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Image:  In an unusually quick turnaround for federal politics, a report published in May inspired the introduction of bipartisan legislation just this month that would improve access to public transportation for college students, an investment that is widely supported by higher education advocates. It all began in January, when researchers at the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation set out to answer the question “Do students need a car to attend community college?” What they found captured the attention of lawmakers: only 57 percent of primary community college campuses are within half a mile of a transit stop, even though 99 percent of community college students live off campus. Further, 25 percent of those campuses that aren’t accessible could be made accessible simply by extending an existing transit line. “What you’re talking about is adding a transit stop to a route that already exists—building one bus shelter or changing the route a little bit,” said Abi...

Image:  A cohort of four community colleges is collaborating to increase the number of single mothers earning degrees and credentials by 30 percent at each institution and collectively offer new supports to at least 6,000 single moms by summer 2024. Their initial efforts are outlined in a new report released today by Education Design Lab, a nonprofit that designs and tests college program models to help underserved students. Central New Mexico Community College, Delgado Community College in New Orleans, Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis and Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y., were selected by Education Design Lab in 2019 to develop and launch pilot programs by fall 2021 focused on academic supports tailored to single mothers at their institutions. Each college received $50,000 in start-up funds from the ECMC Foundation, a national foundation aiming to improve higher education outcomes among underserved students. “When I think about this project s...

Image:  Truckee Meadows Community College in Nevada backed off its attempt to fire Lars Jensen, a tenured professor of math, for alleged “insubordination,” deciding last week that he may stay on there. In a four-line email to Jensen, President Karin Hilgerson said she’d accepted the recommendation of a special hearing committee of faculty members to retain him, and that he “shall be continued in employment.” Jensen said it’s “good to see academic freedom prevail at the end of the day. What has it come to if a faculty member cannot speak on an academic matter?” Truckee Meadows informed Jensen of its intention to fire him earlier this year, citing two back-to-back unsatisfactory performance reviews on his part. These reviews were less about Jensen’s teaching than his comportment, however, namely his “insubordination in two instances.” In the first instance of alleged insubordination, Jensen handed out a flier criticizing the college’s math standards at a state math summ...

Image:  An assistant professor of sociology and criminology at Old Dominion University who was accused of being an apologist for pedophilia following a recent interview about their research has agreed to leave the university. The professor, Allyn Walker, who was put on leave earlier this month over the controversy and reported threats to their safety and that of the campus, did not respond to a request for comment. Previously, Walker said their comments defending nonoffending “minor-attracted persons” had been taken out of context or willfully misunderstood by critics. In a joint statement announcing the resignation, Old Dominion University and Walker said that Walker will remain on leave through the end of their contract in May and officially step down from the university after that. “We have concluded that this outcome is the best way to move forward,” President Brian O. Hemphill said in that statement. “We hope today’s action helps bring closure for our Monarch fam...

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Columbia University has reached a $12.5 million settlement with students who sued the school for failing to refund fees when it pivoted to online classes in the spring of 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the U.S., Columbia—like most U.S. colleges and universities—shifted to remote learning in an effort to keep infection rates low. A class action complaint brought against the university in April 2020 sought reimbursement for both tuition and fees for the spring semester, though the request to reimburse tuition was dismissed by a judge in February. According to the preliminary settlement, filed Tuesday night, $8.56 million will go toward refunding fees paid for student activities, university health services and the use of Columbia gyms, libraries and other campus facilities, Reuters reported. The remaining $4 million will be paid out to “avoid the risks of further litigation,” according to Reuters, which also reported that the preliminary settlement needs ...

The University of Texas at Austin said late last week that three professors investigating the effectiveness of an antiracism curriculum for white preschoolers and their parents may continue that research in full. UT Austin paused the study , known as GoKAR!, and then allowed only parts of it to resume earlier this month, following a complaint to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and some other negative publicity alleging that GoKAR! discriminated against participants on the basis of race. That the university paused the study in response to such feedback concerned many faculty members on campus, who argued that there is a precedent for limiting study participants to certain demographics where it’s deemed scientifically necessary. These faculty members also said they worried that UT Austin was bowing to political pressure. The OCR complaint is still in process, but Provost Sharon J. Wood said in an email to the principal investigators that UT Austin’s own expedite...