Read All About It
A selection of college housing and student affairs headlines from InsideHigherEd.com. This week’s edition features two reports from the 2009 ACUHO-I Annual Conference & Exposition in Baltimore. Look for these on a weekly basis in the ACUHO-I news blog.
THE 3 A.M. PHONE CALL: College housing officers identify tactics to avert disaster and to respond after the fact:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/29/acuhoi
LEEDING THE PACK: While Duke showcased its new platinum-rate residence hall at an annual meeting of college housing officers, other campus reps talked getting certified on a budget:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/30/leed
OBAMA’S PUSH FOR FREE ONLINE COURSES: Administration may propose “open” classes and create a “National Skills College” to coordinate offerings at high schools and community colleges. Other measures for two-year institutions may include $10 billion facilities loan fund:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/29/ccplan
SUPREME COURT PUNTS: Justices opt — for now — not to resolve dispute over right of public universities to bar anti-gay bias and right of Christian groups to be recognized as student organizations:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/01/truth
Tags: ACUHO-I, Free Speech, Sustainability