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FAFSA, Post-DOMA
Responding to Supreme Court ruling, the Education Department will begin recognizing same-sex couples for the purposes of distributing federal financial aid.
Recognizing Pregnancy Absences
A college in Missouri updates its absence policies to add pregnancy-related absences as excused in response to a student's federal complaint.
When Women Lean In, Men Grow Up
Janel Curry considers how increased gender balance in the administrative ranks affects all college officials -- and how some "team building" activities should be abandoned, just like male-only leadership teams.
Wrongly Accused?
A year after a university was accused of being tragically slow in responding to harassment concerns about a professor, it is now accused overreacting to questionable concerns about another professor.
Strategy for Women in STEM
One college unexpectedly found that female engineering students responded particularly well to its project-based learning approach. Experts say the curriculum could help attract and retain women in the STEM fields.
A Room of One's Own
Debate at U. of Chicago raises question: Are graduate students who are breastfeeding mothers entitled to a private place to pump?
Gay Rights and Religious Colleges
At Baylor, student government wants to ban "deviate" sex instead of "homosexual acts," and says this would make gay students more welcome. At Creighton, Catholic student group wants to end ticket give-aways for concert by singers who created "Same Love."
Ignoring the Pope?
New pontiff has suggested that church leaders focus less on abortion and homosexuality. So recent actions at Roman Catholic colleges have faculty members wondering if administrators missed the latest from Rome.