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Liberty University Fined $14M for Clery Act Violations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid (FSA) office has imposed a $14 million fine, resulting from a settlement agreement with Liberty University for material and ongoing violations of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, known as the Clery Act.

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International security and student safety: Why schools are banning TikTok

University Business

Alabama’s Auburn University also blocked it for all students and faculty on campus. “The most serious issue here is probably in the area of national security,” according to Kshetri. “The most serious issue here is probably in the area of national security,” according to Kshetri.

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Part-Time Faculty at The New School Walk Out in Protest Against Pay and Working Conditions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Part-time faculty at The New School walked out Nov. With approximately 200 demonstrators present, the strike was the result of years of tension between adjunct faculty and the private New York City school’s administration. Teaching staff also complained that administrators’ salaries were high compared to faculty.

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Faculty Ends Inquiry After U of Ariz. Dismissed Report on Professor’s Death

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The faculty committee that criticized the University of Arizona in the wake of professor Thomas Meixner’s murder won’t continue its inquiry. On Friday, members of the faculty committee wrote a letter to the chair and vice chair of the faculty. ” Ad keywords: administrators faculty Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Report: Warnings ignored before U of Ariz. professor killed

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Professor Thomas Meixner’s dying words, according to a University of Arizona faculty report on his murder, were “I knew you were going to do this!” ” That was despite earlier reports to UAPD of Dervish being on campus, the faculty report says. It says it’s an interim report.

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Temple University president resigns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

He remained unable to quash students’ and parents’ fears of violence spilling onto campus from adjacent neighborhoods, despite adding campus police and providing grants to area property owners to increase public safety by installing lights and cameras. He also launched an effort to rank off-campus housing based on safety features.

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Michigan State Students Don’t Want to Go Back to Class

Confessions of a Community College Dean

After the egregious events that happened this week, student’s and faculty’s safety should not be treated lightly.” MSU must extend the pause they’ve given us so we can decide how we need to proceed to feel safe and secure.” We need more time to process without a class to worry about. Hide by line?: