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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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MSU Tenure-Track Faculty Look to Unionize

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Michigan State University Supporters of the union have argued that unionizing would give tenured faculty a larger role in discussions of changes to working conditions, campus safety, promotion and tenure systems, and sexual misconduct and Title IX issues.

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The Faculty Resource Network of New York University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a scholar engaged in legal research, the law library of New York University School of Law, ranked in the top ten of law schools, affords one bountiful offerings of legal research tools such as HeinOnline, Lexis Plus, VitalLaw, Law Journal Library and Proquest that are not available at primarily undergraduate institutions such as my own.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

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

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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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Report: Hesston College ‘failed’ in response to sexual assaults

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In response, Hesston College hired an independent research organization, Cozen O’Connor, to review the school’s policies and practices related to “sexual and gender-based harassment and violence” under Title IX and the Clery Act. Read more from KSN.

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The University of Arkansas appoints its first Black chancellor

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“He now has the opportunity to cast a broader vision for advancing the university as a leading public research university in the region and raise its status on the national stage,” University System President Donald Bobbitt said in a statement.