By Jane Stancill, The Charlotte Observer The state’s community colleges could soon be able to deny admission to applicants who appear to pose a health or safety threat. On Friday, the State Board of Community Colleges voted to amend the system’s long-standing open-door admissions policy. The change would allow the 58 colleges to refuse to …
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Sep 10 2010
Dawson shooting spurred mental disorder spike
from CBC News A groundbreaking study on fallout of the 2006 shooting at Montreal’s Dawson College reveals that nearly one-third of students and staff suffered from psychological trauma in the years after the event. A groundbreaking study on fallout of the 2006 shooting at Dawson College in Montreal reveals that nearly one-third of students and …
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Jun 24 2010
Arizona Community Colleges and Hawaii’s Entire University System Join Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus
Press Release from PRNewswire The Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona, representing 10 schools, and the entire Hawaii University system, including its three main universities and seven community colleges, joined the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus. Each school system signed resolutions in support of keeping loaded firearms off its campuses to protect students, faculty and …
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Jun 17 2010
Give Us the Truth About School Violence
By Jack Stollsteimer, Education Week The Obama administration recently announced its intention to ask Congress for significant changes to the little-loved No Child Left Behind law when it reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Sadly, the administration’s “blueprint for reform” doesn’t mention the NCLB provisions that should concern every parent: those designed to stop …
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