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Tag: Bipartisan Policy Center
Faculty & Staff
Growing Proportion of Part-Time Faculty Portends Problems
The decline in tenured and tenure-track college and university faculty and the increase in nontenured full-time, part-time and adjunct instructors — a decades-long trend that shows no sign of slowing — is likely to have widespread impact across the higher education landscape.
July 30, 2019
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Panel: Speaker Disinvitations Seldom Best for Students
At a time when speaker disinvitations are making headlines, colleges and universities would serve the interests of intellectual discourse and robust discussion by helping students understand the value of engaging political and other perspectives different from their own on campus, panelists said Tuesday at a Bipartisan Policy Center forum dedicated to the topic.
June 18, 2019
Health
Experts Probe Critical Issues of Student Health and Education
Health and education have a major impact on each other, and collaborations at all levels involving families, schools, policymakers and other stakeholders are essential to improving outcomes in both areas for students – especially those from low-income, rural and other under-served populations, speakers said at an event Tuesday co-sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Healthy Schools Campaign.
May 28, 2019
Students
Discharge, Reparations Part of Student Loan Debt Discussion
Cancellation and reparations, two topics that have not been at the forefront of discussion about the twin student loan debt and default crises, surfaced during an event Tuesday presented by the Bipartisan Policy Council, the Consumer Bankers Association and The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program.
May 14, 2019
Students
Doing Better By Students When a College Closes
Although college closures are not common occurrences, numerous factors suggest a continuing uptick, so higher education institutions, accreditors and the government are wise to work together on reforms that protect students when such crises occur. That was the consensus of speakers Tuesday at “School’s Out Forever: Reforming the College Closure Process,” an event hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center.
April 23, 2019
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Bipartisan Policy Center Discussion Launches Campus Free Expression Project
Despite disagreement about whether there’s a free-speech crisis on American college campuses and, if so, to what degree, there are public concerns about free expression that should be addressed, according to a panel of experts assembled for a discussion Monday by the Bipartisan Policy Council.
March 25, 2019
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Executive Order’s Free-Speech Provisions Draw Criticism
President Donald J. Trump’s signing of a controversial executive order Thursday was met with immediate criticism from areas of higher education, particularly aspects intended to address a perception that some schools are intolerant of conservative political views.
March 21, 2019
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