a factor in sexual assaults, the dynamics of sexual assault, and how alcohol- facilitated sexual assault occurs. Staff members are also taught how to recognize red flags in a bar setting, and how people in each specific role (wait staff, doormen, bouncers) can respond. With Zero Help From Betsy DeVos, Here’s How Campus Bartenders Are Fighting Rape Culture
Higher ed embraced the Obama-era directive, creating a system that routinely violated due- process and free-speech rights. DeVos’s guidance and its accompanying Q&A seek to end some of these abuses, directing universities to avoid gender bias, weigh evidence fairly, and afford the same rights and opportunities to the accuser and accused, among other basic equity provisions. It’s revealing that several campuses have responded with animus. Defying Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos is making common cause with some feminist law professors, major organizations of lawyers, and even California Governor Jerry Brown, a progressive Democrat. Brown vetoed a bill designed to perpetuate the Obama regulations in his state, citing “colleges’ failure to uphold due process for accused students.” What Betsy DeVos Gets Right About Campus Sexual Assault
Many have argued that the Obama rules created a culture in which accused students, most of them men, were presumed guilty. Some of the most potent advocates for those men have been their own mothers. ‘Willing to Do Everything,’ Mothers Defend Sons Accused of Sexual Assault
A new viral video from a Cornell student captures one of the most persistent problems among freshmen—loneliness. ‘All by Myself’
Office of the Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs Page 10 NEW ERM RESOURCES
The Ponemon Institute defines enterprise risk management (ERM) as the application of rigorous and systematic analysis techniques to the evaluation of risks that may affect the entire organization, including information assets and IT infrastructure. Enterprise risk intelligence is defined as the insight necessary to drive actionable business decisions related to governance, risk, and compliance. Currently organizations have a tough time incorporating ERM, because they lack resources and believe that the technologies are too complex. These facts make it hard to even begin practicing ERM. However, there are numerous benefits to enterprise intelligence: the evaluation and potential impact of risks to the entire organization, IT business and security goals are better aligned, and minimization of risks. Enterprise Risk Intelligence and its Importance
A significant burden for addressing cyber resiliency falls to those at the front line—the first line. This includes business-process owners, technologists, vendor owners and cybersecurity teams. After all, those who own the risks should manage those risks. However, regulators and clients increasingly expect independent challenge of the first line by the second and third lines, and that includes intelligently and independently challenging the cyber strategies being adopted by the first line. This is not about checkers checking the checkers. It’s about building a robust three lines of defense for cyber resiliency. Cyber Resiliency: Evidencing a Well-Thought Out Strategy
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