August 2007 - Posts

• Review panel's report could reverberate beyond Virginia Tech and Virginia

  A hard-hitting report by a state panel on last spring's massacre at Virginia Tech could lead colleges nationwide to consider whether to adopt new policies dealing with security, emergency preparedness, and mental-health issues, higher-education experts... Posted Aug 30 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Recommendations from the report: steps colleges can take to avoid a tragedy, or deal with one

  Among more than 90 recommendations for state officials, the police, university administrators, and higher-education associations, the report lists numerous steps that it says universities should consider taking to avoid a tragedy, or to deal with one... Posted Aug 30 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Southern Illinois president faces allegations he plagiarized his dissertation

  The president of Southern Illinois University, Glenn Poshard, is being forced to defend his 1984 dissertation against accusations that it contains numerous examples of plagiarism and improper citation. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Aug 30 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Pharmacy association suspends licensing exams, accusing a Georgia professor of misappropriating questions

  The association that oversees the licensing of pharmacists has suspended its national licensing examination and a regional test after accusing a University of Georgia professor of disseminating exam questions. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Aug 30 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Political-science courses neglect the military, say speakers at annual meeting

  Undergraduate political-science courses should include much more material about warfare and the American military, scholars said on Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Aug 30 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Southern U. president settles whistle-blower suit over alleged misconduct by board chairman

  The Southern University system's president, Ralph Slaughter, has agreed to drop a whistle-blower lawsuit against the system's Board of Supervisors as part of a settlement, announced on Wednesday, that could include a $200,000 annual supplement to his... Posted Aug 30 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• One harassment lawsuit involving an Oregon administrator is settled; another is pending

  One of two sexual-harassment lawsuits filed last year against an administrator at Eastern Oregon University, the university itself, and the Oregon State Board of Higher Education has been dismissed. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Aug 30 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• State Digest: Virginia's in-state tuition rate is extended to refugees, and other news from the states

  Federally certified refugees now qualify for in-state tuition rates at Virginia's public colleges. A U.S. senator wants to exclude wealthy families from a tuition-assistance program for District of Columbia residents. For details and other news from the... Posted Aug 30 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Hurricanes' disruptions kept 35,000 students out of college a year later, report says

  Some 35,000 college and university students from Louisiana and Mississippi did not return to their campuses last fall, a year after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck, or enroll in other colleges, according to a new report. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Aug 29 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Oklahoma State U. seeks to expand its life-insurance deals with donors

  Oklahoma State University officials are expanding their search for wealthy donors willing to take out life-insurance policies to benefit the university. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Aug 29 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• College football season: the pageantry, the payout ... and the blowout

  One of the biggest mismatches in football-season openers will take place on Saturday in Austin, Tex., where the fourth-ranked University of Texas Longhorns play host to the unranked Indians from Arkansas State University. (for subscribers) Read More.... Posted Aug 29 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Dispute arises at Virginia Tech over a professor's comments on the shootings and the provost's response

  At Virginia Tech, a business professor who used last spring's massacre as an example in a lecture got a visit from the provost — in front of his class. Exactly what was said in that meeting is in dispute, but the professor says his academic freedom... Posted Aug 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• SAT scores decline for second straight year, as experts debate cause

  The College Board announced on Tuesday that the average combined scores on the SAT examination's mathematics and critical-reading sections for the high-school Class of 2007 declined to the lowest point in nearly a decade. (for subscribers) Read More.... Posted Aug 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• NIH releases final policy on centralized database of human genetic data

  The National Institutes of Health announced on Tuesday the final version of its plan to ensure that a central repository of human genetic data protects patients' privacy and safeguards publishing opportunities for the scholars who contribute data. (for... Posted Aug 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Three years after starting college, many part-time students have left, study finds

  Three years into their college careers, more than two-thirds of part-time students had left the higher-education system without a degree, according to a new federal report. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Aug 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News