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1. Data-Analysis Programs That Help Retain Students Are Gaining Traction at Colleges

Author

Vendituoli, Monica

Subjects
College dropouts -- Prevention -- Forecasts and trends, Educational software -- Usage, Educational/training software, Market trend/market analysis, Education
Abstract

Byline: Monica Vendituoli Neither of Callie S. Blakey's parents has a bachelor's degree, and when she set off to the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, a couple of hours from [...]

Published
2014

3. In Sexual-Misconduct Policies, Difficulty Arises in Defining 'Yes'

Author

Vendituoli, Monica

Subjects
Sex crimes -- Laws, regulations and rules, Universities and colleges -- Laws, regulations and rules -- United States, Government regulation, Education
Abstract

Byline: Monica Vendituoli Twenty years ago, the 'No Means No' campaign, created by a group of Canadian college students to raise awareness about sexual assault, pretty much encompassed the limits [...]

Published
2014

4. Jane Smiley, Author of the Academic Novel 'Moo,' Returns to Teaching

Author

Vendituoli, Monica

Subjects
Novelists -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Education, Iowa State University -- Officials and employees
Abstract

Byline: Monica Vendituoli The novelist Jane Smiley did not foresee working as a professor again after she retired from the English faculty of Iowa State University in 1996. But the [...]

Published
2014

5. #NotAllMen, but #YesAllWomen: Campus Tragedy Spurs Debate on Sexual Violence

Author

Vendituoli, Monica

Subjects
Abused women -- Crimes against, Violence, Education
Abstract

Byline: Monica Vendituoli The shooting rampage (http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/gunman-in-shooting-spree-said-women-at-uc-santa-barbara-were-his-targets/78435) on Friday near the University of California at Santa Barbara, apparently motivated by the gunman's anger at having been rejected by women, has [...]

Published
2014

7. Senate Bill Asks Colleges to Do More to Combat Sexual Assault.

Author

VENDITUOLI, MONICA

Subjects
*UNIVERSITIES & colleges, *SEXUAL assault, *SEXUAL assault laws, *COLLEGE students, *UNIVERSITY & college employees, *TRAINING, *CRIMES against students
Abstract

The article discusses a bill proposed in July 2014 by eight U.S. senators that would require colleges to expand resources for victims of sexual assault as well as training for employees in handling students' reports. Comments from Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill are included as well as details on how the bill would promote transparency by calling for annual climate surveys to determine students' awareness of campus sexual-assault policies.

Published
2014

8. UConn Will Pay $1.3-Million to Settle 5 Women's Sexual-Assault Lawsuit.

Author

VENDITUOLI, MONICA and Wilson, Robin

Subjects
*LEGAL settlement, *SEXUAL assault, *SEXUAL abuse victims, *WOMEN college students, *CRIMES against students, *UNIVERSITIES & colleges, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Abstract

The article provides information on a settlement reached by the University of Connecticut, announced July 18, 2014, in which the school agreed to pay nearly $1.3 million as part of a federal lawsuit filed by former female students claiming their complaints of sexual assault were mishandled by the administration. The article goes on to discuss how the case has increased public awareness of sexual crimes on college campuses.

Published
2014

9. Campus Shootings Prompt Online Discourse About Gender-Based Violence.

Author

VENDITUOLI, MONICA and Wilson, Robin

Subjects
*ISLA Vista Killings, Isla Vista, Calif., 2014, *VIOLENCE against women, *MISOGYNY, *RAPE in universities & colleges, *SEXUAL assault, *UNIVERSITIES & colleges, *CRIMES against women, *MINORITY women, SOCIAL aspects
Abstract

The article discusses the online response to a May 2014 mass shooting by an alleged misogynist near the University of California at Santa Barbara. Topics discussed include the use of #YesAllWomen on microblogging website Twitter, sexual assault and rape on U.S. college campuses, and questions of whether such a response would have happened if the women killed in the shooting had been minorities.

Published
2014

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