Posts Tagged ‘Yale’
Not Off That Easy: Government Responds to University Inaction on Sexual Assaults
by Courtney Wilk
April 7, 2011
Yale is no stranger to Title IX controversies. In 1976, Women’s Crew accused the university of unequally funding its athletic team. One year later, a Title IX suit was brought against the university after four female undergraduates and one male assistant professor alleged that quid pro quo sexual harassment by male professors prohibited women from ...
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New England Colleges Respond to Japan Disaster
by Christine Cassis
March 14, 2011
Following last week's 8.9 magnitude earthquake off Northeastern Japan, continuing aftershocks and a massive tsunami, colleges and universities are keeping a close eye on that part of the world. Below are some updates from New England institutions.
Boston University's Daily Free Press reports BU students in Tokyo O.K. 19 Yale Students Safe in Tokyo, reports The New ... Read MoreTags: Boston Globe, Boston University, christine cassis, Connecticut College, Dartmouth, Earthquake, Japan, MIT, U. Maine Farmington, UNH, Yale | No Comments
Book Review: Looking Backwards
by Alan R. Earls
September 26, 2011
Liberal Education for a Land of Colleges: Yale’s Reports of 1828, David B. Potts, Palgrave MacMillan, 2010.
Liberal Education for a Land of Colleges: Yale’s Reports of 1828, is, in a sense, three small books under one cover. David Potts, an academic residing in the Pacific Northwest, was originally introduced to the documents more than 40 ...
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