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• Feds to Colleges: To Stop Campus Rape, Schools Must Get Better at This
• Campus sexual assault: new federal rules announced to help make colleges safer
• Corinthian Colleges warns it may shut down
• Why Liberal Arts Isn’t for Losers
• US e-cigarette makers under fire from lawmakers

Feds to Colleges: To Stop Campus Rape, Schools Must Get Better at This Posted: 19 Jun 2014 03:55 PM PDT Check this off as one victory in a long fight for college activists and campus rape prevention groups to make colleges and universities more proactive about dealing with incidents. The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday announced regulations requiring colleges to compile statistics for incidents of dating violence, domestic violence and stalking, as well as current stats on campus rape. "I think it's great they're strengthening victims' confidentiality," said Tracey Vitchers, communications coordinator for Students Active for Ending Rape. "The Department of Education has been great about listening to student survivor activists.

Campus sexual assault: new federal rules announced to help make colleges safer Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:38 PM PDT The US Department of Education has taken another step to push college campuses to reduce sexual assaults and other crimes such as dating violence and stalking. It announced rules Thursday to implement the 2013 Campus SaVE Act, which updates the Jeanne Clery Act – a law to promote safer campuses. Some of the key changes bring the Clery Act into alignment with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's definition of rape, add categories of crimes that need to be reported annually, strengthen protections for victims, and put more onus on campuses to conduct awareness training and prevention campaigns. "It shows that student voices are being taken seriously," says Tracey Vitchers[CQ], communications coordinator for SAFER (Students Active For Ending Rape), based in New York.

Corinthian Colleges warns it may shut down Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:17 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit education company with about 75,000 students nationwide, warned Thursday that it may fail as it clashes with U.S. regulators over student data.

Why Liberal Arts Isn’t for Losers Posted: 19 Jun 2014 02:45 AM PDT Americans starting with Benjamin Franklin have been suspicious of liberal arts higher education. But lately the critics' knives are out in earnest.

US e-cigarette makers under fire from lawmakers Posted: 18 Jun 2014 06:12 PM PDT US senators ripped at electronic cigarette makers for their aggressive marketing campaigns to lure youths that have drawn parallels to those once used by Big Tobacco. "While major e-cigarette companies reiterate that they only target adults, a large youth audience still appears to be getting their message pretty loudly and pretty clearly," said Democratic Senator John Rockefeller. The increased alarm comes with greater usage of the devices, with the percentage of middle and high school students who used e-cigarettes more than doubling between 2011 and 2012, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means an audience of about 24 million kids is targeted by companies selling vaporized nicotine products.

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