Student Wellness

Proposed 'Bill Of Rights' For Student Athletes Draws University Opposition

Four California universities with big-time sports programs are fighting a legislative effort that could radically change the way schools recruit, educate and retain student athletes.

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Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Yale Is Settled

Yale University, the target of a federal civil rights investigation over complaints it failed to properly handle sexual misconduct and a sexually hostile environment on campus, reached a settlement Friday with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

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Removing The Barriers To Higher Education For Homeless And Foster Youth (Opinion)

At this time of year we hear heartwarming stories about homeless kids who manage to graduate from college. Those kids are few and far between.

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Two UW-Stevens Point Students Survive 9 Days In New Zealand Wilderness

Two U.S. students trapped in the New Zealand wilderness by a snowstorm trekked back out to safety after surviving their nine-day ordeal by rationing their meager supplies of trail mix and warming themselves in hot springs.

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Report: '05 Syracuse Probe Found No Abuse Evidence

A 2005 investigation ordered by Syracuse University into sex-abuse allegations against a former assistant men's basketball coach found no witnesses who believed the accuser's story.

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Higher Education Leaders To Urge Ohio College Trustees To Ban Smoking, Tobacco On Campuses

A measure urging a ban on tobacco on Ohio's public college campuses will be presented to the state's higher education board, the board chairman said.

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Md. Cannibalism Case Raises Questions About Troubled Students

Following tragedies like the shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 or the beating death of a University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love in 2010, campuses across the country — including Morgan — have developed intervention programs and threat assessment teams.

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