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MIXED-SEX HOUSING | Washington Square News
The Facebook group “Expand Opportunities for Co-Ed Rooms and Suites at NYU” is demanding that NYU change its mixed-sex housing policy.
“The ultimate goal of our project is to expand mixed-sex housing to all residence halls on a voluntary, opt-in basis,” said Tisch freshman and group creator Collin Bell. The group’s homepage also calls the current policy “overly restrictive” and says that it discriminates against LGBT students who wish to live with members of the opposite sex.
KPD brews up new policy to contact the parents of people underage and arrested | The Equinox
While Keene State College already has a parental notification policy for a student receiving a disciplinary probation sanction or higher, the Keene Police Department is now considering a policy of its own applying to anyone under the age of 21 who is arrested.
“It’s a work in progress. We haven’t really sat down and worked out the details,” said Police Chief Arthur Walker.
We Need a New GI Bill | The Wall Street Journal
Unfortunately, the educational benefits that were available to WWII-era veterans are no longer afforded to today’s returning troops. The sad reality is that while the cost of an education has increased, the benefits available to veterans have not kept up. Today, the GI Bill pays just a fraction of the cost of getting a degree.
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New Emerging Issues Article: Will There Be Federal Control of State Higher Education Spending? (members only)
A problematic provision in the House Higher Education Act reauthorization bill, H.R. 4137, has gone under the radar screen. The provision would mandate that states maintain certain levels of funding for public higher education institutions or else lose some federal funding…As a result of this “maintenance of effort” requirement, public colleges and universities likely will have less, not more funding. Both public and private institutions should be concerned because a state’s failure to comply will make some federal funds unavailable. The provision also takes the federal government into areas that is unprecedented in higher education policy. If Congress thinks it should control state spending in higher education, what’s next?
