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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.
FIRST-GENERATION RESIDENCE: In twist on the theme house concept, U. of Cincinnati focuses on first-generation, low-income freshmen:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/01/21/firstgen
DORM LIVING AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE: Some small colleges are using the Myers-Briggs personality test to either match freshman roommates or help resolve conflict between them:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/12/12/myersbriggs
IT’S CULTURE, NOT MORALITY: What if academics have been fighting the wrong war against plagiarism? What if it’s not even a war? In new book, anthropologist doesn’t argue for you to drop standards, but she challenges longstanding strategies:
http://insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/03/myword
STIMULATING BOON FOR SMALL COLLEGES: Lost amid big-dollar provisions in stimulus bill is tax code change that could make it easier for private institutions to borrow for capital projects:
http://insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/02/stimulus
NOT SO THRILLED: In latest thriller, John Grisham ties a rape scene to Duquesne U., not the U. of Virginia where he drew his inspiration. The choice rankles Duquesne officials and and revives a story UVa might rather put behind it:
http://insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/02/grisham
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