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Here are this week's Higher Ed Updates compiled by Beth Devonshire, Consultant for D.Stafford and Associates and Public Policy Coordinator.  If you would like something to be included, please feel free to send to Beth at [email protected].

Campus Safety and Violence Prevention

Activist Sue for the Right To Secretly Record Police https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2018/07/24/activists-sue-for-the-right-to-secretly-record-police

Clery Quiz (how fun) https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/clery/annual-security-report-quiz/

VA Gov Warns Against Arming Teachers  https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/virginia-governor-assails-school-systems-plan-to-arm-teachers/2018/07/25/2d805436-9034-11e8-b769-e3fff17f0689_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e53fe1d4d39b

Need for Renters Insurance  https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/growth-in-campus-fires-and-crimes-confirm-the-value-of-renters-insurance-for-college-students-1027399986

Schools can ban guns https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2018/07/27/michigan-supreme-court-schools-gun-ban/851946002/

A Rush to Block Downloadable Guns https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/business/downloadable-blueprints-printable-guns.html

A threat of Violence, Calls to Fire RA https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/08/01/calls-stanford-ra-be-fired-after-he-threatens-fight-zionists

Disability

Students Seeking Access May find it Harder  https://wamu.org/story/18/07/25/students-seeking-equal-access-to-education-may-find-federal-help-harder-to-come-by/

Enrollment Management

Dems Introduce Debt Free College bill https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/debt-free-college-house-democrats-introduce-higher-education-bill/2018/07/23/4930eec4-8ecd-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5_story.html?utm_term=.f8d3802a468c

Dem Message on Higher Ed https://about.bgov.com/blog/democrats-message-higher-education/

RI Looks to Expand Free Tuition https://www.wpri.com/news/education/raimondo-aims-to-expand-free-tuition-program-if-re-elected/1317860211

UW Tuition Freeze https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/24/scott-walker-would-extend-tuition-freeze-4-more-years/825696002/

Career-Tech Ed Bill Sent to Trump https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2018/07/congress-technical-education-bill-president-trump-sends.html ; https://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/17292-hatch-priorities-included-in-perkins-higher-education-bill

WV Push for HE  http://www.register-herald.com/news/higher-education-officials-say-percent-of-west-virginians-need-postsecondary/article_6dec169a-adde-50bd-8e80-59d55ce833ff.html ;  http://www.register-herald.com/news/higher-education-officials-say-percent-of-west-virginians-need-postsecondary/article_6dec169a-adde-50bd-8e80-59d55ce833ff.html

NJ Plan on Access and Affordability http://6abc.com/community-events/nj-plan-to-make-higher-education-more-accessible-and-affordable/3863130/

Flip Flopping on Race in Admissions  https://www.chronicle.com/article/What-Happens-When-a-College/244124?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest

Fraternity and Sorority

Penn State Fraternity Member Gets House Arrest http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-penn-state-frat-member-sentence-pledge-death-20180731-story.html

Their Students Died, and now they are trying to make sure it doesn’t happen again  https://www.chronicle.com/article/Their-Students-Died-at-Frat/244130?cid=wsinglestory

Mizzou Greek Life  https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/mizzou-greek-houses-face-changes-meant-to-fight-hazing-excessive-drinking/1340258832

Gender and Sexuality

GLBTQ not protected by law https://www.metroweekly.com/2018/07/michigan-attorney-general-lgbtq-people-not-protected-state-civil-rights-law/

2nd Ivy Investigated for Excluding Males  https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11162

Judges side with School in Bathroom Policy  https://pilotonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article_b81164e7-4718-5c37-8904-05f0af507480.html

Number of Women in HE up  http://odishatv.in/nation/number-of-women-in-higher-education-up-45-in-8-years-311114

Sessions Religious Liberty Task Force Panned https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/sessions-religious-liberty-task-force-panned-civil-rights-groups-lgbtq-n896271

Indigenous Peoples

UMontana adjusts supports for Native American Students  https://missoulian.com/news/local/university-of-montana-adjusts-to-support-native-american-students/article_431f900b-f5e9-58a9-ada1-57852f5e1fb8.html

MultiRacial

Positioning Ourselves to Support College Success for Men of Color http://diverseeducation.com/article/120538/

CA HE Lacks Diversity https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/Study-California-public-higher-education-13101980.php

Police called on Student Eating Lunch  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/us/black-smith-college-student-oumou-kanoute.html

Sexual and Relationship Violence Prevention, Education, and Response

Maxine Waters Bill http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2018/07/maxine_waters_rebukes_betsy_devos_civil_rights_probes_new_bill.html

Kiss Resigns at Clery Center https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/clery/clery-center-executive-director-resigns/

HALT Bill Introduced http://nhlabornews.com/2018/07/representatives-kuster-introduces-bipartisan-bill-to-combat-campus-sexual-violence/ ;  https://riponadvance.com/stories/fitzpatrick-proposes-halt-sexual-violence-u-s-college-campuses/

OH Bill regarding Sexual Violence Moves Forward https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA132-HB-240

School Discipline in the Age of #MeToo https://youthradio.org/journalism/education/back-of-the-class-school-discipline-in-the-age-of-metoo/

MSU President at Senate Subcommittee https://statenews.com/article/2018/07/engler-testifies-before-senate-subcommittee

More than 200 Women Suing USC https://www.glamour.com/story/usc-lawsuits-alleged-sexual-abuse-george-tyndall

Do Campus Investigations Damage Colleges – The opposite may be true https://www.salon.com/2018/07/25/do-rape-investigations-damage-colleges-actually-the-opposite-may-be-true/

Judge Dismisses Bullying Lawsuit https://wjactv.com/news/local/judge-dismisses-federal-bullying-lawsuit-against-altoona-area-school-district

New Baylor Lawsuit  https://www.theeagle.com/sports/baylor/federal-judge-allows-new-lawsuit-against-baylor-briles-mccaw-waco/article_00bb1e3c-eb93-59fe-bff7-28edf6896169.html

TN Case  https://journalstar.com/sports/woman-testifies-in-rape-trial-of-ex-tennessee-players/article_e2db11c1-94c7-57aa-9be4-d8d64b68dfd2.html

How TIX Got Swept up in Culture War  http://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2018/07/26/title-ix-transformation-melnick

TIX Appeals can Unwind Punishments and Catch Victims Unaware   http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20180728/title-ix-appeals-can-unwind-punishments---and-catch-victims-unaware

OCR Drops TIX Investigation at Iowa State  https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/iowa-state-university-title-ix-investigation-dropped-us-office-of-civil-rights-20180730 ; http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/article_d3eb47a8-947c-11e8-99fd-6ffd6e57ce0a.html; http://www.amestrib.com/news/20180731/title-ix-complaint-against-isu-dismissed  

TIX Process  http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20180729/title-ix-process-is-sensitive-complicated-and-sometimes-messy

Colbert Addresses Sexual Harassment (video) https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-cbs-les-moonves-me-too_us_5b604727e4b0de86f49ad9f4

John Oliver and Anita Hill (must watch)  http://time.com/5352446/john-oliver-anita-hill-metoo/

TX A&M Football Coaches have Clause Regarding Reporting https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2018/07/31/new-clause-am-contracts-say-mishandling-gender-violence-cases-can-cost-football-coach-job

Advocacy Group Pushes OH State http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180801/advocacy-groups-seek-federal-probe-of-ohio-states-handling-of-strauss-complaints ;  http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180801/advocacy-groups-seek-federal-probe-of-ohio-states-handling-of-strauss-complaints

Knox College Resolves 6 TIX Complaints https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/knox-college-resolves-six-title-ix-complaints-against-the-college/1338932878 ; http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180731/knox-college-resolves-six-title-ix-complaints-with-feds

Missouri Player Found Responsible https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2018/07/31/missouri-refutes-claims-of-former-player-regarding-title-ix-violations/

OSU Sued Over Mutual No Contact Orders  http://www.orangemedianetwork.com/daily_barometer/osu-student-sues-university-after-reporting-rape-incident-involving-football/article_8ed7f842-95f2-11e8-9252-5f8244ffcedb.html

Colleges Stick With Obama Guidance  https://www.weeklystandard.com/alice-b-lloyd/why-colleges-are-sticking-with-obama-era-title-ix-guidance

Spirituality and Religion in Higher Education

Religious Liberty Task-Force  https://thinkprogress.org/jeff-sessions-announces-religious-liberty-task-force-8c264c763081/

Student-Athlete

How football Coaches Became the Vanguard of Conservatism (editorial) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/25/nfl-football-coaches-conservative-values

UNM Cutting Sports  https://www.abqjournal.com/1200952/excestisti-rerchillam-ium-ius-dolorib-erupid-maio.html

Boys Sue to Join Girls Dance Team  http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-boys-sue-to-join-girls-high-school-dance-teams/489172271/

UAlbanay Lawsuit can Proceed  https://www.timesunion.com/7day-sports/article/Suit-alleging-Title-IX-violations-at-UAlbany-can-13111719.php

Technology

How Net Neutrality Could Impact HE http://www.leadscon.com/how-net-neutrality-changes-could-impact-higher-education/

Top Trends https://www.educationdive.com/news/what-are-the-top-trends-in-ed-tech/528449/

3 Elements of Award Winning Websites https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/call-action-marketing-and-communications-higher-education/top-3-elements-award-winning-website

Virtual Assistants on Campus  https://www.chronicle.com/article/Hey-Alexa-Should-We-Bring/244129

Undocumented Immigrants and Allies

Lewis Bill for DREAMERS  https://johnlewis.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-john-lewis-bill-prohibits-discrimination-against-dreamers-seeking

Wellness and Health Promotion

Wellbeing is a Staff Issue Too http://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/Wellbeing-in-Higher-Education-%E2%80%93-it%27s-a-staff-issue-too

1st Amendment

Jeff Sessions Slams Liberal Colleges. https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/07/25/justice-department-weighs-in-to-protect-free-speech-on-campus/ ;  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sessions-slams-liberal-colleges-for-fostering-sanctimonious-sensitive-snowflakes/ ; https://www.chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Are-Creating-a/243997

What Jeff Sessions Doesn’t Get (editorial) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/07/31/what-jeff-sessions-doesnt-get-about-u-s-higher-education-and-political-correctness/?utm_term=.c9401a19a99e

SLU Policy (editorial) https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_baa0c1b2-8f66-11e8-a040-67b434f38675.html

Daryl Healea, Ed.D 

Today we are spotlighting Ashley Archangelo from the University of Vermont. Ashley was the Region 1 Catch a Rising Star Recipient. This award is given to an undergraduate student who: 

Has made a significant contribution to the home campus

Demonstrated academic achievement

Exceeded the expectations of their respective leadership positions

Shown an interest in the field of student affairs

Want to recognize someone for the amazing work they are doing? Nominate them for a 2018 Regional Award today! https://www.naspa.org/constituent-groups/regions/region-one/awards-grants

What does it mean to you to have won this award?

It has been an absolute honor to win Region 1’s “Catch a Rising Star.” I have been so fortunate to have role models and mentors who were thoughtful enough to recognize me for this honor in the work I do in Fraternity and Sorority Life as an office life assistant and a social justice event programmer for the University of Vermont.

How has this award motivated you forward?

This award has motivated me to teach my fraternity and sorority life community at the University of Vermont about social justice, diversity, and inclusion. The work around social justice is never done and it’s important to continue these conversations and enact change within our community. This award has motivated me to lead workshops within my own sorority chapter, to serve as a facilitator for our FSL social justice retreat, and to continue to work on student development efforts within UVM’s Program Board, a programming council that plans on and off campus events for students.

Why is recognition important in Region I?

This recognition is important for Region 1 and New England because we are continuously doing great work, especially around social justice and diversity. Being highlighted for the work we do helps to promote professionals and undergraduate students to educate, inspire, and strive toward equality in our world, universities, and throughout higher education.

Throughout the next few months we will be highlighting all of the individuals that were recognized at the Region I Conference last year. Want to recognize someone for the amazing work they are doing? Nominate them for a 2018 Regional Award today! https://www.naspa.org/constituent-groups/regions/region-one/awards-grants

 Richard F Steven Outstanding Graduate Student for MA                     Richard F Steven Outstanding Graduate Student for Region I 

Recipient: Kyla Martin 

What does it mean to you to have won this award?

I cannot say how grateful I am to have won both the state and regional award last year. As a graduate student I know I work hard and it just meant so much to be recognized on that level through an organization I have been a member of since I was a NUFP.

How has this award motivated you forward?

I would say I have continued to challenge myself and seek more opportunities in regards to developing myself professionally.  I'm not doing this to be recognized again by any means, but I now know more than before that intentional hard-work is valued and appreciated.  Also, hearing about the other nominees and winners has truly made me think about what path I want to go down and the type of professional I want to be known as post-graduation.

Why is recognition important in Region I?

There are so many wonderful things happening in the region and unfortunately, even through we are small, we don't always get to hear about what others are doing.  Having professionals on all levels be nominated and recognized shows that we are growing and challenging ourselves in this field and it inspires others to think about the ways they can take that back with them into their daily work.