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Event: SHRM Garden State Council Annual Expo - A call for papers
Posted on May 08, 2008Dear Jim, Set your compass to join us on November 3rd and 4th for the Garden State Council-SHRM 17th Annual Conference and Exposition at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa in Long Branch, NJ. Our theme this year is: "HR:...
Law: Affirmative action foe dealt series of setbacks
Posted on May 08, 2008It has been a rough week for Timothy P. Asher, executive director of a campaign to get Missouri voters to ban the use of affirmative-action preferences by public colleges and other state and local agencies. On Sunday, Mr. Asher?s campaign...
Trends: Italian bookfair may cause a riot
Posted on May 08, 2008ROME -- When the prestigious annual Turin Book Fair opens today, it will be amid a cavalcade of fanfare that organizers could not possibly have wanted. Riot police will guard the event. Rival demonstrators will make their stand. Boycotts, diplomatic....
Law: For ABA, out of the frying pan and into the fire?
Posted on May 08, 2008The U.S. Department of Education has postponed its review of the authority vested in the American Bar Association to accredit law schools in order to pursue an investigation into allegations against the association, according to a letter it sent to...
Law: Agency disburses millions for stem cell research in California
Posted on May 08, 2008Pioneers of stem-cell research in California struck a mother lode on Wednesday when a state agency handed out a total of $271-million to 12 academic institutions to construct laboratories for the work. The state money is the largest single chunk...
Event: NAFSA seeks registrars for workshops
Posted on May 08, 2008Dear 2008 NAFSA Preconference Workshop Chairs and Participants: Greetings! My name is Michelle Grant and I am the 2008 NAFSA Preconference Workshop Liaison of the Local Arrangements Team (LAT). With less than 3 weeks before the NAFSA conference, I only...
Publication: A report from the EU on the 10th anniversary
Posted on May 08, 2008To mark the tenth anniversary of EU Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), the European Commission today issued a report that shows that the EU's "euro" currency has been a resounding success that has brought economic stability and generated trade and...
Event: A webnar on webpage redesigns
Posted on May 08, 2008Just a Reminder About A Free and Important Webcast You Won't Want To Miss! As one of the most important communication vehicles in your overall integrated marketing strategy, your institutional website must be relevant, dynamic, engaging and meet the needs...
Events: NACUA seeks affinity groups
Posted on May 07, 2008Dear NACUA Members: NACUA is pleased to announce the availability of space during the 2008 Annual Conference in New York City for various NACUA Affinity Groups to gather and network. As many of you know, NACUA Affinity Groups are self-organized...
Publications: Study Abroad Magazine seeks advertisers
Posted on May 07, 2008ADVERTISE IN 14. IEFT Study Abroad Magazine The IEFT Study Abroad Magazine provides an excellent pathway into the Turkish market for schools and institutions alike. The IEFT Study Abroad Magazine is full of engaging and indispensable articles that combine IEFTâ?Ts...
Event: Data Security Seminar
Posted on May 07, 2008Event: Protecting Sensitive Data in Non-Production Environments Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Time: 10:30 AM CT 17:30 CET (Amsterdam, Paris) Presenter: Joshua Alpern, VP, Sales Engineering, Applimation Register Now! Information security has emerged as one of the biggest challenges facing...
Law: San Diego Frats raided in huge drug bust
Posted on May 07, 2008Fraternity houses were infiltrated in a six-month undercover investigation, and widespread drug-dealing was found, authorities say. By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer May 7, 2008 SAN DIEGO -- The undercover officers started to appear at San Diego State...
Law: File Sharing
Posted on May 07, 2008Latest news:A spike in summonses And a backgrounder: In the past, one associated bootlegged films with poor sound quality, off-center images and the occasional silhouette of a fellow moviegoer coming in late. Today, movies still in theaters can be found...
Trends: What sort of leaders does higher ed need in the coming crisis?
Posted on May 07, 2008Moody's Investors Service says boards need more business people: Leaders of public universities lament that state appropriations have been declining as a proportion of their budgets for at least two decades, a trend that has forced institutions to find new...
Opinion: A Global Species Shift?
Posted on May 07, 2008The Global Species Shift By Jim Castagnera Since Darwin published Origin of Species a century and a half ago, biologists have puzzled over when incremental changes in a life form add up to a brand new species. Mother Earth? Gaia?...
Law: A take on the changing FMLA from the Phila. firm of Pepper Hamilton
Posted on May 06, 2008The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is undergoing change. In early 2008, Congress made the first significant changes to the law since it was enacted almost 15 years ago in 1993. Only a few weeks later, the Department of...
Law: Privacy in Higher Education
Posted on May 06, 2008Privacy and Education Research: Further Notes Bonus afternoon wonkery: A few addenda to today?s article about privacy, education research, and unit-record databases. For more background on the evolution of those databases at the state level, see this 2007 report from...
Trends: Report highlights B-school challenges globally
Posted on May 06, 2008As businesses and management education extend their global reach, educators worldwide will face serious challenges maintaining high quality, hiring enough professors, and keeping up with a host of issues from changing demographics to a growing emphasis on sustainability and social...
Event: UCEA Mid-Atlantic seeks award nominations
Posted on May 06, 2008May 5, 2008 Dear Continuing Education Colleague, As chair of this year's UCEA Mid-Atlantic Region Award Committee, I invite you to submit a nomination for the 2008 regional awards. Each year the UCEA Mid-Atlantic Region Awards Committee honors the most...
Publcations: NACUA's New York Minute
Posted on May 06, 2008NACUA New York Minute: Volume Three May 6, 2008 Register today! NACUA New York Minute is a periodic newsletter intended to provide members with information on the 48th Annual Conference, which will be held June 22-25 at the Marriott Marquis...
Publications: Dorrance Publishers best sellers
Posted on May 06, 2008May Dorrance Publishing Newsletter Dorrance Current Bestsellers! 1. Meeting Paddy O'Rourke: Book One by Patti B. Pruitt 2. Where the Water Is Cold by James E. Ryhal 3. Zetta: The Girl Who Knew She Wanted To Be A Missionary Nurse,...
Publication: NAFSA News
Posted on May 06, 2008May 6, 2008 | Vol. 13, No. 18 THIS WEEK IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION Chinese Students in United States Cope with Negative Images of Home Country Education Summit Focuses on Global Development Australia Issues New Work Rules for International Students ASSOCIATION...
Ethics: West Virginia's faculty calls for president's ouster
Posted on May 06, 2008Since December the university has been rocked by a scandal over the transcript of Heather M. Bresch, the state governor's daughter, who also has long-standing ties to Mr. Garrison and one of the university's most generous donors. Anger on campus...
Law: Cal State fires second instructor over loyalty oath issue
Posted on May 06, 2008Teacher fired for refusing to sign loyalty oath Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times LET GO: ?I wanted it on record that I am a pacifist,? Wendy Gonaver said. She wants an apology and a teaching job for next year....
Publications: net.Lawman newsletter
Posted on May 06, 2008Contents: ? Construction workers take note: SWMP regulations ? What's New! ? New documents to help your business ? Information to help your business New documents to help your business Company documents Members agreements Option agreements Construction workers take note:...
Law: The Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008
Posted on May 06, 2008One Hundred Tenth Congress of the United States of America AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, the third day of January, two thousand and eight An Act To prohibit discrimination on the...
Law: California Ct of Appeals finds prof who didn't do sabbatical research breached contract
Posted on May 06, 20081 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO CHAFFEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DALE C. TATUM, Defendant and Appellant. E041000 (Super.Ct.No. RCV76362) OPINION APPEAL from the Superior Court of...
Events: A conference on knowledge, culture and change
Posted on May 06, 2008Dear Colleague, On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, we would like to inform you of the: THE NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE, CULTURE AND CHANGE IN ORGANISATIONS Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 24-27 June 2009 http://www...
Trends: Higher Ed said to be a hot topic with NC voters
Posted on May 05, 2008RALEIGH, N.C. - In a region where higher education is a meal ticket for thousands of faculty and students, it doesn't take long before political debates here take an academic bent. Presidential candidates find voters who parse proposals involving student...
Law: George Mason prof "shills for Hilary"
Posted on May 05, 2008Hillary's having trouble finding an economist to back her suspension of the gas tax. But she need look no further - I'll rise to the challenge. Here's my economic case for the tax cut: 1. The American people want to...
Law: Congress, Prez enact student loan bill
Posted on May 05, 2008Fearing an election-year nightmare of students unable to find college loans, the Bush administration and Congress have moved with blinding speed, agreeing on and passing a student-loan bailout bill in less than a month. And yet loan companies, colleges, and...
Law: India claims to be cracking down on "third grade" foreign universities
Posted on May 05, 2008New Delhi: Minister for human resource development Arjun Singh is these days savouring the sweet taste of the Supreme Court verdict, which last month vindicated his position on 27% reservation to all students from backward castes in graduate and postgraduate...
Publications: University Press releases copyrights to its authors
Posted on May 05, 2008Press Release: New policy at Rockefeller University Press allows authors to retain copyright to their published work Citing the growing demand from the public and the scientific community for access to research data, The Rockefeller University Press has revised its...
Publications: Lawyers' Desk Book
Posted on May 05, 2008Used by over 150,000 attorneys and legal professionals! Lawyer's Desk Book, 2008 Editionby Dana Shilling List Price: $160.00 ISBN: 0735574537 ISBN-13: 9780735574533 Format: Paperback Publication Cycle: Published annually Latest Supplemented Date: 4/15/2008 Automatic Supplementation More Info.
Publications: Faculty Focus
Posted on May 05, 2008Welcome to the new weekly version of Faculty Focus. As you can see we're making some improvements to our newsletter for you. With a fresh new logo and our weekly format, you're seeing the beginnings of a whole new Faculty...
Law: AV v. iParadigms, the Turnitin.com case
Posted on May 05, 2008Read Jim Castagnera's take on it.Download 0805_Castagnera.pdf Read all this and more in the May issue of the Greentree Gazette.Subscribe here.
Events: A Call for Proposals
Posted on May 05, 2008The CAI and its Conference Program Committee encourage you to submit a session proposal on the theory and practice of academic integrity and/or the broader campus ethical culture that addresses one or more of the following tracks: Track 1: Research...
Publications: Education News Update
Posted on May 05, 2008Education News Update Sponsored by the Center for Education & Employment Law Get Your Own Copy of Education News Update More than 71,000 professionals read Education News Update. Your colleagues and peers can, too. Sign up at: http://pbpexecutivesummaries...
Trends: A reply to our posting on "Publish or Perish"
Posted on May 04, 2008Hi, I am happy to see Publish or Perish is useful to you. However, I am concerned about your throw-away comment that the program is buggy. It has been on offer for 1.5 years, we have received hundreds of pieces...
Law: DNA is no silver bullet, according to this article
Posted on May 04, 2008Police found the naked body of Diana Sylvester near her Christmas tree. The 22-year-old San Francisco nurse had been sexually assaulted and stabbed in the heart. She lay on her back, her neck laced with scratches and her mouth open...
Opinion: A union man suggests how to use your IRS rebate
Posted on May 04, 2008How to use Your IRS Rebate check... As you may have heard, each of us will be getting a tax rebate check to stimulate the economy. If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China....
Law: Having won AV v iParadigms, Turnitin takes the offensive
Posted on May 04, 2008At this year?s meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, plagiarism was a hot topic, with many panelists talking about ways to teach students about academic integrity. Generally, panelists spoke of the importance of not relying on plagiarism-detection...
Opinion: Six experts tell how they would change the student-loan environment
Posted on May 04, 2008You don't NEED to be an expert on student aid to recognize that the current loan system is complex, sometimes inefficient, and highly politicized. When it comes to financing a college education, there is no one-stop shopping. Students and their...
Opinion: Student Loans and Cohort Default Rates
Posted on May 04, 2008Cohort default rates are good for something, just not much Justin Draeger April 2008 Can anything significant really be from the cohort default rate measurement? That?s the question Jonathan Liebman poses in his earlier article, Default Rate Primer: What and...
Law Primer: Student Financial Aid
Posted on May 04, 2008by Jim Castagnera If the admissions process is complicated by contract considerations, financial aid is a minefield filled with legal hazards for the hapless, or reckless, administrator. No better example can be posed, as this work goes to press, than...
Events: A summer academy on cultivating student success
Posted on May 03, 2008JOIN US IN BIRMINGHAM! 2008 SUMMER ACADEMY: CULTIVATING STUDENT ACCESS & SUCCESS "Strengthening Institutions to Improve National Competitiveness" Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa July 20-24, 2008 Join us in historic Birmingham, Ala., nestled in the rolling foothills of...
Law: Request from a reader regarding Hiwassee College
Posted on May 03, 2008Dear Jim, I am a retired professor (Georgia St. Univ. in Atlanta) who is now the President-Elect of the Alumni Association Board of Governors at Hiwassee College in Madisonville, TN. Thus, I read with interest your recent Greentree Gazette article...
Law: Paid Family Leave comes to New Jersey
Posted on May 03, 2008An advisory from New Jersey defense attorney Steve Gerber: Dear clients and colleagues: On May 2, 2008, Governor Jon Corzine signed the Paid Family Leave Act, (the "PFLA"), making New Jersey the third state that provides workers with paid family...
Opinion: When they say it's not about oil, is it most certainly about oil?
Posted on May 03, 2008'91 war, not Iraq war, was over oil, McCain clarifies Mary Altaffer / Associated Press MOTIVATION: McCain talks to his press secretary. He?d said his energy policy would cut U.S. reliance on Mideast oil and prevent the U.S. from again...
Law: Suspicionless Search - US v. Arnold (9th Cir., April 2008)
Posted on May 03, 2008O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: *1 We must decide whether customs officers at Los Angeles International Airport may examine the electronic contents of a passenger's laptop computer without reasonable suspicion. I On July 17, 2005, forty-three-year-old Michael Arnold arrived at Los Angeles...
Law: Traveling this summer? Avoid a "Suspicionless Search"
Posted on May 03, 2008The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion in the caseU.S. v. Arnold holding that the Fourth Amendment does not require government agents to have reasonable suspicion before searching laptops at the border, including international airports...
Law: New York adds charge for criminal record check
Posted on May 02, 2008Please be advised that New York State recently passed legislation increasing the cost of a New York State Criminal search through the Office of Court Administration (OCA). The price increase for Criminal History Record Searches is effective May 1, 2008;...
Opinion: Next week's Attorney at Large column
Posted on May 02, 2008Another Reason I Won?t Be Voting for Obama By James Castagnera Jimmy Carter is our best former president. He was an ineffectual chief executive, however. Last week he endorsed Barack Obama. His endorsement is one more reason I won?t be...
Events: NAFSA Conference Connection
Posted on May 02, 2008If you are among the 6000+ attending NAFSA's annual convention in Washington later this month, consider using "Conference Connection": NAFSA makes it easier than ever to connect with friends, set up meetings, and learn what's going on at the NAFSA...
Law A.V. v. iParadigms
Posted on May 02, 2008Castagnera's take on the case here.Download 0805_Castagnera.pdf Read this article and more in the May issue of the Greentree Gazette. Subscribe here.
Law: Are you kidding me? Which century is this?
Posted on May 02, 2008Teacher fired for refusing to sign loyalty oath Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times LET GO: ?I wanted it on record that I am a pacifist,? Wendy Gonaver said. She wants an apology and a teaching job for next year....
Law: Congress may consolidate tuition tax credits
Posted on May 02, 2008GAO Summary: Higher Education: Multiple Higher Education Tax Incentives Create Opportunities for Taxpayers to Make Costly MistakesGAO-08-717T May 1, 2008 Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Federal assistance helps students and families pay for postsecondary education through several...
Events: Neocon meeting on Middle East had seige mentality
Posted on May 02, 2008When the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, or Asmea, held its inaugural meeting here last weekend, the siege mentality felt by its members?many of whom are conservative researchers?was palpable. Even the group's renowned co-founder, Bernard...
Trends: Competition for top students may work against diversity goals
Posted on May 02, 2008One after another at this time of year, elite colleges trumpet the outstanding SAT scores of the applicants they have admitted. The question often raised by such announcements is just how much those scores matter. Two recent studies conclude that...
Events: SAP hosts a conference in Orlando
Posted on May 02, 2008ASUG Annual Conference One Destination. Endless Opportunities. SAPPHIRE 2008 Orlando and the ASUG Annual Conference MAY 4 - 7, 2008 ============================================================ VIEW LIVE KEYNOTE WEBCASTS -- EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE AT SAP...
Law: The latest in the never-ending saga of Florida university governance
Posted on May 02, 2008Read it here from a Tampa daily newspaper.
Law: NACUBO opposes IRS withholding rule
Posted on May 02, 2008On behalf of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), and the associations listed below, we submit the following comments on Notice 2008-38. The notice addresses implementation of a requirement, added by section 511 of the Tax...
Law: Not the best means of working your way through school
Posted on May 02, 2008A Penn State Altoona business student was earning his way through college by selling cocaine, according to police charges filed Thursday. The charges against Michael A. Conforti, 20, of Hackettstown, N.J., came in the aftermath of an April 21 sweep...
Event: A North American Labor Relations Conference
Posted on May 02, 2008Association of Labor Relations Agencies Presents A North American Labor Relations Conference Seeking Solutions in Difficult Times Monday, July 21, 2008 Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center Burlington, Vermont Sponsored By: New England Consortium of State Labor Relations Agencies Hosted...
Law: A compendium on animal rights activists
Posted on May 02, 20081. University plans to sue activists In the wake of a firebomb attack earlier this month against a researcher from the University of California at Los Angeles, the university regents are planning to file a lawsuit this morning to block...
Events: US Students compete on knowledge of EU economy
Posted on May 02, 2008STUDENTS FROM RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL (NJ) RISE TO THE EURO CHALLENGE High School Teams Get Dollars for Euro Knowledge Following the final rounds at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, four teams emerged as the winners of this...
Publications: Free citation software
Posted on May 01, 2008Hi everyone- Below I have posted the address of the website that hosts Publish or Perish, the free citation analysis software I mentioned in our meeting this week. http://www.harzing.com/index.htm The program can be a little buggy at times and you...
Law: Judge selects a buyer for bankrupt Myers University
Posted on May 01, 2008An Ohio judge has chosen a buyer for the troubled Myers University, in Cleveland, selecting an investor from Connecticut who had previously acquired the nonprofit Heald College, in California, and Salem International University, in West Virginia. The investor, Bradley Palmer...
Law: Senate acts to thwart student-loan crisis
Posted on May 01, 2008The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that seeks to avert a shortfall in student loans, a day after President Bush urged Congress to act quickly on the legislation. The bill, HR 5715, which the House of Representatives passed...
Opinion: Immigrants strain US resources
Posted on May 01, 2008By Mark Cromer May 1, 2008 » Discuss Article As the crisis of dwindling long-term water supplies hangs over the American Southwest like vultures circling for dinner, everyone from academics to journalists is starting to pay attention. One example is....
LAW: DOL faults recipients of job-training grants
Posted on May 01, 2008By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, April 30, 2008; Page A17 In the past seven years, the Labor Department awarded more than $271 million to groups to help train workers for high-demand jobs, but a new audit...
Law: Turkish government softens free-speech restrictions
Posted on May 01, 2008ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) ? Turkey's parliament approved a government-backed proposal Wednesday to soften a law restricting free speech that has been used to prosecute intellectuals and dissidents. The legislators voted 250-65 in favor of amending that section of Turkey's penal...
Law: Judge tosses out $5 mil verdict against NCAA
Posted on May 01, 2008Retired Montgomery County Circuit Judge William Gordon granted appeals by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and threw out a $6 million jury verdict awarded to former University of Alabama football booster Ray Keller of Stevenson in his defamation lawsuit against...
Publications: Cengage Products on offer
Posted on May 01, 2008Dear Professor, Final exams are around the corner and summer will be here before we know it! With that in mind, I want to be sure that you have all the materials (textbooks and/or technology) that you may need to...
Law: UCLA snoop is indicted
Posted on April 30, 2008A former administrative specialist at UCLA Medical Center has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly selling information to the media from medical records of celebrity patients, according to a document unsealed Tuesday. Lawanda Jackson, 49, was indicted...
Trends: Penn State scores high on "greenness"
Posted on April 30, 2008Although it can't conquer the powerhouse conferences on the athletic field, the Ivy League crushed its rivals in a green-energy contest sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that concluded this week. The Ivy League purchased a total of 222...
Trends: Short term study abroad programs grow in popularity
Posted on April 30, 2008Julie Wootton, News Editor Issue date: 4/29/08 The number of students studying abroad in short-term programs has increased both for Whitworth and nationally. ?Nationally, short-term programs are becoming more and more popular,? said Sue Jackson, director of the International Education...
Event: PRIM&R Annual Conference in November
Posted on April 30, 2008Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research: Learn more here.
Law: A regulatory round-table on new OPT rules
Posted on April 29, 2008Colleagues: I forgot to mention that if you are experiencing the throes of evaporating budgets, you may request deferred payment when registering for our programs and we will invoice you after July 1st! Don't miss out on participating in our...
Law: A faculty speech/1st Amendment case from the AAUP
Posted on April 29, 2008From: Rachel Levinson, AAUP Senior Counsel [mailto:aaup-news@aaup.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:38 PM To: Patrick J Cihon Subject: Faculty Speech and the First Amendment Imagine that you are teaching at a public university that not only supports but encourages...
Law: Eighth Circuit upholds law denying federal aid to drug offenders
Posted on April 29, 2008United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 07-1159 ___________ Students for Sensible Drug * Policy Foundation, on behalf * of itself and its members; * Kraig Selken; Nathan Bush; * Alex Schwab, on behalf of *...
Event: Fall 2008 diversity workshops available
Posted on April 29, 2008We are currently taking fall 2008 reservations for bringing this popular workshop directly to campuses nationwide. Over the past four months, I have conducted campus workshops at University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Texas Tech University, Virginia Tech University, Florida Atlantic University,...
Law: DHS proposes biometrics at ports... comment period is now
Posted on April 29, 2008On April 24, 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a proposed rule to establish an exit program at all air and sea ports of departure. The proposed rule would require aliens who are subject to United States Visitor...
Law: Random selection for H-1B petitions
Posted on April 29, 2008Random Selection Process on H-1B Petitions On April 14, 2008 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducted a random selection process on H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2009. The selections were made on the petitions that qualified for the...
Publications: A Call for Papers
Posted on April 29, 2008Call for Papers: IIENetworker Magazine Fall 2008 Issue Theme: "From Cairo to Cape Town: International Education Trends in Africa" IIENetworker, the international education magazine of the Institute of International Education (IIE), invites submissions for publication in its upcoming Fall 2008...
Law: EU scientists claim discovery of a nicotine gene
Posted on April 29, 2008Brussels, 3 April 2008 Smoking genes? European scientists discover the first case of a genetic dependence to nicotine Scientists from an EU-supported consortium have discovered that a mutation in a human gene confers nicotine dependence. They have shown that a...
Law: West Virginia's Provost and Biz Dean step down amidst controversy
Posted on April 29, 2008Read the story here. Read the underlying report here.
Controversy: A new IRanian-produced film depicts Jesus as a man, not a God
Posted on April 29, 2008Jesus sat and peeled an orange as his companion, Nader Talebzadeh, began to speak, precisely, so as not to be misunderstood on a matter so sensitive. The Iranian director's new film is based on the Islamic version of the life...
Publications: New documents from NACUA
Posted on April 29, 2008New Documents on NACUA.WEB: FDA: Human Subject Protection--Foreign Clinical Studies Complete text (17 pages) of Final Rule issued by the Food and Drug Administration and published in the April 28 Federal Register. In the final rule, the FDA amends is...
Ethics: Med school organization urges ban on industry gifts
Posted on April 29, 2008Read the story in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Read the report Download industryfunding.pdf
Event: NAFSA reaches out to college presidents
Posted on April 28, 2008Dear Colleague: Earlier this month, we sent an invitation to college and university presidents and chancellors in Regions VII and X to attend a special series of events we are hosting for them at the NAFSA Annual Conference in Washington...
Trends: Universities worry about boomer-faculty retirements
Posted on April 28, 2008Baby boom-era professors nationwide are postponing retirement because of the poor economy, but when they finally do retire, campuses across the nation will be competing for fewer qualified employees to replace them, educators and researchers said.Read the whole story here.
Publications: News from the Emerald Literati Network
Posted on April 28, 2008View the website here.
Law: Bush pushes for a quick legislative fix for student loans
Posted on April 28, 2008President Bush weighed in over the weekend on student-lending woes, urging Congress to act quickly to pass legislation to improve the stability of student loans.Read the rest of this story in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Trend: Gene therapy helps the blind see
Posted on April 28, 2008The controversial technique could eventually help people with blindness caused by such vision disorders as macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer April 28, 2008 For the first time, researchers have used...
Trend: Raised in boom times, Gen-Xers see dreams go bust
Posted on April 28, 2008Will they start suing their alma maters? Few can remember a time when jobs weren't plentiful and life wasn't one big shopping trip. Now they are out of work and drowning in debt. By Daniel Costello, Los Angeles Times Staff...
Opinion: Senate's ban on genetics discrimination doesn't go far enough
Posted on April 28, 2008The Senate's recently passed ban on genetic discrimination is laudable, but it doesn't go far enough. By Russell Korobkin April 26, 2008 Amy carries the BRCA1 gene, which is associated with an elevated risk of breast cancer. Beth has an...
Opinion: America?s 21st Century Proletariat Is an Ominous Omen
Posted on April 27, 2008By James Castagnera Attorney at Large The story seemed like an April Fool?s joke when it appeared in the media on April 1st. The America?s Promise Alliance, chaired by founder Colin Powell, reported that fewer than 50 percent of big-city...
Law Primer: Labor Relations in Higher Education
Posted on April 27, 2008by Patrick J. Cihon Private Sector Universities The National Labor Relations Act [NLRA], 29 U.S.C. §151 et seq., is federal legislation that controls private sector labor relations activities between employers and employees. It should be noted that the NLRA creates...
Law Primer: Post-Tenure Review
Posted on April 26, 2008by Patrick J. Cihon Introduction. Once faculty members are awarded tenure, there may be institutional concerns regarding how to ensure that they remain productive members of the academic community. One mechanism to address that concern has been the establishment of...
Law: IRS still wants to force endowments to spend in line with resources
Posted on April 25, 2008The Internal Revenue Service is stepping up efforts to ensure that the nation?s charities are not hoarding or wasting money, a top official of the agency said today. Steven T. Miller, commissioner of the IRS?s tax-exempt and government-entities division, said...
Event: Roundtable on new OPT rule
Posted on April 25, 2008Colleagues: On Wednesday, May 14, we will be hosting an F-1 Regulatory Round Table Discussion with our primary focus the New OPT Rule. This will take place 1:30-4:30 PM at the Midtown Holiday Inn in Manhattan. The cost is FREE...
Publication:New edition of J. of College and University Law available
Posted on April 25, 2008Good day NACUA members. We are pleased to send you Volume 34, No. 2 of the Journal of College and University Law. By clicking on the article titles below, you will be connected to the full text of each article...
Law: Radford renews its faculty with retirement bucks
Posted on April 25, 2008RADFORD -- It was clear from the beginning that Radford University's high-speed restructuring of its general education program would reshape about 40 percent of what goes into a Radford education. Now it's clear that it will also change who will...
Law: Sungard deals with identity theft issue
Posted on April 25, 2008MALVERN, Pa., April 22, 2008 ? A laptop containing personally identifiable information was stolen from a SunGard Higher Education employee on March 13, 2008. Brian Madocks, chief executive officer of SunGard Higher Education today issued the following statement: ?On behalf...
Survey: Deadline for Datatel survey is April 30th
Posted on April 25, 2008The deadline for survey submissions is April 30th! Your feedback is very important to the continued growth of Colleague. Please fill out the survey today! Each year Datatel surveys the Student community to collect feedback concerning client satisfaction and to...
Event: Last chance at an early bird special for the Chronicle's leadership forum
Posted on April 25, 2008Dear James Castagnera: A quick reminder: you can save $100 off the registration fee for The Chronicle Executive Leadership Forum, but you must sign up by Monday, April 28. In a day and a half of carefully programmed sessions, the...
Law: Congress weighs role of social scientists in war
Posted on April 25, 2008Washington The Pentagon must take better advantage of social scientists' insights about warfare and terrorism, several members of Congress said during a hearing on Thursday that was jointly sponsored by the House Armed Services Committee and the House Committee on...
Law: Senate bill would ban genetic discrimination
Posted on April 25, 2008The legislation, which the House is expected to approve quickly and President Bush has promised to sign, would prevent information gleaned from genetic testing to be used against people. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer April 25, 2008...
Opportunity: Canada offers a grant program
Posted on April 25, 2008Dear Dr Castagnera The Canadian Government, through its Embassy and Consulates in the United States, supports research, conferences, teaching, and program activity related to Canada and/or Canada-U.S. relations. Our grant program seeks to encourage comparative research and teaching, faculty exchanges,...
Law: Report Sez Lawmakers SHould Focus Energies on Adult Student Population
Posted on April 24, 2008Washington ? Colleges and universities are increasingly looking for ways to lure adult students to their campuses, believing that the education of older students may well hold the ticket to bolstering local and regional economies. But lawmakers who set state...
Publication: Castagnera in the May Greentree Gazette
Posted on April 24, 2008My article this month is on A.V. v iParadigms.Download 0805_Castagnera.pdf You can subscribe to the Greentree Gazette at this location.
Law: Theft of a laptop results in identity theft at 18 colleges
Posted on April 24, 2008At least 18 colleges are scrambling to inform tens of thousands of students they are at risk of having their identities stolen after SunGard, a leading software vendor, reported that a laptop owned by one of its consultants was stolen.Read...
Law: The latest on student loans
Posted on April 24, 20081. Bush administration concedes new legislation is needed The Bush administration called off internal deliberations over a bailout plan for student-loan companies after concluding it did not have the authority to act on its own, instead endorsing a Congressional proposal...
Trends: I'm having a Sixties flashback!
Posted on April 23, 2008Evergreen State College Suspends Its Chapter of Students for a Democratic Society Evergreen State College has suspended its campus chapter of Students for a Democratic Society after the group planned an antiwar folk-music performance there, in violation of the institution?s...
Event: Brokaw featured at Orlando conference
Posted on April 23, 2008ASUG Annual Conference TIME IS RUNNING OUT. REGISTER NOW. SAPPHIRE 2008 AND ASUG ANNUAL CONFERENCE ORLANDO, MAY 4 - 7, 2008 Time is running out to register for SAPPHIRE 2008 and ASUG Annual Conference Orlando. Register before May 2 and...
Event: A webnar on recruiting students from the Middle East
Posted on April 23, 2008Register Now for Recruiting in the Middle East Webinar Registration deadline April 29, 2008. From media sources to international college fairs, discover country-specific ways to recruit students from the Middle East. Three presenters will raise your awareness about the context,...
Publication: Princeton Review will rate greenest campuses
Posted on April 23, 2008Read about it here.
Event: The Chronicle of Higher Ed's annual executive leadership program
Posted on April 23, 2008Dear James Castagnera: As the editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education, I'd like the chance to meet you this June at our annual Executive Leadership Forum. If you haven't attended this event in the past, it's the one higher-education...
Event: A free webnar on wireless technology
Posted on April 23, 2008Dear James Castagnera: Ranked number nine in PC Magazine's 2007 "Top 20 Wired Colleges," Quinnipiac University sets its sites on becoming an All-Wireless Campus -- an unmatched learning environment at a fraction of the costs of traditional networks. Learn how...
Event: New Jersey Treasurer to speak at Rider University
Posted on April 23, 2008New Jersey Treasurer David Rousseau will speak at Rider University in Lawrenceville (NJ) at 5:00 PM on Thursday, April 24th, hosted by the Rider University Institute for New jersey Politics. (Sweigert Auditorium, College of Business) Information: 609...
Event: A best-practices workshop on on-line education at the University of Maryland
Posted on April 23, 2008Register here.
Law: Student visa fees may double soon
Posted on April 23, 2008Money would go to support Homeland Security's surveillance programs. Read the proposal in the Federal Register.Download E8-8261.pdf
Trend: Move over higher ed, public schools are starting foundations
Posted on April 23, 2008Fund raising is no longer confined to HIGHER education. Read about this trend in the LA Times.
Event: A conference on climate change
Posted on April 23, 2008Dear Colleague, On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, we would like to inform you of the: THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACTS AND RESPONSES Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research, Pune, India 9-11 January 2009 http://www...
Law: Hiwassee College may be the the mouse that no longer roars
Posted on April 23, 2008Eleventh Circuit rules in favor of accrediting agency. Read the story here.
Event: Schedule of sessions at NACUA's June 22-25 Conference in NYC
Posted on April 23, 2008Access the schedule here.
Publication: Handbook for lawyers who are new to higher ed
Posted on April 23, 2008The NACUA Handbook for Lawyers New to Higher Education, 2nd Edition Publication Type: Compendia Version: HardCopy Member Price: $150.00 Non-Member Price: $195.00 Edited by Melissa Rooker and William E. Thro A "MUST-HAVE" RESOURCE FOR ALL HIGHER EDUCATION LAWYERS Higher education...
Publication: JMA Higher Education Stats
Posted on April 21, 2008STRATEGIC HIGHER ED TRENDS AT A GLANCE Summary enrollment growth tables showing 2007 indexed to 2003 and to 2006. A publication reporting institutional trends in all sectors, Carnegie Classes, enrollment levels, gender, and race/ethnic categories is in process...
Policy: Should Yale abort this student project?
Posted on April 21, 2008A Yale University student's art project that portrays her as inducing her own abortions has drawn a firestorm of criticism from all along the ideological spectrum, but it is protected by intellectual and artistic freedom, said officials of groups that...
Opinion: Lack of Skilled Workers could cause fiscal crisis, say some economists
Posted on April 21, 2008Demographers, economists and employers are advocating more investment in training and education for the immigrants needed to replace the huge outgoing crop of baby boomers. By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer April 21, 2008 With baby boomers preparing...
Law Primer: Due Process Rights in Relation to Academic Probation and Dismissal
Posted on April 20, 2008by Jim Castagnera Due process requirements of academic probation and dismissal in the public sector: Academic disciplinary action is at least as serious, if not more so, than behavioral discipline. Academic standing goes straight to the heart of student status...
Law: Arizona bill would prohibit race-based student groups on public campuses
Posted on April 19, 2008An Arizona legislative committee has passed an amendment to a routine homeland-security bill that would prohibit students at the state?s public universities and community colleges from organizing groups based on race. The amendment was approved by the Arizona House Appropriations...
Event: An international conference in Canada in July
Posted on April 19, 2008Read about it and register here.
Opinion: A year after VTU, profiling still worth considering on campuses
Posted on April 19, 2008by Jim Castagnera When the police use profiling, it's condemned as racist. When the customs service does it, it's similarly assailed as discriminatory and unconstitutional. Still, it's being done. Travel & Leisure magazine reported not long ago, "The Transportation Security...
Publication: Survey says students want more emphasis on social repsonsibility
Posted on April 19, 2008Read the AAC&U report here.
Law: The Pope meets victims of sex abuse
Posted on April 18, 2008Read the details at NPR. "Attorney at Large": Priests and Pedophiles, Pain and Puffery By James Castagnera The Pope?s U.S. visit brought the Catholic Church?s sexual abuse scandal back into the media spotlight. Several victims of abuse by priests met...
Article: In 2001 reports of Catholic Higher Ed's death were premature
Posted on April 18, 2008Read the dire prediction in a 2001 issue of America Magazine.
Article: Civil and Canon Law Issues Affecting Catholic Higher Ed
Posted on April 18, 2008Access the article here.
Law: Pope tips his hat to academic freedom
Posted on April 18, 2008Read about his speech in the Chronicle of Higher Education. And in Inside Higher Education.
Publication: "Faculty Focus" moves to weekly schedule
Posted on April 17, 2008Now Just for You? Faculty Focus is now bringing you the articles and information you can use in a weekly newsletter. We know you?re busy, so we?ve taken our monthly newsletter and trimmed it down to sizeable bits of information...
Events: Is this what we mean by "Study Abroad"?
Posted on April 17, 2008Ad campaign seems to promise a sexy experience in New Zealand.Read about it in the Chronicle of Higher Education Evaluate the promotional video here. Visit the website behind this promotion here.
Publication: Marty Latz's latest column
Posted on April 17, 2008As I?ve noted before, Consumer Reports has found more than 90 percent of shoppers who tried to negotiate a better deal on goods and services got one -- on furniture, electronics, appliances and even medical bills. So go online and...
Event: Optimizing Employee Relations in Union and Non-Union Environments
Posted on April 17, 2008A workshop on offer from the Philadelphia mega-firm of Saul Ewing.Register here.
Publication: Last chance to participate in IIE "Trans-Atlantic Dual Degree" Survey
Posted on April 17, 2008Access the survey here.
Publication: SUbscribe to Jury Verdict Analysis Service here
Posted on April 17, 2008Jury Verdict Review & Analysis is published by: Jury Verdict Review Publications, Inc. 45 Springfield Ave. Springfield, NJ 07081-9770 Phone: (973) 376-9002 Fax: (973) 376-1775 www.jvra.com
Law: Supreme Curt holds lethal injection to be a humane means of execution
Posted on April 17, 2008Read the story in the LA TImes. This marks a defeat fro Professor David R. Dow of the University of Houston and colleagues at the Texas Defender Service.Read an earlier interview with Prof. Dow here. Visit the Texas Defender Service...
Publications: Articles Archive available from Emerald Group
Posted on April 17, 2008Dear Dr James Ottavio Castagnera, As you may be aware, Emerald Group Publishing Limited has recently acquired a large proportion of Elsevier?s Social Science book series and textbook publishing programme. Over 200 book series and almost 300 books have been...
Product: Forms on offer from Net Lawman
Posted on April 17, 2008Company and partnership documents ? Pack of documents to change the name of your company A comprehensive pack of documents required to change the name of your private company for whatever reason. ? Pack of documents required to hold an...
Law: Afghan student under sentence of death for criticizing Islam is granted an appeal
Posted on April 17, 2008International organizations monitoring the case announce the appellate opportunity.Read the report form Bloomberg here. Visit the website of the organization monitoring the case here.
Law: University of Nevada fires former whistleblower
Posted on April 17, 2008Associate Professor who blew the whistle on treatment of animals in 2005 is fired for alleged plagiarism.Read the story in the Reno Gazette-Journal
Law: What's new regarding student loans?
Posted on April 17, 20081. Department of Education plans an emergency survey [Federal Register: April 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 74)] [Notices] [Page 20614-20615] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr16ap08-29] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Proposed Information Collection...
Product: Mother's Day Specials from the Ellis Island Foundation
Posted on April 17, 2008Check them out here.
Law: Virginia Tech, One year later
Posted on April 16, 2008Not surprisingly, the campus is still jittery one year after the horrific massacre.Read more here. The story of one surviving student who's making a run at returning to normal.From the Rocky Mountan News. Legal liability for campus shootings: a year....
Law: Is capital punishment too severe for child rape?
Posted on April 16, 2008Coker v. Georgia (1977) held that capital punishment was too cruel and unusual for adult rape. Fact was that almost all defendants executed for rape were African Americans.Read more about the landmark decision here. But does it make a difference...
Event: Only four days left for early bird savings at NAFSA's international conference next month in DC
Posted on April 15, 2008Register here.
Publication: Rider University student's honors thesis argues anti-discrimination laws might extend to body art
Posted on April 15, 2008Various laws such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the First Amendment, etc., are sufficiently broad as to allow for the protection of individuals adorned with body art from employment...
Law: Researchers persist in face of animal rights protesters
Posted on April 15, 2008Read the story in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Scientists say they are harassed at home and on the streets. Universities are providing security at researchers' homes.
Law: Opportunity to comment on draft instructions for IRS 990
Posted on April 15, 2008The Internal Revenue Service is seeking public comments on the draft instructions to the 2008 Form 990, the annual return most tax-exempt organizations must use to report information about their operations. The instructions are for the redesigned Form 990 that...
Law: Honest Leadership amd Open Government Act
Posted on April 15, 2008Read the statute here.Download s1.pdf Read what this means for higher education here.Download HLOGA_memo_041108.pdf
Events and Publications: NACUA Events and Publications announced this week
Posted on April 15, 2008NACUA Events and Publications · Registration is now open for NACUA's 48th Annual Conference, June 22 - 25 at the Marriott Marquis at Times Square in New York City. The Conference Brochure has been mailed to all NACUA members and...
Publication: World Business Directory
Posted on April 15, 2008Dear Sirs, In order to have your company registered in the World Business Directory for 2008/2009, please print out the enclosed form (PDF file), complete and return the form to: World Business Directory Suite 149 - Rosden House - 372...
Product: Press Release touts multi-model alert system for campuses
Posted on April 15, 2008PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release http://www.e2campus.com/PR080414-Louisiana_Invests.htm More Louisiana Colleges and Universities Invest in Multi-Modal Alert System From e2Campus e2Campus also recently added new lower pricing for voice message alerts to the Louisiana State Contract for Emergency Notification Services LEESBURG, VA...
Law: Dealing with tipped employees
Posted on April 14, 2008April 14, 2008 Dealing with Tipped Employees: The Implications of the $105 Million Starbucks Verdict In a decision that sent shock waves through the restaurant industry, with implications for businesses that rely upon ?tipped employees,? a San Diego Superior Court...
Publication: Public Opinion in Iran (from the U. of Md.)
Posted on April 14, 2008Download Iran_Apr08_rpt.pdf
Event: Retention and Recruiting Workshops
Posted on April 14, 2008Dear James Castagnera: Just a friendly reminder that our 2008 Retention and Recruitment Workshops are rapidly approaching?and space is quickly filling up! Our three-hour sessions are offered at only $100 each, and substantial discounts are available, based on the number...
Law: Emergency Notification Systems are sweeping our industry
Posted on April 14, 2008Campuses Embrace Emergency Notification Systems for Improved Crisis Communications Multi-modal alerts ensure 99% coverage of students whether or not they have signed up to receive alerts LEESBURG, VA ? April 14, 2008 ? Many colleges and universities across the country...
Publication: An article by Prof. Darby Dickerson of Stetson Law School on background checks of prospective students
Posted on April 14, 2008Good evening, I regularly read your higher-ed law blog and thought you might be interested in a new article I've written and that will be published in the spring 2008 issue of the Journal of College & University Law. The...
Law: Kids who cut themselves
Posted on April 13, 2008New book documents when they write about it in their English Comp classes.Read about it in Inside Higher Education. A Generation of Fragile Fighters By Jim Castagnera Attorney at Large They fight with one another. They mutilate themselves. Sometimes they...
Law: New alcohol policies offer amnesty to Good Samaritans
Posted on April 13, 2008Under-age drinkers will do almost anything to stay out of trouble. Sometimes they won't even call 911 in an emergency, says Meghan Hanrahan, a junior at Ohio University. That's why she believes administrators should waive judicial punishments when intoxicated students...
Opinion: From the Chronicle of Higher Education
Posted on April 13, 2008To the Editor: Administrators at Emory and Cornell Universities and other institutions should be praised for enacting lifesaving Good Samaritan policies, which grant amnesty to students who call for help during overdose emergencies ("More Colleges Offer 'Amnesty' for Drinking Violations,"...
Law: Ex-student settles with family of deceased frat boy
Posted on April 13, 2008The former president of the... fraternity where a pledge drank a fatal amount of alcohol last year has settled a civil lawsuit with the pledge's parents and will cooperate with them as they sue the university and others, a lawyer...
Law Primer: Liability for Alcohol Use by College Students
Posted on April 13, 2008Although recent studies have shown that the number of students who drink and binge drink has stayed about the same since 1993, according to The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University in New York City, the...
Law: Double Whammy--- Congress tries to tackle student-loan problems while grappling with the mortgage crisis
Posted on April 12, 2008In spring 2007 the U.S. was awash in liquidity. Abundant credit fueled a housing boom as well as M and A deals. For student loans, financing was readily available, both for existing lenders and the new entrants who sought to...
Law: My kind of field trip!
Posted on April 12, 2008PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) - Nicki Amouri hands her camera to a friend, throws her arm over another and smiles wide as she leans in for a shot with the monument her class came to visit. It's a typical field trip...
Law: Traumatized lab monkeys in Georgia said to need saving
Posted on April 12, 2008SUKHUMI, GEORGIA -- They languish in the yard of a war-crushed research center, rattling against the rusting metal of their cages and staring down at the distant blue smudge of the Black Sea. The inbred clans of traumatized monkeys have...
Law: Is profiling a practice worth considering to counter campus shootings?
Posted on April 12, 2008The Profile of a Potential Killer By James Castagnera When the police use profiling, it?s condemned as racist. When the customs service does it, it?s similarly assailed as discriminatory and unconstitutional. Still, it?s being done. Travel & Leisure magazine reported...
Publications: New from NACUA
Posted on April 11, 2008This updated and significantly expanded compendium is an excellent resource for attorneys, human resources professionals, and others involved in higher education employment law. Its content ranges from the pre-hiring issues of affirmative action and background checks to separation agreements and...
Law: VTU victims and families settle with state
Posted on April 11, 2008Survivors of the shooting at Virginia Tech and families of those who were killed there have reached an $11-million settlement with the Commonwealth of Virginia that precludes lawsuits against the university and the state.Read more in the Chronicle of Higher...
Law: Records peeking has a history at UCLA Hospital
Posted on April 11, 2008Though UCLA Medical Center has portrayed recent privacy breaches as the rare actions of rogue employees, the hospital has known since at least 1995 that staffers were peeking into the medical records of such prominent patients as Tom Cruise and...
Publication: Six Dumb Ways to Kill Employee Morale
Posted on April 11, 2008Why do some organizations hum along like a well-oiled machine while others have rampant negativity, plummeting morale, or low productivity? Time and again the answer lies in the effectiveness of frontline managers. Avoiding dumb mistakes that destroy teamwork and efficiency...
Law: NJ Guv signs paid family leave act
Posted on April 11, 2008The New Jersey Senate on Monday voted 21-15 to pass a bill (S 786) that would provide workers with partial wage replacement for six weeks while the worker is on leave to care for a newborn, newly adopted child or...
Law: Read Castagnera's series on campus shootings
Posted on April 11, 2008Legal liability for the Virginia Tech massacre: lessons of earlier mass shootings? Jim Castagnera April 2007 Part 1 in a series The April 16th Virginia Tech massacre sent editors and writers scurrying to their microfiche and video vaults, and lawyers...
Law: Congressman wants to mandate 30-munute response time in campus emergency
Posted on April 11, 2008A requirement that colleges warn their campuses of emergencies within 30 minutes?a provision that is already in one bill pending in Congress?is the focus of another measure that was proposed on Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives.Read the whole...
Law: Virginia's Guv signs new laws growing out of last year's VTU massacre
Posted on April 11, 2008Virginia's governor, Timothy M. Kaine, signed more than two dozen bills on Wednesday that seek to improve communication among mental-health professionals who work at colleges and state agencies, and strengthen security on public-university campuses in the hope of avoiding another...
Opportunity: Participate in an IRB research study
Posted on April 09, 2008Dear IRM Member, Recruiting and retaining participants for research trials is critical to the success of research projects. While offering payment to participants is common practice, little research is available about how and why participants are compensated...
Law: Senator sniffs around college endowments...has new bloodhound on payroll
Posted on April 09, 2008After Dean A. Zerbe resigned his post as senior counsel to Sen. Charles E. Grassley in February, the nonprofit world breathed a collective sigh of relief. The man responsible for the government?s sharpest scrutiny of nonprofit organizations was gone, and...
Law: "Nosy" employee at heart of UCLA's confidentiality flap
Posted on April 09, 2008The UCLA Medical Center employee who allegedly pried into the private medical records of the governor's wife and 60 others in a burgeoning scandal was a low-ranking administrative specialist who told The Times on Tuesday that "it was just me...
Law: More woes at Antioch... this time a computer breach
Posted on April 09, 2008A computer server at Antioch University containing more than a decade of sensitive information on 60,000 people, some entirely unconnected with the university, was breached three times last year. The server contained data going back to 1996 on current and...
Event: Learn how to become an analytic competitor
Posted on April 09, 2008Join Tom Davenport for a conversation about the process of becoming an analytical competitor "Executives at P&G view analytics as a competitive advantage in optimizing their business." Glenn Wegryn Procter & Gamble The research is in, and there is little...
Event: Webnar on the wireless campus
Posted on April 09, 2008Join us on Tuesday, April 29th at 10:00 AM Pacific, 1:00 PM Eastern to hear Quinnipiac University discuss their existing state of the art wireless deployment and their transition to an all-wireless campus. Wireless has made a significant impact at...
Opportunity: EU offers "Centers of Excellence" Grants
Posted on April 09, 2008Academic Resources, Fellowships & Grants Announcement of Grant Competition: European Union Centers in the United States 2008-2011 Application Deadline: June 16, 2008 The European Commission is pleased to announce a grant competition for the European Union Centers of Excellence program,...
Law: Bill would ease cell phone restrictions for higher ed
Posted on April 09, 2008Washington ? A bill scheduled to be considered today by the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee could provide major relief to colleges and others that provide their employees with cellphones and handheld devices like Blackberries.Read the rest of...
Publications: A new newsletter from NACUA
Posted on April 09, 2008NACUA is pleased to distribute its first volume of NACUA New York Minute, a periodic newsletter intended to provide members with information on the 48th Annual Conference, which will be held June 22-25, 2008 at the Marriott Marquis at Times...
Events: Two companies combine to offer enrollment-yield enhancement product
Posted on April 09, 2008Sterling College Partners with EducationDynamics to Develop Interactive Website to Improve Enrollment Yield and Communication with Prospective Students Newly-launched Site Incorporates Proven Tools of Engagement to Establish a Seamless Transition for Prospective Students During the Enrollment Process Hoboken, New Jersey...
JObs #3: NACUA seeks a variety of volunteers
Posted on April 07, 2008April 7, 2008 Dear NACUA Colleagues: NACUA depends heavily on its volunteers to achieve its mission. NACUA committees are comprised of members who reflect the breadth and depth of the Association. As your President-Elect, I invite you to volunteer to...
Jobs #2: NAFSA offers job posting and interview opportunities for upcoming international convention
Posted on April 07, 2008Dear Employer: At NAFSA?s 60th Annual Conference in Washington, DC May 25-30, there will be space in the NAFSA Career Center for employers to hold information sessions. This is an opportunity for you to present in a roundtable format about...
Jobs: Kansas System seeks honors/integrity Associate Director
Posted on April 07, 2008Dear CAI Members, Kansas State University invites applications and nominations for the position of Associate/Assistant Director of the Honor and Integrity System. This position begins on July 1, 2008, and is a full-time, 10-month position. Please follow the link below...
Publications: More on "Ned McAdoo and the Molly Maguires"
Posted on April 07, 2008From a Pitt Law Student: Dr. Castagnera, It's a pleasure talking with you. As you know, Bejamin Franklin Gowen was the president of the "Philadelphia and Reading Railroad," who prosecuted Kehoe and Hester. Benjamin Franklin was also the name of...
Law #2: What does Pope's visit to AMerica portend for Catholic higher ed establishment?
Posted on April 07, 2008For Catholic Educators, Eagerness and Angst Attend Pope's Visit advertisement Related materials Article: Papal Decree on Colleges Was 'a Call to Authenticity' Article: A Researcher Sees Hope in a Crisis Article: Watchdog Anticipates 'Triumphal Visit' Article: A President Cites Power...
Law: Is DOE misleading re high school drop out rates?
Posted on April 07, 2008How to lie with statistics Email|Print|Single Page| Text size ? + March 26, 2008 OF ALL the shortcomings of the federal No Child Left Behind law, one of the most glaring is its failure to set goals for improvements in...
Publications #2: Executive Report on FERPA Requirements
Posted on April 07, 2008Special Executive Report FERPA and Student Privacy: What Educators Need to Know Educators are often confused and flustered about the rights of students and demands of parents under state and federal privacy laws. A thorough understanding of key terms, legal...
Publications #1: Order the Education News Update here
Posted on April 07, 2008Education News Update Sponsored by the Center for Education & Employment Law Get Your Own Copy of Education News Update More than 71,000 professionals read Education News Update. Your colleagues and peers can, too. Sign up at: http://pbpexecutivesummaries...
Opinion #4: Why can't we discuss intelligent design in the classroom?
Posted on April 06, 2008By J. SCOTT TURNER I'd never had a heckler before. Usually, when I'm asked to give a talk, I discuss my research on termites and the remarkable structures they build. Usually, I'm glad just to have an audience. x But...
Legal Opinion: Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
Posted on April 06, 2008The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ruled in 2005 that requiring the teaching of intelligent design amounted to unconstitutional establishment of religion.Access the court's decision here.
Opinion #2: The Place of Intelligent Design in the Curriculum
Posted on April 06, 2008J. Scott Turner has his heart in the right place ("Why Can't We Discuss Intelligent Design?," The Chronicle Review, January 19). ID should indeed be discussed in universities. ... But it needs to be discussed in context. Intelligent design is...
Publications #1: A new biography of Charles Darwin
Posted on April 06, 2008Twenty-one years passed between Charles Darwin's epiphany that "natural selection" formed the basis of evolution and the scientist's publication of On the Origin of Species. Why did Darwin delay, and what happened during the course of those two decades? The...
Events#1: Touting Intelligent Design, "Expelled" opens April 18th
Posted on April 06, 2008New film makes a bid for the bucks earned by "The Passion" four years ago.Visit the film's web site here. Catch a glimpse of it on YouTube.Click here.
Opinion #1: Clarence Darrow on Agnosticism
Posted on April 06, 2008An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths. Everyone is an agnostic as to the beliefs or creeds they do not accept. Catholics are agnostic to...
Publications #4: Harrison Business Directory
Posted on April 05, 2008Because of advances in Database Technology "Harrison Business Directory" is now able to pass more savings to you. We are offering Contact Lists for LESS THAN A PENNY A LEAD!! Predominantly, other companies are charging $0.20 -$0.35 a lead. As...
Opinion #1: This week's "Attorney at Large"
Posted on April 05, 2008Remembering VTU and Other Campus Killings (Part Two) By James Castagnera Attorney at Large In August 1981, just out of law school and fresh from a bar exam, I reported for duty as an assistant professor of business law at...
Publications #2: More of Jim Castagnera's books
Posted on April 05, 2008Labor Law Books: 1. Termination of Employment By: - James O. Castagnera and Patrick J. Cihon and Andrew P. Morriss Format: Binder/Looseleaf Copyright: 1984 List Price: $1,218.00 Shipping FREE Availability: Partial Stock View and order here. 2. Employment Law Answer...
Publiucations #1: Kudos for "Ned McAdoo and the Molly Maguires"
Posted on April 05, 2008I liked your story Ned Mcadoo and the Molly Maguires. Is the beginning of your story about seeing the ghost true? Hopefully the "hovering" did not refer to way he died. Someone claimed to have once seen Jack Kehoe's ghost...
New Law #2: Kennedy offers student loans to ease credit crunch
Posted on April 04, 2008Responding to growing concern that student loans may be less available this fall, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat who is chairman of the Senate education committee, introduced legislation on Thursday aimed at reducing borrowers' dependence on private loans...
New Law # 1: Beware the big email scam
Posted on April 04, 2008E-Mail Scam Targets Colleges By JEFFREY R. YOUNG A new wave of bogus e-mails, purporting to be from colleges' help desks, is hitting campuses across the country. College IT officials are sharing information and responding quickly to the threat. An...
Events #2: Still time to register for AAC&U Austin meeting
Posted on April 04, 2008Still Time to Register for Austin Meeting on Effective Educational Practices Is your campus developing educational practices such as first-year seminars, learning communities, or undergraduate research programs? AAC&U?s Network for Academic Renewal spring meeting, Discovering, Integrating and Applying Knowledge: Effective...
Jobs #1: Center for Academic Integrity seeks a director
Posted on April 04, 2008Dear CAI Members, The search for a permanent Director for the Center is underway. The advertisement for the position is posted on the CAI website? (http://www.academicintegrity.org/employment/director.php) Please distribute this information widely. We are interested in attracting the best person for...
Events #1: NACUA seeks nominees for organization posts
Posted on April 04, 2008Dear Colleagues and Friends: It is my pleasure and privilege to advise you of the nominees for officer and at-large members of the NACUA Board of Directors who will be presented for election by the membership at the Annual Meeting...
Opinion #2: Crime and Punishment in the Ether
Posted on April 04, 2008In his 1997 novel, ?Idoru,? sci-fi writer William Gibson postulates a pending marriage between a real-life rock star and a virtual vamp. The bride is an ?idol-singer? or Idoru. Although Idoru are computer-generated fantasies, ?Some of them are enormously popular...
New Law #4: Virtual events have real-world impacts
Posted on April 04, 2008Read about it in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
New Law #3: For-Profits schools seek allies among frosh Congressmen
Posted on April 04, 2008Read thes tory in the Chronicle of Higher Education
Opinion #1: Anti-Zionism and the Canadian Left
Posted on April 04, 2008http://www.z-word.com/z-word-essays/the-cairo-clique%253A-anti-zionism-and-t
New Law #3: Baylor accused of double-secret-probation where tenure is concerned
Posted on April 02, 2008When assistant professors talk about the ever more stringent standards for winning tenure, one of the favorite metaphors is of colleges ?raising the bar.? At Baylor University, assistant professors who came up for tenure this year believe that not only...
New Law #2: Judge sides with med journal against Big Pharma
Posted on April 02, 2008New England Journal of Medicine need not disgorge notes of peer reviewers.Read about it in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
New Law #1: Professor's files subpoened in "Noose" Case
Posted on April 02, 2008March 31, 2008 -- A Manhattan grand jury has subpoenaed the university records of the controversial black Columbia Teachers College professor who found a noose hanging from her office door - signaling that the investigation is broadening to examine possible...
New Law #5: Ely begins prison stretch for possessing weapons cache
Posted on April 02, 2008Read the story fromt he Associated Press
Events #2: Technology and Globalization Panel at Rider University in Central NJ
Posted on April 02, 2008Contemporary Issues in Technology and Globalization Global Shifts/Digital Lives: The Future of Work and Labor in America Bart Luedeke Center Theater, Rider University, Lawrenceville Wednesday, April 9, 2008 @ 7 PM ? Chair and Discussant: Dr. Lynn Rivas, Department of...
Ethical Issues #2: Hampshire College students protect lackof diversity
Posted on April 02, 2008Shades of the Sixties: They stage a walk-out.Here's the AP story on it.
New Law #4: IRS request for comments on proposed withholding tax
Posted on April 02, 2008Download IRSNotice032808.pdfHere's the IRS notice.
Opinion #2: Castagnera on agriculture as America's new economic driver
Posted on April 02, 2008We are constantly told that ours is the Information Age. The Information Highway is the road to prosperity. Education is the answer to America's slipping supremacy in the global marketplace. If this is what you think, you may want to...
Law Primer #1: A series on qui tam whistleblower actions
Posted on April 02, 2008Available from the Greetree Gazette
New Law #3: Kaplan dean caught in middle of whistleblower action
Posted on April 02, 2008The former dean at Kaplan University who is accusing the for-profit institution of defrauding taxpayers of billions of dollars in a whistle-blower lawsuit has now been indicted on charges that he hacked into Kaplan's computer network to send harassing mass...
Services #1: Hobson's offers a campus social networking tool that claims to be safe and secure
Posted on April 02, 2008Overview Bring students together around a common interest Your institution - what better topic for students to gather around? Make your social network the ideal gathering place for prospective students to begin gathering buzz for admission. Begin networking-today! With a...
Events # 1:Teaching Professor Conference
Posted on April 02, 2008To be held in Florida, May 16-18.Register here.
Opinion #1: Castagnera on an Israeli Fencing Lesson
Posted on April 02, 2008A Fence, Israeli style amp;lt;img src=amp;quot;http://ehg-exoteric.hitbox.com/HG?hc=we85amp;amp;cd=1amp;amp;hv=6amp;amp;ce=uamp;amp;hb=DM530226JBEZ62EN3amp;amp;n=An Israeli fencing lesson amp;amp;vcon=/Channels/Viewsamp;amp;seg=amp;amp;cmp=amp;amp;gp=amp;amp;fnl=amp;amp;pec=amp;quot; border=amp;quot;0amp;quot; width=amp;quot;1amp;quot; height=amp;quot;1amp;quot;amp;gt; An Israeli fencing lesson By Jim Castagnera July 08, 2007 Jim Castagnera is an attorney in Pennsylvania, and the associate provost/associate counsel at Rider University...
New Law #2: Environmental Rules Waived for Border Fence
Posted on April 02, 2008Read about it in the LA Times
New Law # 1: Student newspaper wins free press case in Virginia
Posted on April 02, 2008Federal judge rules that ban on alcohol ads is violation of first amendment.Read about it in the Chronicle of Higher Education
New Law #3: Better Contracts seen for contingent faculty
Posted on April 01, 2008Many people used to use ?part timer? as a synonym for ?adjunct.? Increasingly, the two words can?t be assumed to be interchangeable, as one of the fastest growing job categories in higher education is the full-time instructor off the tenure...
Publications #3: Legal issues in distance education
Posted on April 01, 2008Legal Issues in Distance Education, Binder Publication Type: Compendia Version: HardCopy Member Price: $115.00 Non-Member Price: $160.00 Edited by Deborah C. Brown, John R. Przypyszny, and Katherine R. Tromble The advent of online education - both in the form of...
Publications #2: Student Risk Management Compendium
Posted on April 01, 2008Student Risk Management in Higher Education: A Legal Compendium, Binder Publication Type: Compendia Version: HardCopy Member Price: $120.00 Non-Member Price: $165.00 Edited by Kimberly J. Novak and Art M. Lee Managing and minimizing the risks associated with students and student-related...
Publications #1: Book on Faculty Background Checks
Posted on April 01, 2008Who Are Your Faculty and Staff? Background Checks in Academe Publication Type: Pamphlet Version: HardCopy Member Price: $25.00 Non-Member Price: $30.00 By Barbara A. Lee, Steven D. Frenkil, Sandra J. McLelland, and Dickens Mathieu Given the proliferation of resume fraud,...
New Law #2: Law would make universities the cops
Posted on April 01, 2008Institutions are facing the prospect of playing beat cop in the ongoing war over music and movie piracy between college students and entertainment conglomerates. Joe Dysart The U.S. House passed a bill in January that would require colleges and universities...
Law Primer #1: Study Group offers guidance on archiving digital information
Posted on April 01, 2008Access the "Section 108" Report here/
New Law #1: A setback at the Patent Office for BlackBoard
Posted on April 01, 2008The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a preliminary decision that rejects all 44 claims Blackboard Inc. made regarding the controversial patent it was granted for an online-learning system. If upheld, the decision could have sweeping ramifications for Blackboard's...
Opinion #6: It may not be too late for "W" to achieve a Mid-East breakthrough
Posted on March 30, 2008Stranger things have happened in the past two decades. by Jim Castagnera George W. Bush has just nine more months in office. Then he will write his memoirs, build his library and face his legacy. Many will cheer his departure....
Opinion #5: Higher Education is blooming in the Middle Eastern desert
Posted on March 30, 2008Read all about it in the Chronicle Review.
Opinion #4: What if we had had today's technology back in 1963?
Posted on March 30, 2008By Jim Castagnera No historian, at least none of a certain age, can see ?Vantage Point? without recalling the Zapruder Film. On November 22, 1963, Abraham Zapruder stood in Dallas?s Dealey Plaza, filming JFK?s motorcade with his 8mm Kodachrome movie....
Opinion #3: The never-ending story
Posted on March 30, 2008New Insights Into Kennedy's Assassination Documents show that Oswald, the mob, anti-Castro Cubans, and right-wing groups really did conspire to kill the president.Read all about it in the Chronicle Review.
Publications #1: Jim Castagnera's Labor and Employment Books
Posted on March 30, 2008Termination of Employment By: - James O. Castagnera and Patrick J. Cihon and Andrew P. Morriss Format: Binder/Looseleaf Copyright: 1984 List Price: $1,218.00 Your Price: $1,035.30 Shipping FREE Availability: In Stock See it and buy it here. Employment Law Answer...
Jobs #1: OVERSEAS TEACHING POSITION; POSSIBLE POSTING FOR YOUR LAW PROF BLOG
Posted on March 30, 2008TEACH LAW IN ASIA ?Beginning September 1, 2008, teach law at one of Asia's most elite graduate law schools, in Seoul, Korea. Expanding global campus in Seoul, Europe, China and the U.S. See www.tlbu.ac.kr Language of instruction (and all on...
Opinion # 2: Jim Castagnera, The Fragile Younger Generation
Posted on March 30, 2008They fight with one another. They mutilate themselves. Sometimes they even commit suicide. The Greentree Gazette, a higher education magazine for which I write, recently called them ?The Fragile Generation.? A competitor, the Chronicle of Higher Education, two weeks ago...
Opionion # 1: John Stuart Mill, Essay on Utilitarianism
Posted on March 30, 2008The happiness which they meant was not a life of rapture, but moments of such, in an existence made up of few and transitory pains, many and various pleasures, with a decided predominance of the active over the passive, and...
New Law #5: At least in Texas, there's life after theft
Posted on March 29, 2008A scandal that began in 2006 when a TSU regent complimented Priscilla Slade's choice of home furnishings ended Wednesday with a deal that lets the ousted leader of Texas' largest historically black university avoid prison in exchange for paying back....
New Law #4: At least in Texas, there is life after a felony
Posted on March 29, 2008Ex-Regent Margraves picked for post By MATTHEW WATKINS Eagle Staff Writer Ross Margraves Jr. -- who was convicted of felony misconduct more than a decade ago for his actions as a Texas A&M University Regent and later pardoned -- has...
New Law #3: NJ community colleges are the latest targets in the bullseye, as regulators continue to stalk higher education
Posted on March 29, 2008TOMS RIVER ? Ocean County College officials are working to put together a mountain of records sought by the State Commission of Investigation, part of what they believe to be a statewide community college probe coming on the heels of...
New Law #2: The University of Phoenix
Posted on March 29, 20081. An event focuses on the university's phenomenal success.Learn about it here. 2. Meanwhile, a billion buck qui tam action continues to haunt UOP.Read the latest on this persistent lawsuit here.
New Law #1: Foundation licks John Wiley
Posted on March 29, 2008In a ruling this week, a federal judge sided with a scholarly organization that found itself in an ugly spat with John Wiley & Sons, which has published the organization's journal for two decades. The organization, called the Direct Marketing...
Events #2: Materials available from AAC&U February Conference
Posted on March 29, 2008View resources from the February 2008 "Integrative Designs for General Education and Assessment" conference -- including podcasts of Carol Geary Schneider and Peggy Maki's keynote, as well as materials from select individual sessions.Available here.
Events #1: An "Identity Theft" Program at Rider University in Central NJ
Posted on March 29, 2008Secure a Space at Identity Theft Presentation Rider University?s Center for Business Forensics (CBF) will host a free seminar focusing on the major issues surrounding identity theft and fraud. Topics will address identity theft and its forms; who is at...
Publications #2: Jim Castagnera's Books
Posted on March 29, 2008* 75 Columns and Film Reviews by Jim Castagnera Phildelphia lawyer and journalist Jim Castagnera has been writing his weekly newspaper column, "Attorney At Large," for more than five years. He also contributes articles and film reviews to a variety...
Publications #1: New DOE site dor department's pubs
Posted on March 29, 2008March 28, 2008 As a valued customer of ED Pubs, we are sending you this email to let you know of our recently redesigned web site, http://edpubs.ed.gov. In an effort to serve you better, the U.S. Department of Education's ED...
Events #4: Immigration Law for Universities
Posted on March 28, 2008Last chance to register. There are only a few days left to register for: "Immigration Law for Universities: Critical Issues You Need to Know Now" Wednesday, April 2, 2008 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET http://HigherEdHero.com/formI94BB?ID=-684375511 Immigration Law Essentials for 2008:...
Events #3: Measuring Effectiveness of Virtual School Environments
Posted on March 28, 2008Measuring the Effectiveness of Virtual School Programs - Research and Beyond Presented by: Liz R. Pape, CEO, Virtual High School Date: ? April 1& 2 ? ? ? ? ? Time: ? 2pm - 3pm Eastern US Time ? ?...
Publications #3: PBP Executive Report on Employee Morale
Posted on March 28, 2008JAMES, Why do some organizations hum along like well-oiled machines while others have rampant negativity, plummeting morale or low productivity? Time and again the answer lies in the effectiveness of frontline managers. Avoiding dumb mistakes that destroy teamwork and efficiency...
Publications #1: A directory of American dentists
Posted on March 28, 2008New for 2008 Directory of Dentists in America ++ 164,886 Den Tists with City, State, Zip ++ 158,100 Addresses ++ 163,750 Phone Numbers ++ 77,480 Faxes ++ 45,994 E-Mail Addresses Only until TODAY March 28 cost is $290 (regular price...
New Law #3: DOE releases "Lender of Last Resort" Guidelines
Posted on March 28, 2008As lenders continue to pull out of the federal government's guaranteed-student-loan program, the Education Department this week issued guidelines for establishing "lender-of-last resort" programs that would make certain students could find loans if the government declares a loan emergency...
New Law #2: India will now recognize foreign medical degrees
Posted on March 28, 2008To combat a severe shortage of doctors and in a move to attract back Indian doctors settled abroad, the Indian government has decided to recognize graduate medical degrees from Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, provided they...
New law #1: DOS releases final rule on ROTC access to campuses
Posted on March 28, 2008[Federal Register: March 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 61)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 16525-16531] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr28mr08-5] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary 32 CFR Part 216 [DoD-2006-OS-0136] RIN 0790-AI15...
Surplus Textbooks Sought
Posted on March 27, 2008Dear Professor, Etextshop.com offers the highest cash back price in the industry for surplus textbooks. We offer 24 hour online quotes for new and used books in all disciplines, free shipping and a free shipping label. We also buy complimentary...
Who needs animal lawyers most, ALF or higher education?
Posted on March 26, 2008The Animal Liberation Front remains active on college campuses, as this story from last fall illustrates.From the Chronicle of Higher Education
Maybe this is why more lawyers like animal law (see posting below)
Posted on March 26, 2008Mother Nature Is Snapping Back By Jim Castagnera Attorney at Large The headline caught my eye: ?Hippo eats dwarf.? The news item out of Bangkok reads, ?A hippopotamus swallowed a circus dwarf in a ?freak accident? in northern Thailand.? Od,...
An invitation to join the Association of International Education Administrators
Posted on March 26, 2008Dear IIENetwork Members, We are pleased to send you this invitiation to join AIEA, the Association of International Education Administrators. A Special Invitation to IIE Members: International Education is drawing more attention than at any time in the past...
A new article on law school rankings
Posted on March 26, 2008Because you?re a blogger who is a member of the legal education community, we thought you and your blog?s readers would be interested in an ABA Journal cover story about U.S. News & World Report?s law school rankings that was...
A new view on the relationship of the First Amendment to harassment
Posted on March 26, 2008In case you or your readers are interested, I have just posted on SSRN a new article that addresses higher education law. Specifically, my article argues that harassment typically falls outside of the scope of the First Amendment. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1112189 I...
U. Colorado Prof blames over-development, not hurricanes, for increased hurricane damage
Posted on March 26, 2008He's one of a number of scientists who say, "Learn to deal with global warming."From the LA Times
An alert for higher education on impact of proposed "deemed export" rules from the Philly law firm of Saul Ewing
Posted on March 26, 2008March 2008 Higher Education Law Advisory Committee Calls for Changes in "Deemed Export" Rules; Recommendations Could Have Widespread Impact on Nation's Universities and Research Centers By: James M. Becker, James A. Keller and Jeffrey S. Levin The U.S...
A survey for your consideration
Posted on March 26, 2008Dear Staff, As members of the college/university community we would like you to complete this survey so that you and your peers are better understood and in-turn better served by your media options. There will be a limited number of...
NACUA annual conference registration
Posted on March 25, 2008Mark your calendars! NACUA?s 48th Annual Conference Registration and Hotel Accommodations will open on Thursday, March 27th at 3:00 p.m., ET. NACUA will send a message to the membership at that time to formally open registration and hotel accommodations...
Philly Conference on Recruting Faculty
Posted on March 25, 2008How to Recruit Minority Faculty Candidates professional development workshop Schools already registered Dickinson College, Drexel University Medical School, Kutztown University, Montclair University, Newark Public Schools, Pace University, Ramapo College, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Rider University, Temple University, Gloucester...
March 25th Greentree Gazette weekly e-zine
Posted on March 25, 2008March 25, 2008 Student Loan Chronicles How will the Wall Street credit stoppage affect campuses this September? Surprise! Amid all the negative talk about FFEL lender failures and private loan price-gouging a welcome trend has been spotted. Zero-fee Stafford loans...
A "Thank You" for us higher-ed bloggers
Posted on March 25, 2008Dear Professors Castagnera and Cihon, Thank you for referencing my latest article, Ownership Limited, on your Higher Ed Law Blog. Warmest regards, Ron Ronald J. Colombo Associate Professor of Law Hofstra University School of Law 121 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY...
Hispanic-related events in central New Jersey
Posted on March 25, 2008EVENTS ================================= Tuesday 25 *Princeton. 12.15. 216 Aaron Burr Hall. Kimberly Theidon. ?Transitional Subject: Demobilizing Combatants in Colombia.? *Lawrenceville. 5.30 Student Colloquium (Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures)...
Study accuses university TV spots of bias
Posted on March 25, 2008From the Chronicle of Higher Education
NACUA squibs, pubs and events
Posted on March 25, 2008Good day NACUA members. NACUA is pleased to send you this update of higher education cases reported during the weeks of March 17- 21, 2008. To access the complete text of the highlighted cases, click on the case name and...
Case Western Reserve Law School events
Posted on March 25, 2008News and Information from the School of Law SPILF Spring Auction ~ March 27, 2008 The Student Public Interest Law Fellowship (SPILF) provides grants to students interested in taking low or non-paying summer internships. Every year SPILF holds an auction...
Harvard Business Conferences
Posted on March 25, 2008Stand Out with Harvard Business Conferences' Competing on Analytics A Harvard Business Publishing Event Harvard Business Conferences invites you to join your fellow executives for a conversation with Thomas H. Davenport -- author, President?s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and...
CIC - Wal-Mart College Success Awards
Posted on March 25, 2008CIC Announces Wal-Mart College Success Awards (Applications Due May 2) Dear CIC President: (cc: Chief Academic Officer) The Wal-Mart College Success Awards?a program that is being administered by CIC and will support 20 competitively selected colleges and universities in efforts...
Any Medieval Lawyers Out There?
Posted on March 25, 2008CALL FOR PAPERS "The Hidden and the Revealed in Medieval and Early Modern Culture." We invite papers exploring revelation and concealment, presence and absence in medieval and early modern texts, images and music. We are especially interested in papers from...
An international survey of joint and dual degree programs
Posted on March 24, 2008Dear IIENetwork Members, On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and the European Union Commission, the Institute of International Education and the Freie Universität Berlin, in cooperation with the State University...
College earmarks grow and are criticized
Posted on March 24, 2008From the Chronicle of Higher Education
NAFSA 2008 Conference and Expo
Posted on March 24, 2008Exceptional Networking, Education, and Connections REGISTRATION HOUSING SCHEDULE TRAVEL Register through April 18 for Early-Bird Savings! Register now for the NAFSA 2008 Annual Conference & Expo, "Shaping the Future of International Education" in Washington, DC, USA, May 25-30...
From US Law.com: A blogger's bias charge
Posted on March 23, 2008Georgetown Law Grad Says Big Law Segregation Reminiscent of Jim Crow Georgetown Law-educated attorney Yolanda Young doesn't mince words. In a provocative essay posted earlier today at Huffington Post, Young argues that the Jim Crow policies of separate but unequal...
This week's "Attorney at Large" column
Posted on March 23, 2008Good Old-Fashioned Agriculture May Be Key to America?s 21st Century Future By James Castagnera We are constantly told that ours is the Information Age. The Information Highway is the road to prosperity. Education is the answer to America?s slipping supremacy...
Last chance to register for Sunguard Summit
Posted on March 23, 2008REGISTER BY APRIL 4 FOR SUNGARD SUMMIT 2008 APRIL 13-16 ANAHEIM , CA Don?t miss out on this unique opportunity to participate in our annual gathering of higher education technology professionals to discover new ways of thinking and to network...
A new case database from Southwest
Posted on March 23, 2008Dear Professor Castagnera: Take advantage of our robust case library to select cases tailored specifically to your course. With Case database you choose from dozens of topical areas, including state-specific cases, to build your ideal case supplement...
The Cavendish banana had better be in the Alaskan seed bank
Posted on March 23, 2008The Banana: More American Than Apple Pie By James Castagnera A bunch of them sits on our kitchen counter top right now. At the moment, the bunch is yellow with some green streaks. I like them that way. A soft...
At this college its alll about agriculture
Posted on March 23, 2008An Eastern Pennsylvania College Helps Guard Our Dinner Tables By Jim Castagnera Poison toothpaste and dog food from China? salmonella in eggs, botulism in beef, PCBs and mercury in fish? mad cow disease, anthrax? the list of threats to our...
Agriculture may soon rank with liberal arts as a college curriculum staple
Posted on March 23, 2008From the Chronicle of Higher Education
Hofstra prof's Aristotelian take on property
Posted on March 23, 2008Ronald J. Colombo (Hofstra University - School of Law) has posted Ownership, Limited: Reconciling Traditional and Progressive Corporate Law via an Aristotelian Understanding of Ownership on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Concern over issues of corporate social responsibility and corporate...
Canadian Student Magazine on offer
Posted on March 23, 2008Reach your target in Canada: Canadian Student Magazine and GoStudy.ca are here! Canadian Student is the new magazine for students and professionals in Canada seeking relevant information about educational and experiential opportunities in Canada and abroad...
Foundation contributions to chancellor's pay called into question
Posted on March 23, 2008From the Palm Beach Post
Former hunger-striker's bias claim against MIT rejected by EEOC
Posted on March 23, 2008From the MIT Tech student newspaper
Two tenured UT profs suspened...
Posted on March 23, 2008...after investing in property identified by their students' survey project. Ethics violation is alleged by school.From the San ANtonio Express-News
A conference on interdisciplinary social sciences
Posted on March 23, 2008Dear Colleague, On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, we would like to inform you of the: THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERDISCIPLINARY SOCIAL SCIENCES Monash University Centre, Prato, Tuscany, Italy, 22-25 July 2008 http://www.SocialSciencesConference...
An international conference on the humanities
Posted on March 20, 2008Dear Colleague, On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, we would like to inform you of the: THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE HUMANITIES Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey, 15-18 July 2008 http://www.HumanitiesConference...
Jury Verdict Review
Posted on March 20, 2008NEW - Expert Witness Locator and Directory Our website can provide you with the ability to be presented to tens of thousands of legal professionals every time they use our free civil case search engine. Click here to find out...
USLaw,com blogs
Posted on March 20, 2008Academic Blog Posts An Example of Bear Sterns's Conduct? From Concurring Opinions on March 18 at 20:42 One might wonder, what type of conduct could decimate an 85 year old bank like Bear Sterns? A recent consumer protection case described...
IIE Interactive Newsletter
Posted on March 20, 2008IIE.Interactive: March 17-21, 2008 Email Newsletter for the IIENetwork Membership In this Issue: 1. Goli Ameri Confirmed by U.S. Senate 2. New Book: Succeeding as an International Student 3. EducationUSA E-news for the U.S. Higher Education Community 4...
An update on NACUA workshops
Posted on March 20, 2008April One-Day CLE Workshop Legal Issues in Organizing & Operating Overseas Programs Friday, April 11, 2008 The Peabody Memphis Hotel Memphis, TN Register by Friday, March 21 to receive the Early Registration Rate Special Rate for Multiple Attendees...
An international conference in South Carolina in October
Posted on March 20, 2008We are very pleased to announce that the 2008 CAI International Conference will be held at Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach, SC. The conference will take place on Thursday- Saturday, October 16-18, 2008. As the conference theme and details are...
From UT to UC?
Posted on March 20, 2008University of Texas Chancellor may become University of California Prez.From the LA Times
Texas Southmost College and the Fed settle dispute over border fence
Posted on March 20, 2008From the college newspaper
Congress is said to be bracing for student-loan crisis
Posted on March 20, 2008From the Chronicle of Higher Education
St. Olaf's College and WCAL score a win
Posted on March 20, 2008Contact: SaveWCAL@hotmail.com http://SaveWCALLiveJournal.com SaveWCAL Wins a Victory for Public Radio Supporters and WCAL Donors Northfield, Minn.?A Special Master report submitted on March 7, 2008 to the Rice County (Minn.) District Court is an important victory for supporters of and donors...
Nacua sqibs, documents, events
Posted on March 18, 2008Good day NACUA members. NACUA is pleased to send you this update of higher education cases reported during the weeks of March 10 - 15, 2008. To access the complete text of the highlighted cases, click on the case name...
March 18th Greentree Gazette e-zine
Posted on March 18, 2008March 18, 2008 Federal lawsuit reappears at University of Phoenix Student Loan Chronicles A Gazette Minute Interview with Paul Simino, President, OneSimpleLoan Preparing for a possible shortage of fall 2008 student loans. Going long in the Mountain State The saga...
A Global Performance Forum
Posted on March 18, 2008Good Afternoon, I wanted to share some information with you regarding Global Performance Forum II- Innovations in Performance Management, April 29-May 1, 2008. Over 30 session and six tracks covering: *Finance- Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting *Performance Reporting *Strategy amd Management...
Copyright Clearinghouse Invitation
Posted on March 18, 2008With electronic course materials quickly outpacing the use of textbooks and online content the preferred source of information for researchers, applying the rules of copyright can be quite challenging. You've got questions. And we have answers. Join us for a...
Foundation for Defense of Democracy Newsletter
Posted on March 18, 2008A Weekly Update Notes and Comments NANCY'S RULES: Fighting Islamist terrorists ought to be a bipartisan mission. And there are many Democrats who know as well as any Republican what we need to do in order to have half a...
Marty Latz's March Negotiation Column
Posted on March 18, 2008James- Hope you enjoy my March Business Journal Negotiation Column. Guidelines For Getting What You Want Out Of A Live Auction By Marty Latz The new home was listed at about $500,000, and the builder held a live auction to...
Southern Illlinois University chancellor relieved of duties
Posted on March 18, 2008What he is accused of doing remains a mystery,From the Southern Illinoisan
AAC&U call for papers
Posted on March 18, 2008Engaging Science, Advancing Learning: General Education, Majors, and the New Global Century November 6 - 8, 2008 Providence, Rhode Island Deadline for submission of proposals: April 16, 2008 This conference will examine the place and practice of science in college...
Will this man never let up? (Maybe he'll eventually go the way of his predecessor.)
Posted on March 17, 2008Cuomo now going after college-sponsored debit cards. From USA Today: By Kathy Chu, USA TODAY On the heels of an investigation of the student loan industry, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office has begun examining whether college students are...
College-affordability bill contains a piracy rider
Posted on March 17, 2008from the LA Times: A House bill to make college more affordable contains a mandate that campuses develop plans to prevent illegal downloads. Schools say they're a minor part of the problem and unfairly targeted. By Ben DuBose, Los Angeles...
Modern family a challenge for student aid
Posted on March 17, 2008From the Chronicle of Higher Education: The job has never been easy. But these days, Maureen McRae Levy says her role as director of financial aid at Occidental College here requires her to wear more hats than ever before. "I...
Today's US Law Blogs
Posted on March 17, 2008Law Blogs Updated on March 17th, 2008 Academic Blog Posts Complexity, IPR Rights and Innovation Ecologies: Distributive Considerations From Jurisdynamics on March 16 at 21:59 Part 2- Distributive ConsiderationsAs touched on in the previous post, an important implication of the...
Northeastern switching to direct loans
Posted on March 17, 2008Northeastern's press release: Beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year, Northeastern will participate in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, which receives funding directly from the Department of Education. Northeastern?s participation in the Direct Loan Program will ensure that...
This week's "Attorney at Large" Column
Posted on March 15, 2008Meditations on George W?s Legacy By James Castagnera George W. Bush has just nine more months in office. Then he will write his memoirs, build his library and face his legacy. Many will cheer his departure. Many will rank him...
A week when the mighty fell #2
Posted on March 15, 2008More on Spitzer's fall from grace and power.One blogger's views
Korean prof suspended for faking data
Posted on March 15, 2008From the Chronicle of Higher Education
Climate change linked to national security
Posted on March 15, 2008EU Report Warns of Climate Change Impact on International Security The risks posed by climate change are real and its impacts are already being felt, says a paper presented today to the EU Summit in Brussels. "Climate Change and International...
UCLA medical workers peaked into singer's records
Posted on March 15, 2008You mean she still has something left to hide? From the LA Times
A week in which the mighty fell
Posted on March 15, 2008Tobacco-settlement super-lawyer pleads guilty to bribery charges.From the LA Times
Judge dismisses suit against Turnitin.Com
Posted on March 15, 2008The court's opinion:Download iParadigms_3-11-08_Opinion.pdf
Student privacy and intellectual property rights: a primer
Posted on March 15, 2008by Jim Castagnera In a world that is changing so much and so quickly, the rules that govern it are forced to do the same. Privacy rights and intellectual property laws are no exception, and they are two issues that...
NACUA News
Posted on March 14, 2008Dear Colleagues and Friends: I am pleased to send you this latest issue of NACUANEWS, to update you on a number of recent activities and to be certain that you are aware of new and upcoming programs, services, and activities...
Today's USA Law.com posts
Posted on March 14, 2008Academic Blog Posts Bibas, Schanzenbach, & Tiller on Politics & Sentencing From Legal Theory Blog on March 13 at 00:29 Stephanos Bibas , Max M. Schanzenbach and Emerson H. Tiller (University of Pennsylvania Law School , Northwestern University - School...
The Mother of All Higher Ed Qui Tam Actions
Posted on March 13, 2008Timeline of Hendow v. University of Phoenix. Download hendowTimeline.pdf
A new multi-billion-dollar qui tam action...
Posted on March 13, 2008... time v. Kaplan U. Fromt he Chronicle of Higher Ed
New Research Resources from Emerald Publishing
Posted on March 13, 2008Dear Emerald website user, As part of our continuous efforts to enhance our products and services, Emerald is pleased to announce two significant and exciting enhancements to our content and website: The launch of Emerald Backfiles, the digitized archive of...
Echoes of the Turn-It-In.com litigation
Posted on March 13, 2008Iowa State students revolt against plan they say would give away their work.From the Chronicle of Higher Education
New Mexico State officials resign amidst scandal
Posted on March 13, 2008From the Las Cruces Sun-News
Interactive Marketing Workshop for Continuing Studies
Posted on March 13, 2008Interactive Marketing Workshop for Continuing Education July 28-29, 2008 Atlanta, GA UGA Atlanta Alumni Center About This Workshop For many continuing education marketing professionals, engaging prospective students to grow programs and measuring their marketing return on investment represent their top...
NACUA Workshop on Overseas Programs
Posted on March 13, 2008April One-Day CLE Workshop Legal Issues in Organizing & Operating Overseas Programs Friday, April 11, 2008 The Peabody Memphis Hotel Memphis, TN Register by Friday, March 21 to receive the Early Registration Rate Special Rate for Multiple Attendees NACUA is...
And speaking of ethics: Bye, bye, Elliott
Posted on March 12, 2008From Reuters: NEW YORK - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned on Wednesday amid a scandal over a $1,000-an-hour prostitute, cutting short a career built on pugnacious investigations of Wall Street crimes. Lt. Gov. David Paterson will replace him on...
Strict ethics law covers Colorado colleges, sez court
Posted on March 12, 2008From the Chronicle of Higher Education
Accommodations for "How to Recruit Minority Faculty" event in Philly
Posted on March 12, 2008The Academic Network, Inc. has established a negotiated rate at the Marriott Residence Inn Philadelphia City Center for the "How to Recruit Minority Faculty Candidates" professional development workshop on Monday, April 28th. Participants can reserved their room, under "The Academic...
A victory for public radio
Posted on March 12, 200812 March 2008 Contact: SaveWCAL@hotmail.com http://SaveWCALLiveJournal.com SaveWCAL Wins a Victory for Public Radio Supporters and WCAL Donors Northfield, Minn.?A Special Master report submitted on March 7, 2008 to the Rice County (Minn.) District Court is an important victory for supporters...
Eighth International Conference on Diversity
Posted on March 12, 2008Dear Colleague, On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, we would like to inform you of the: THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS HEC Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 17-20 June 2008 http://www.Diversity-Conference...
US Law.com March 12th Blogs
Posted on March 12, 2008Law Blogs Updated on March 12th, 2008 Academic Blog Posts Murphy on Natural Law Ethics From Legal Theory Blog on March 11 at 07:08 Mark Murphy has a revised version of The Natural Law Tradition in Ethics in the Stanford...
A call for events submissions from the Center for Academic Integrity
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Teamwork in the Virtual Classroom: A Seminar
Posted on March 12, 2008Dear Education Leader, Wimba knows that finding the time and resources to study the latest educational technology can be a challenge. That's why we're offering these free online seminars to education leaders like you. Presented by innovators and pioneers in...
Best Practices in Distance Learning: a Seminar at Penn
Posted on March 12, 2008Join us at the University of Pennsylvania for a Best Practices Brunch Seminar With the emergence and fast-paced evolution of distance learning, educators are challenged by, and seeking ways to offer effective online classes that are innovative and imaginative...
Some interesting March 2008 jury verdicts
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"Common Sense" by Jim Castagnera
Posted on March 11, 2008Proposition One: The problem isn't legal v. illegal. The problem is adding three million (one percent) to the population every year. Proposition Two: More people mean more sprawl. Sprawl means loss of irreplaceable farm land. The consequences? "At the present...
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Posted on March 11, 2008UCLA experts reject cries of "Recession." From the LA Times
Legal Eagle March update
Posted on March 11, 2008Legal Eagle Updater: March New template documents and free legal information March 2008 Net Lawman has published 34 new and amended template documents and 10 free information pages to help you and your business stay up to date on the...
This week's Greentree Gazette e-zine
Posted on March 11, 2008March 11, 2008 Avoid marketing mismatch Yes, this is important to higher education, and Herschell Gordon Lewis tells us why. Part 1 of a series. They?re narcissistic, micro-managed and smart How can we teach this generation? A special Greentree Gazette...
Would your university hire a law firm off of "You Tube"?
Posted on March 11, 2008In November, I wrote and directed a short video for the San Francisco law firm Hanson Bridgett, which launched on YouTube today. I thought your readers might get a kick out of it. It?s a little? different. Here's the link...
"Holier-than-thou" Spitzer proved to be no better than those he condemned
Posted on March 11, 2008The front page of today's New York Times
May we be spared from over-zealous prosecutors... especially the hypocrits
Posted on March 11, 2008In "Syriana," last year's hit movie about oil, power, corruption and terrorism, a powerful lawyer (Christopher Plummer) tells a once-idealistic CIA operative (George Clooney), "Here in Washington, you're innocent until investigated." Two administrators at a central New Jersey college discovered...
Is a perfect storm building for higher education?
Posted on March 11, 2008When it comes to college, I wear two hats. As a parent I'm probably a lot like you other moms and dads out there. I want my kid's college to be an affordable, safe path to a prosperous and meaningful...
Honing a competitive edge in the study-abroad scramble
Posted on March 11, 2008From the Greentree Gazette
The Role of Higher Education in the 21st Century
Posted on March 11, 2008Collaborator or Counterweight? by Jim Castagnera The December 8, 2000, issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that an article in the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, in which the authors had criticized the alleged behavior of...
Valuing a human being: when is an accommodation an undue hardship?
Posted on March 10, 2008Guidance from the EEOC:Available here
From My Archives: Thoughts on Valuing Human Life
Posted on March 10, 2008Libya?s Lockerbie Settlement Demonstrates That Valuing Human Life Is One of the Law?s Toughest Challenges By James Ottavio Castagnera* Lawrenceville --- ?Well, it looks as if the French are out to anger Americans again,? Philadelphia lawyer Archie McAdoo observed, as...
A Model Policy for Students with Disabilities
Posted on March 10, 2008Disabilities Any student who supplies the University with appropriate documentation of a disability is eligible on a case by case basis for reasonable accommodations, such as auxiliary aids, adjustments in academic examination time limits and locations, and various kinds of...
A Generation of Fragile Fighters?
Posted on March 09, 2008by Jim Castagnera They fight with one another. They mutilate themselves. Sometimes they even commit suicide. The Greentree Gazette, a higher education magazine for which I write, recently called them ?The Fragile Generation.? A competitor, the Chronicle of Higher Education,...
College Student Disabilities: Impact of "No Child Left Behind"
Posted on March 09, 2008by Jim Castagnera Under the federal ?No Child Left Behind? (NCLB) law and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), children with Tourettes and Aspbergers syndromes often are being mainstreamed into traditional K-12 classrooms. Both conditions bring with them, to...
Mental, Psychologial and Learning Disabilities: A Primer
Posted on March 09, 2008by Jim Castagnera The grey area of psychological disabilities, such as depression and bipolar disorder, makes it especially difficult for universities to know what is required of them. Officials cannot always recognize the disability through physical symptoms, and requested accommodations...
Gallaudet University: A Case Study in Reverse Disability Discrimination?
Posted on March 09, 2008by Jim Castagnera In September and October of 2006, student demonstrations at Gallaudet University, the only liberal-arts college specifically designed for the higher education of students who are deaf or hard of hearinig, in Washington, D.C. created such a frenzy...
Students with Disabilities: Use of Service Animals
Posted on March 09, 2008by Jim Castagnera It is well known that the ADA says colleges must accommodate students requiring the assistance of a guide dog. The dog may remain on campus with the student regardless of any campus policy otherwise forbidding pets. Guide...
Students with Disabilities: A Primer
Posted on March 09, 2008by Jim Castagnera ?Today, there are more students with documented disabilities in higher education than ever before -- 140,142 freshmen reported having a disability in 1996 (HEATH Resource Center, 1998). That figure represents over 9% of all freshmen (HEATH Resource...
The killing continues at the K-12 level as well
Posted on March 08, 2008Gay boy, who responded to taunts by flirting, is the victim of a hate crime.From the LA Times
What is hazing? A Legal Definition
Posted on March 08, 2008by Jim Castagnera Mr. Webster defines ?haze? as ?to harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work? [or] to play abusive or humiliating tricks on, by way of initiation.? Webster?s Seventh Collegiate Diction (Springfield: G&C Merriam Co, 1963) at 382...
Student to Student Harassment, Discrimination, Hazing, and Violence: A Model Policy
Posted on March 08, 2008University Harassment Policy All students, faculty, staff and administrators at the University have the right to expect an environment that allows them to enjoy the full benefits of their work or learning experience. Harassment is any action that may reasonably...
Student to Student Harassment, Discrimination, Hazing, and Violence: A Primer
Posted on March 08, 2008By Jim Castagnera For most organizations, customer-to-customer crime is not a serious loss-prevention concern. Two brawlers in a bar will probably find themselves arrested or at least evicted. Two shoppers struggling over the latest version of Play Station will likely...
SEVIS training in NYC
Posted on March 07, 2008Colleagues: There is still time to register for our upcoming programs! Fax in your registration form today to reserve your spot and follow-up with payment later. J-1 SEVIS ESSENTIALS March 19-20; New York City, NY; Registration Fee: $700 F-1 SEVIS...
A Turkish Study-Abroad Magazine on offer
Posted on March 07, 2008Turkish Student - the Turkish magazine for study abroad! Turkish Student is the magazine for Turkish students seeking relevant information about studying abroad. It is published by Akarmedia, whose team has worked in international education for years: It is a...
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In Ecuador it's the Columbian army that's doing the shooting
Posted on March 07, 2008From the LA Times
And if they're not shooting and burning, they're bombing!
Posted on March 07, 2008Scheduled activities resume after students safely return to residence halls at UC Davis (Updated: 11:52 a.m. March 7, 2008) All scheduled activities continued today at UC Davis after the events of the past two days, when 455 students were evacuated...
Legal Liability for campus shooting #1
Posted on March 07, 2008Legal liability for the Virginia Tech massacre: lessons of earlier mass shootings? Jim Castagnera April 2007 Part 1 in a series The April 16th Virginia Tech massacre sent editors and writers scurrying to their microfiche and video vaults, and lawyers...
Legal Liability for campus shooting #2
Posted on March 07, 2008Legal liability for the Virginia Tech massacre: Have reforms birthed by the U of Texas tower shootings made a difference? Jim Castagnera May 2007 Part 2 in a series In August 1981, just out of law school and fresh from...
Legal Liability for campus shooting #3
Posted on March 07, 2008Legal Liability for the Virginia Tech massacre: Is profiling worth considering? Jim Castagnera May 2007 Part 3 in a series When the police use profiling, it?s condemned as racist. When the customs service does it, it?s similarly assailed as discriminatory...
Legal Liability for campus shooting #4
Posted on March 07, 2008Legal liability for the Virginia Tech massacre: Inquiry questions Cho?s mental-health care history Jim Castagnera May 2007 Part 4 in a series The panel investigating the Virginia Tech massacre met for the first time on Thursday, May 10th. Present was...
An EU Conference on Women
Posted on March 06, 2008EU Conference Gathers Female Leaders Ahead of International Women's Day, female power brokers from around the world gathered in Brussels today to discuss security and women's empowerment. The Conference, "Women: Stabilizing an Insecure World," brought together more than 50 female...
Harvard Business Conferences Announced
Posted on March 06, 2008Stand Out with Harvard Business Conferences' Competing on Analytics A Harvard Business Publishing Event Harvard Business Conferences invites you to join your fellow executives for a conversation with Thomas H. Davenport -- author, President?s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and...
A "Business Beyond Boundaries" Conference
Posted on March 06, 2008ASUG Annual Conference SAPPHIRE 2008: Business Beyond Boundaries Register now at http://www.sapandasug.com/SAP/SAPPHIRE2008/index.cfm?fuseaction=email.Redirect&EID=9C7F637273&CID=96A46373720301 As the need to stay connected accelerates, SAPPHIRE 2008 and the Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) Annual Conference 2008 shows you the strategies that will enable all aspects...
An invitation to a NAPSA conference on student wellness
Posted on March 06, 2008A special invitation for NASPA Annual Conference attendees Reserve a time for a personal walk-through of FYRe? and the new Student Wellness Suite from GoalQuest/EducationDynamics. What Is FYRe? Designed to help schools combat attrition, enhance campus engagement and foster student...
Translating Research into Practice
Posted on March 06, 2008DR. TANYA SANTANGELO, ROWAN UNIVERSITY, presents: DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION* IN HIGHER EDUCATION: TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE For the BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING Monday March 31, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Newtown, PA 18940 Registration is required...
Counter-terrorism is big business on many campuses
Posted on March 06, 2008Download 0709_Castagnera-1.pdf From the Greentree Gazette
"Visa Now" virtual trade show
Posted on March 06, 2008Join us at HR.com?s Virtual Trade Show - 100% online and free to attend! VISANOW is excited to be participating in HR.com?s upcoming ?Recruitment and Workforce Planning for the 21st Century? VIEW conference next Wednesday, March 12, 2008. This ?virtual?...
AAC&U News Online
Posted on March 05, 2008March 2008 click here to see full contents Undergraduate Science: Engaging the Big Questions and Increasing Achievement In assistant professor Peter Craig?s Kitchen Chemistry course, first-year college students sniff spices, boil vegetables, and investigate the properties of baking powder...
Women's Mid-Atlantic STudy Conference
Posted on March 05, 2008Attached is a flyer for the MAWSA conference to be held at Penn State Abington (near Philadelphia) on March 28-29. It will include a reading by Katha Pollitt, keynote by Peggy McIntosh, closing address by Dr. E, and more than...
DOL Proposes Cmprehensive Revision of FLMA Regs
Posted on March 05, 2008Download LEPG_DOLFMLARegulations-expl_LF_4mar08.pdf
The Complaint in the Cal State Lawsuit (see below)
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Cal State amends student code of conduct to settle suit
Posted on March 05, 2008From the Associated Press
Hizballah - The World Against War conference in London
Posted on March 05, 2008Hizballah - The World Against War conference in London Hizballah continues to be involved in coalition building with radical leftist and anti-globalist groups and movements. Ibrahim Mousawi, editor of Hezbollah's Alintiqad weekly participated at the January 2008 "World Against War"...
NAFSA News
Posted on March 05, 2008Having trouble viewing this e-mail? Read NAFSA.news online. This issue sponsored by: The largest college fair is ONLINE! Join 30,000+ students from around the world at CollegeWeekLive March 25-26, 2008. Join us for an informative webinar March 5 at 2:00...
IIE Interactive Newsletter
Posted on March 05, 2008March 3-7, 2008 » Final Chance to Register for IIE Best Practices Conference » BALANCE Erasmus Mundus Seminar, June 11-13 in Finland » New Open Doors Regional Fact Sheets » KAUST Discovery Scholarship for Undergraduates in Science and Technology »...
A Model Code of Ethics for Study Abroad
Posted on March 05, 2008Download ForumonEducationAbroadCodeofEthics.pdf
March Issue of "Faculty Focus"
Posted on March 05, 2008In this issue: Teaching vs. research, student moderators, and distance education: You are receiving this email because you are a subscriber to Faculty Focus or you signed up to receive this E-Newsletter from Magna Publications. If you wish to unsubscribe...
Are Student Loans the next sub-prime crisis?
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Crime and Punishment in a Virtual World
Posted on March 04, 2008In his 1997 novel, ?Idoru,? sci-fi writer William Gibson postulates a pending marriage between a real-life rock star and a virtual vamp. The bride is an ?idol-singer? or Idoru. Although Idoru are computer-generated fantasies, ?Some of them are enormously popular...
Lawsuit of alumna denied teaching certificate due to photo on Facebook
Posted on March 04, 2008SNYDER v. MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY et al Tags: snyder v millersville university Plaintiff:STACY SNYDER Defendant:MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY, J. BARRY GIRVIN, JANE S. BRAY and VILAS A. PRABHU Case Number:2:2007cv01660 Filed:April 25, 2007 Court:Pennsylvania Eastern District Court Office:Philadelphia Office [ Court Info ]...
The digital limits of "in loco parentis"
Posted on March 04, 2008From the Chronicle of Higher Education
NAFSA registration is open
Posted on March 03, 2008NAFSA 2008 Annual Conference Registration Now Open! Registration is now open for the NAFSA 60th Annual Conference & Expo, ?Shaping the Future of International Education,? in Washington, D.C., USA, May 25-30. Join us to learn and share bold ideas and....
New case squibs, publications and events from NACUA
Posted on March 03, 2008Good day NACUA members. NACUA is pleased to send you this update of higher education cases reported during the weeks of February 25 - 29, 2008. To access the complete text of the highlighted cases, click on the case name...
A China Study Tour for Faculty on offer
Posted on March 03, 2008Professional Development Seminar for Educators CHINA IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY The Modernization of an Ancient Nation JULY 6 ? JULY 24, 2008 College of Staten Island / The City University of New York Seminar Description This study tour offers a...
A Model Code of Ethics from the Forum on Study Abroad
Posted on March 03, 2008Printer-friendly Standards Toolbox The Toolbox is designed to help members implement the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad at their institutions by offering examples of the Standards in practice. Colleges, universities, providers, associations, and other members have contributed these...
Education News Update
Posted on March 03, 2008Education News Update Sponsored by the Center for Education & Employment Law Get Your Own Copy of Education News Update More than 71,000 professionals read Education News Update. Your colleagues and peers can, too. Sign up at: http://pbpexecutivesummaries...
Recruiting/Retention WOrkshops on offer
Posted on March 03, 2008Dear Dr. James Castagnera : For our 2008 Annual Regional Workshops, we?ve expanded our offerings, chosen great (and fun!) locations, and kept the registration fee at just $100 per session. Las Vegas June 9-13 Hilton Garden Inn $119 per night...
A Global Studies Conference in Chicago in May
Posted on March 03, 2008Dear Colleague, On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, we would like to inform you of the: THE GLOBAL STUDIES CONFERENCE, University of Illinois, Chicago, 16-18 May 2008 http://www.GlobalStudiesConference.com The Global Studies Conference on Global Studies Journal are devoted to...
The Next Great Wave in American Higher Education, Part 1
Posted on March 03, 2008The Next Great Wave in American Higher Education by James Ottavio Castagnera Four distinct epochs or waves can be discerned in the history of higher education. This article argues that a fifth wave, perhaps the most revolutionary of all, has...
The Next Great Wave in American Higher Education, Part 2
Posted on March 03, 2008The Next Great Wave in American Higher Education Page numbers indicate which print journal page this text or image was printed on. 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 Wealthy industrialists, such as John D. Rockefeller (The University of...
The Next Great Wave in American Higher Education, Part 3
Posted on March 03, 2008The Next Great Wave in American Higher Education Page numbers indicate which print journal page this text or image was printed on. 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 corporate America has come in for criticism from its counterparts...
New pressures on academic freedom could affect academic-dismissal decisions
Posted on March 02, 2008Sounds a bit Medieval: UNI will tear down building where shootings occurred
Posted on February 28, 2008More than six years after Nine/Eleven foreign students still face hurdles here
Posted on February 24, 2008New FMLA rights for families of military, while family-responsibility discrimiantion suits increase
Posted on February 23, 2008Prescription of marijuana by physician did not protect California employee from termination
Posted on February 21, 2008I've asked before, I'll ask again: When will all these classroom killings stop?
Posted on February 15, 2008BalckBoard Trial: November Motion to Compel Discovery Reflects Dimensions of Disute
Posted on February 13, 2008CIRP results suggest more helicopter parents for us lawyers to deal with
Posted on February 08, 2008NACUA experts say it's time to examine your conflict of interest policies
Posted on February 06, 2008U Cal sexual harassment victim need not exhaust union grievance procedure
Posted on February 03, 2008NY college illegally discriminated when it failed to recognize gay employee's Canadian marriage certificate
Posted on February 03, 2008Should bones, artifacts of 19th century Chinese workers be repatriated and retained for study?
Posted on January 24, 2008Dana Milbank's Predecessor: Recalling the Greatest Observer of America's "Tribes"
Posted on January 20, 2008Greenwood seeks titles in Politics & Security, Counter-terrorism/Homeland Security
Posted on January 15, 200835th Annual Nat'l Conference on Collective Bargaining in Higher Education
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