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Baylor Confirms Exemption from Title IX Claims

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Department of Education has confirmed that Baylor University, the Baptist research institution in Waco, Texas, is immune from certain Title IX complaints “to the extent that they are inconsistent with the University’s religious tenets,” wrote Catherine E. The confirmation follows other Title IX trouble for Baylor.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She taught in the physics section for two years, leaving when she became immersed in her doctoral research. A dean at MIT suggested she look at some industrial research labs. As RPI’s 18th president, Jackson was the first African American woman to lead a top-ranked research university.

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How flashpoint response impacts faculty well-being

EAB

Through our research with partners, we saw how the provost and other academic leaders increasingly feel community pressure to respond to complex flashpoints that occur outside of the academic affairs division, or sometimes even external to the institution (e.g., The Title IX cheat sheet: What’s changed and what’s changing.

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1100 Colleges and the Republic’s March to Madness

Higher Ed Connects: News

A 2018 report by the College Sport Research Institute at the University of South Carolina shows that basketball players at the nation’s 65 biggest basketball universities graduate at a rate that is 33.4% Between $1 million and $7.9 million for at least 69 men who teach basketball. lower than the rate for the rest of the student body.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He says he also looks forward to collaborating with faculty on campus to pursue and publish research on issues related to student-athletes of color. The firm is consulted by colleges and universities on DEI and Title IX issues, but often such requests come after a complaint has been filed. “We

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Leadership Accountability in Higher Ed: Leadership On The Board and Above Board

The Change Leader, Inc.

Scandals concerning student cheating, research, IT hacking, and financial issues have rocked the top offices of the ivory tower. Similar athletic scandals brought down top leaders at Penn State and Baylor, and in some cases led to criminal charges. However, scandals are not limited to the college stadium or arena.

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Sexual Abuse in Academe & #metoo

The Change Leader, Inc.

Higher education has not been immune as charges against faculty, staff, and athletes are trumpeted on newspaper headlines and social media posts. Department of Education released proposed revisions to Title IX rules as bad behavior on the part of students, staff, faculty members, and even a chancellors husband continues to emerge.