Read All About It
A selection of college housing and student affairs headlines from InsideHigherEd.com. Look for these on a weekly basis in the ACUHO-I news blog.
THE FINAL STIMULUS BILL: As details emerge, funds for science, students and states are plentiful; less so for college facilities and private institutions:
http://www.insidehighered.com/index.php/news/2009/02/13/stimulus
A NATIONAL (BUT NOT FEDERAL) STUDENT DATABASE: Grant from Gates Foundation aims to transform nonprofit clearinghouse into mechanism to track high school students through college — and, perhaps, eventually beyond:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/13/data
‘THE COMPANY HE KEEPS’: Author of new book on the history of fraternities discusses their positive, not so positive and unexpected histories:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/13/syrett
EARLY DECISION AND THE ADOLESCENT BRAIN: Because of maturity level, some high school students may be at even more of a disadvantage than their peers when it comes to making an early commitment to a college, study finds:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/12/early
ARE COLLEGE ATHLETES PSYCHING THEMSELVES OUT? Study suggests perceived threat of confirming negative stereotypes may cause some — but not all — of academic achievement gap between athletes and non-athletes:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/11/stereotype
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