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December 1, 2005
| National On-Campus Report - December 1, 2005 - Full Issue … |
| Mens Rape-Prevention Programming: Challenges Ahead Rape-prevention programming for men is at a crossroads, says a violence prevention expert. While higher education has made a lot of progress in making men part of the effort to end sexual violence, says consultant Alan Berkowitz, four challenges remain. |
| Community College Retention Hits Its Stride Student retention has come a long way since the 1970s, when higher education researchers started building theory about why students drop out of college. But much of the work, including conducting research and documenting best practices, has been focused on four-year campuses and students. Now, two large-scale projects are tailoring retention principles and strategies to community and technical colleges. |
| Does Engagement Mean Success? Not Always, Study Finds The common wisdom in higher education is that the more students engage with their campuses, the more likely they are to succeed there. A newly released survey, however, indicates that this relationship doesn’t always hold true. |
| Enrollment Patterns Cross Campus Boundaries It’s known that many baccalaureate students attend community colleges before transferring to four-year campuses. Now the most recent results of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) suggest that these students take classes from two-year campuses even during and after their enrollment at four-year institutions. |
| Campus Capsules Students demonstrate outside Greek-letter paraphernalia shop; Concert loses money but builds diversity; New book tells students how to reach graduation; Northwestern declines 'Unabomber' offer; University shelves policy on students talking to the media; Police apologize to student photographers; Campuses form Facebook.com policies; Brewer discontinues 'beer pong' ad campaign |
| Legal Updates Off-campus arrests; False application fine; Police records; Victim names; NCAA antitrust suit; Due process claim |
