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Event: SHRM Garden State Council Annual Expo - A call for papers

Dear 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: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities."    We invite you to submit your proposal to speak at this year's conference.

You have the opportunity to be one of over 40 on-point sessions, presented by industry leaders, recognized practitioners, and subject matter experts.  In addition, there will be networking opportunities with nearly 500 HR professionals and over 50 HR-related vendors offering both traditional and state-of-the-art products and services.   You can contribute to the knowledge, experience, and connections needed to navigate today's challenges while positioning your audience to take advantage of tomorrow's opportunities.   We are seeking presentations that support the following four tracks:   Ø Compensation & Benefits Ø Employee Relations Ø Organizational Development Ø Workforce Planning   The deadline to submit proposals is June 4, 2008.

Click here to launch the 2008 Speaker RFP form.    The conference website is being finalized and will be a useful resource where you will find further information about this year's conference theme as well as keynote speakers and more.  Please check the website often for updates.   If after following the link, you have any questions, please contact either of us via this email address - programs@gscshrm.org.   Thank you and we look forward to reviewing your proposal! Nichole M. Brownlee, SPHR Program Committee Chair   Rob Orr, SPHR Programs Committee Co-Chair

Law: Affirmative action foe dealt series of setbacks

It 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 organization missed a deadline for gathering enough signatures to get its measure on the November ballot.

On Tuesday, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District handed him more bad news. It upheld a lower court’s ruling against him in his lawsuit against North Central Missouri College, which he had accused of firing him from his job as admissions director in 2004 because he complained that one of its scholarship programs discriminated against white students.Read the story here.

Trends: Italian bookfair may cause a riot

ROME -- 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 incidents and mutually recriminating outrage swirl in the background.Read the whole story here.

Law: For ABA, out of the frying pan and into the fire?

The 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 the association last month.

The bar association has attracted scrutiny over its requirements that law schools prove they are taking concrete steps to diversify their pools of students and faculty members, and that their graduates meet certain passage rates on bar examinations. Critics say that those requirements are ambiguous, and that the diversity mandate could conflict with bans on affirmative action that have been enacted in some states.Read the rest of the story here.

Law: Agency disburses millions for stem cell research in California

Pioneers 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 yet distributed from the $3-billion in bond revenue authorized by California voters in 2004 to help make the state the world's leader in stem-cell research.Read the rest of the story here.

Read the awards letter and recipients list here.Download 05-07-08.pdf

Event: NAFSA seeks registrars for workshops

Dear 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 have Registrars for 17 of the 52 workshops.  I recently received the participant lists for all of the workshops, so I am writing to request volunteers to be Registrars.  The Registrars will provide on-site support before and during each of the Preconference workshops.  Please carefully review the instructions regarding responsibilities of the Preconference Workshop Registrar:

 

(1) Stop by the Workshop Information Table one hour prior to the start of the workshop to pick up the workshop Roster. The Roster will provide a list of all pre-registered workshop participants.

 

(2) Be seated at the table near the entrance to the workshop at least 45 minutes prior to the start of the workshop. Check off the names of workshop participants on the Roster as they arrive.

 

(3) How to mark-up the roster:

a. If a participant has a registration ticket but his/her name is not on the roster, please clearly write his/her name, institution, and e-mail address on the roster.

b. If the person is not on the roster and does not have a registration ticket, please send him/her to the Workshop Information Table located near Conference Registration.

c. Please ask the participants to confirm that their e-mail address is correct; this is especially important as workshop evaluations are handled electronically.

 

(4) You may be asked to distribute workshop materials by the workshop trainers.

 

(5) You must return the marked-up workshop Roster to NAFSA staff at the Workshop Information Table directly following your Workshop.

 

Please note:  **You will only receive the $80 refund for serving as Registrar if you return the roster.** 

 

Besides attending the actual workshop, the additional benefit of being a Registrar is an $80.00 refund off the Preconference workshop registration costs.   If you are interested in being a Registrar for the Preconference workshop for which you are registered, please send me an e-mail as soon as possible with the date, Workshop title and number. I have attached the list for your quick reference.  I will be taking volunteers on a first-come, first-served basis until all the remaining slots have been filled.  I will also follow up with a confirmation e-mail. By close of business next Wednesday, 5/13/08, I will send out another e-mail to let you know if any more Registrars are needed, so I will not be able to respond to individual requests for general updates. Please keep in mind that this e-mail is being sent to all the participants (several hundred), plus the Chairs, attending preconference workshops where Registrars are still needed, so I implore your patience during this process. 

 

I understand that the Preconference Workshop Chairs will receive final rosters of those participating in their respective sessions soon, so be on the lookout for this information.  I do not have the most up-to-date lists, so I recommend waiting for the final roster.   

 

Many thanks, in advance, for your time and attention to this urgent call. 

 

Regards,

Michelle Grant

Senior Program Officer

Foreign Fulbright Student Program

Northeast Student Services Annex

Institute

of

International

Education (IIE)

1400 K Street, N.W.,   Suite 650

Washington

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DC

 

20005

Tel:  202/326-7881

Fax:  202/326-7809

E-mail:  mgrant@iie.org

Web:  www.iie.org

Publication: A report from the EU on the 10th anniversary

To 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 growth among its members. However, to reap the full benefits of the single currency, countries should work more closely together on economic policy and speak with one voice in the global arena.

"EMU is a solid construction and a remarkable achievement," said Joaquín Almunia, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs. "But the experience of its first decade shows that economic policy decisions in one country may have important effects on others. Therefore we need to keep improving the economic governance of the euro area through strong and binding political commitments."

The European Commission today also gave the green light for Slovakia's adoption of the euro on January 1, 2009. Currently 15 members of the European Union are using the euro.

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Event: A webnar on webpage redesigns

 Just 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 of your audience. Inherent in that strategy is knowing when your site needs more than just regular maintenance — it's recognizing the signs that a major redesign is in order.

   Because your website requires a substantial commitment to human and financial resources, the decision to redesign it shouldn't be taken lightly. During this session, we'll discuss:

When a full site redesign is appropriate Some wrong reasons for a redesign (and if not a redesign, then what?) The guidelines for making an informed decision about this important brand touch-point

           

To learn more about the strategic reasons for site redesign, please join Lynsey Struthers, director of interactive marketing at The Lawlor Group, and Lance Merker, president and CEO of OmniUpdate, Inc., for this free 30 minute webcast on:

           

Date:  Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Time:  2:00 PM Eastern

           

This webcast is designed for anyone in higher education interested in undertaking changes to their institution's web presence. It is ideal for college and university administrators, marketers, webmasters, web developers and decision-makers who have a voice in the future of their college or university website.

           

Register Now

           

Interested but won't be able to attend? Email marketing@omniupdate.com to receive a web link to the recorded version of the webcast, or call OmniUpdate at (800) 362-2605 x206.

                                       

Events: NACUA seeks affinity groups

Dear 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 and self-governing groups that gather informally based on a commonality of regional, institutional, or personal interests.

Some examples of past NACUA Affinity Groups include: New York City Area Higher Education Attorneys; Florida Higher Education Attorneys; African-American Attorneys; Virginia Higher Education Attorneys; NACUA Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Attorneys (QUA); and WACO.  These groups are a few examples, but other groups should feel free to meet based on other characteristics as well.  For a fuller description and representative sampling of NACUA Affinity Groups, please visit the NACUA Website.

Reserved tables are available for Affinity Groups to gather during the Conference Networking Luncheon on Tuesday, June 24 from 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. at the Marriott Marquis at Times Square.  NACUA is also pleased to reserve tables at Monday and Wednesday’s Networking Breakfasts upon request.  Please provide us with the approximate number of attendees in your Group that will be participating in the Group’s meeting at the Conference. 

 

If your meeting is to be included in any public announcement made by NACUA or by a member of the Affinity Group, it must be open for all NACUA members to attend.

Meeting space is extremely limited at the Marriott this year, so please respond to this message as soon as possible if your Affinity Group wishes to meet. Meeting space will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis.  Also, please note that space is not automatically reserved for any Affinity Group that has met in prior years.  If your Affinity Group wishes to reserve space again for the 2008 Annual Conference, and has not yet done so, please reply to this message.

We look forward to hearing from a representative of your Affinity Group if you wish to take advantage of this special networking opportunity this year.  If you have any questions about Affinity Groups or the Conference more broadly, please feel free to contact me at 202-833-5948 or via email at msm@nacua.org.

We look forward to seeing you in New York!

 

Best,

 

Miriam

 

Miriam S. Miller

Manager, Membership and Outreach Services

National Association of College and University Attorneys

1 Dupont Circle, NW

Suite 620

Washington, DC 20036-1134

202-833-8390

202-296-8379 (fax)

msm@nacua.org

Events: Summer Travel

Latin American travel deals on offer.

Publications: Study Abroad Magazine seeks advertisers

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Event: Data Security Seminar

Event:	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 organizations. Data and privacy custodians like Chief Information Officers (CIO), Chief Security Officers (CSO), and General Counsels are under tremendous regulatory pressure to protect data from the inside out. Recent years have seen numerous high profile cases of data breaches at public corporations, government institutions and privately held companies.               Any organization not proactively taking steps to protect its sensitive information risks legal consequences, loss of trust, negative publicity, and damage to its reputation. This webinar will take a closer look at what organizations can do to protect sensitive information in their non-production environments.

Law: San Diego Frats raided in huge drug bust

Fraternity 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 fraternity parties about six months ago.

They dressed like students, complained about their parents and professors, and talked freely and knowingly of things of great interest on campus: music, sex and drugs.Read the rest in the LA Times.

Publications: Jury Verdict Review

Available here.

Law: File Sharing

Latest 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 and downloaded online. The quality is high and the costs low. It is all a part of the relatively new wave of digital piracy that is making entertainment industry CEOs sweat. The potential loss of profit has demanded the involvement of the government, which has gone to great lengths to crack down on illegal downloading. (Recording Industry Association of America, 2006)
The first online file-sharing program to receive significant attention from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was Napster in 1999 (“Filesharing”, 2005). Created by college dropout Shawn Fanning, it was a peer-to-peer program. Peer-to-peer file sharing services are especially fast and efficient for downloading audio and video files because they depend on the computing power of users, not the server. Multiple files can be downloaded from multiple locations without the large amount of traffic slowing the server down. (“Peer-to-peer”, 2007)
The legal battle that ensued between Napster and the RIAA resulted in Napster 2.0 and the current Napster To Go. Napster To Go offers over 3 million downloadable songs for a monthly rate. (“Filesharing, 2005) The compromise was a victory for the RIAA.  Grokster, a similar peer-to-peer program, was shut down after a Supreme Court decision in June. The case was reminiscent of Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. in which the Supreme Court’s decision ensured that VCRs, CD burners, iPods and all other technology capable of copyright infringement may be produced and sold by their respective companies without facing lawsuits. With the Grokster decision came not a negation of the former verdict but a new set of guidelines based on the idea of ‘inducement’:
"[O]ne who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties." (MGM v. Grokster, 125 S. Ct. 2764 (U.S. Supreme Court, June 2005)
The recent Internet file-sharing cases have created a lot of grey area. For higher education institutions, this is an important issue because universities have been heavily targeted by the RIAA and the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). These organizations have found that a large percentage of illegal downloading takes place on college campuses. Schools with high-bandwidth networks can be especially popular targets. Lawsuits have been filed against hundreds of students for copyright infringement, and the pressure on colleges to police their own campuses is great. (Brock and Young, 2006; Morris, 2006)
It is not hard to imagine that many university IT administrators are becoming frustrated and overwhelmed by the RIAA/MPAA’s demands. The task of monitoring an entire campus network is no small one, and not necessarily associated with the normal responsibilities of university administration. There have even been complaints against the RIAA/MPAA and the overly extreme measures they’ve gone to, such as the prosecution of what in the past would have been deemed fair use. (Read, 2006) Nonetheless, with the government behind them, these ultimatums must be honored to a reasonable degree, no matter how unclear ‘reasonable’ may be. There are some basic steps, however, which many schools have taken with positive results.
--- by Jim Castagnera

Trends: What sort of leaders does higher ed need in the coming crisis?

Moody'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 sources of revenue by raising tuition, undertaking massive fund-raising efforts, and forming partnerships with private firms to develop new technologies.

A new report released on Tuesday by Moody's Investors Service concludes that public universities are economically stronger because of that shift, but that they now must now learn to operate less like government entities and more like large, complex nonprofit corporations. And states need to give them the flexibility to do so, the report recommends.Read more in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

But university administrator says college presidents' challenges are political, much like those of the US president:

By MARY B. MARCY

In an election year when politics is in the air, it's important to note that an academic institution is essentially a political, not a corporate, system, and that its leader is more akin to the president of the United States than to a corporate chief executive. This is in spite of the argument, particularly when defending the compensation of college presidents, that leading an academic institution is similar to running a major corporation. Such statements may make sense at first blush, but they misread the academic organizational structure and the responsibilities and role of presidents.Read the rest of here opinion here.

Opinion: A Global Species Shift?

The 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… poses the same challenge. “The Gaia hypothesis,” Wikipedia tells me,  “is an ecological hypothesis that proposes that living and nonliving parts of the earth are a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism.”  If so, then this organism has undergone a species shift in the first decade of the 21st century.  Three fundamental changes mark this shift.
      The first is climate change.  The evidence is now overwhelming.  Those who continue to deny or question this phenomenon are whistling in the dark.
      The second is resource scarcity.  National Geographic heralded the change last year, when its cover story told us, “Say goodbye to cheap oil.”  Recent record highs may back down, but we will never see cheap petroleum again.  Reserves are identified, finite, and declining.  Demand is rising exponentially as China, India, and others emerge as red hot economies, while our thirst remains insatiable.
      Other fundamental resources are also at risk of scarcity.  The cost of rice is soaring.  Corn prices also are climbing due in part to the demand for ethanol as a petroleum replacement.  Water, too, is a precious commodity in many parts of the world.  As populations continue to grow, and as we blithely develop arid areas such as the American Southwest, the pressure on fresh water supplies will intensify.  The more farmland we pave over for ubiquitous housing developments and shopping malls, the less remains to meet the world’s growing appetite.
      The third is violence.  The century was barely eight months old when the World Trade Center towers imploded.  Since September 11, 2001, we have been at war.  Regardless of what any presidential candidate tells us, no end is in sight.
      Meanwhile, on the home front, the Virginia Tech massacre is emblematic of the new violence that has entered our culture like a virus.  When a police officer was shot to death last weekend in Philadelphia, comrades wondered out loud how young men, armed to the teeth, could fire on a police officer, seemingly oblivious of the consequences to themselves.  Try factoring into your analysis the 49% high school graduation rate in the Philadelphia School District and you begin to see why these desperados act with wanton abandon.  The VTU event indicates that alienated college students are capable of even more irrational acts.  At the least the Philly cop was killed by professional crooks with few obvious alternatives.  VTU’s Cho was an angry little nut who finally cracked; he was supposed to be living the American dream denied to inner city dropouts.
      The weather has always been unpredictable.  Resources have always been scarce. Violence is a hallmark of the human condition.  So what’s so special about now?
       Well, magnitude is one thing:  the largest population in world history and still growing, plus the unprecedented resource demands and sense of desperation that go along with it.
       But I’m arguing for recognition of qualitative change.  For the first time, humans apparently have caused global climate change.  For the first time we face the possibility of worldwide exhaustion of critical resources. 
      And for perhaps the first time we face forms of lethal human behavior on a grand scale which can be attributed only tangentially at best to traditional human aspirations and needs.  I mean, what did Cho want?  What does a suicide bomber want?  What does a cop killer want?  When certain death for each of them is in the equation, traditional political and social solutions to crime and civil unrest are beggared.
      This is why I say that Planet Earth has undergone a species shift in this first decade of the new century.  Gaia is qualitatively a different beast than it was in the late, great 20th century, which (for Americans, at least) will be remembered and revered someday soon as a Golden Age.

A collection of Castagnera's opinion pieces is available here.

Law: A take on the changing FMLA from the Phila. firm of Pepper Hamilton

The 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 Labor (DOL) published proposed changes to its FMLA regulations. A sixty-day public comment period regarding the proposed regulations ended on April 11, and the DOL is expected to issue final rules within the next few months The FMLA gives eligible workers up to twelve weeks of unpaid leave during any twelve-month period for such things as treating their own serious health condition or caring for a newborn or sick family member. It generally covers employers with fifty or more employees who have worked for their employer for 1,250 hours over the previous twelve month period. On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (NDAA). The NDAA amends the FMLA and extends coverage for employees to care for eligible family members who are military service members and become ill or injured in the line of duty. The law allows these caregivers to take up to twenty-six weeks of unpaid leave, more than doubling the amount of time an eligible employee could have previously taken under the FMLA.  Just two weeks after the NDAA became law, the DOL published hundreds of pages of proposed changes to the FMLA regulations. While the proposals would not make any sweeping changes to the 1993 law, they may serve to clarify a law that many employers and employees have found complex and many human resources professionals have found difficult to administer. One of the most significant changes would be to address the controversial Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Taylor v. Progress Energy , 493 F.3d 454 (4th Cir. 2007), where the Fourth Circuit held that an employee and employer may not independently settle past claims under the FMLA without the approval of the Department of Labor or a court. The proposed regulations reject the Fourth Circuit's holding and explicitly permit employees and employers to voluntarily agree to the settlement of past claims without having to obtain permission from the DOL or a court. If you have questions about how these changes and proposed changes to the FMLA could affect your business, contact your general counsel or Amy McAndrew at mcandrewa@pepperlaw.com or 610.640.7824.

Privacy 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 the Lumina Foundation for Education.

Trends: Report highlights B-school challenges globally

As 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 responsibility, according to a new report by the Global Foundation for Management Education.Read this summary in the Chronicle of Higher Ed.

The report identifies key economic and business trends, as well as developments in management education in various regions of the world. It then recommends steps business schools, businesses, and government can take to deal with those challenges.Download reportonlineversion.pdf

Event: UCEA Mid-Atlantic seeks award nominations

May 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 accomplished, innovative, and all around best individuals, program activities, and services from across the region. I know your school has programs and individuals worthy of recognition; this is your opportunity to shout out recognize those people and programs!

 

I am proud to share that two of our regional winners last year, Dr. Pedro Ferreria and Ms. Kulsum Malik, also won national awards. I hope this year's Mid-Atlantic region winners will also go on to win national recognition! In order for that to happen, we need you to nominate an individual or a program for an award!

 

The awards booklet may be found at http://www.midatucea.org/ as both a PDF and an MS Word document. For ease of submission, the MS Word document is a form, and I have "protected" it to make it easy to complete. If you need to unprotect the document, you may go to Tools, Unprotect Document. You do not need to fill in a password because there isn't one. However, to fill in the forms the document must be protected.

Award nominations are due July 31, 2008 (paper)/August 7, 2008 (electronic). If you have any questions about the process, please do not hesitate to contact me.

I look forward to hear from you!

 

For the awards committee,

 

M. Evelin Letarte

__________________________________________
Assistant Director Academic Projects
School of Undergraduate Studies
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Blvd. East, PGIII 760F
Adelphi, MD 20783
240/582-2885
240/582-2991 (Fax)

 

Publcations: NACUA's New York Minute

NACUA 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 48^th Annual Conference, which will be held June 22-25 at the Marriott Marquis at Times Square in New York, NY.  An archive of all NACUA New York Minute volumes will be available on the Annual Conference Website.

Publications: Dorrance Publishers best sellers

May 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, The Lady Who Was Wise And Witty to 101 by Vivian Johnson

4. The Pagan Book of Wisdom and Knowledge: Baphomet Lodge by Rev. Jonathan Ludd

5. Boo on the Loose by Katharine O. Alberts

6. Never Say Never by David Garry

7. Pokey Pig's Picnic by Polly G. Young

8. Hotel Doctor by Stanley P. Silverblatt, M.D.

9. God Is Love! I Don't Think So! by E-Bennie

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Publication: NAFSA News

May 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 NEWS
	Share Your Opinion: Complete NAFSA's Communications Survey
	Don't Miss The History of Jazz in Washington, D.C.
	Save Time-Plan Ahead for 2008 Annual Conference
	Win A Trip For Your Summer-or Winter-Vacation!
	GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE
	Public Diplomacy Blog Features Q&A with NAFSA
	Submit Immigration-Related Questions for Conference Sessions
	THIS WEEK IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
	Chinese Students in United States Cope with Negative Images of Home Country Chinese students in the United States have started rebelling against what they perceive as anti-Chinese bias due to recent world events, reports The New York Times.   Read more...

Publications: AAC&U Newsletter

Access it here.

Ethics: West Virginia's faculty calls for president's ouster

Since 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 and around the state was stoked on April 23 by an independent panel, which issued a scathing report on the university's hasty and "seriously flawed" decision to retroactively issue Ms. Bresch an executive M.B.A. that she had not earned (The Chronicle, April 24).Read the full story here.
Access the report here.

Law: Cal State fires second instructor over loyalty oath issue

       

Teacher 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.

Cal State system ousts another instructor who objects on religious grounds to a pledge adopted by California in 1952 to root out communists.

By Richard C. Paddock, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

 

When Wendy Gonaver was offered a job teaching American studies at Cal State Fullerton this academic year, she was pleased to be headed back to the classroom to talk about one of her favorite themes: protecting constitutional freedoms.Read the full story int he LA Times.