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• More than 1,000 racism complaints at US colleges. What happened?
• Dozens of College Students Injured in Virginia Bus Crash
• Colleges grapple with best ways to address race incidents
• Dozens injured as bus filled with college students overturns in Virginia
• Learn The Do's, Don'ts of Online Group Work

More than 1,000 racism complaints at US colleges. What happened? Posted: 30 Nov 2015 06:54 AM PST Since Barack Obama's 2008 inauguration, a moment that optimists at the time suggested would herald a healing of race relations in the United States, more and more students and staff have filed complaints of racial harassment with the Department of Education: 1,073 in total, an average of 134 per year, compared to about 50 annually during the previous administration. University students and staff may file – or drop – racial harassment charges for a variety of reasons, many of which have nothing to do with an increase or decrease in actual racism on campus, such as the time elapsed since the incident, a decision to file a lawsuit instead, or simply the increased awareness that one can file such a complaint, for example.

Dozens of College Students Injured in Virginia Bus Crash Posted: 30 Nov 2015 04:39 AM PST Dozens were injured and transported to nearby hospitals Sunday night when a charter bus carrying college students to three Virginia campuses overturned.

Colleges grapple with best ways to address race incidents Posted: 30 Nov 2015 12:58 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials were slow to handle racial incidents at the University of Missouri, and that contributed to protests, a student hunger strike, a threatened boycott by the football team and ultimately, the resignations of two administrators.

Dozens injured as bus filled with college students overturns in Virginia Posted: 29 Nov 2015 09:09 PM PST The bus, carrying some 50 people, most of them students, from Richmond back to Virginia Tech, Radford University and the University of Virginia, flipped onto its side on the Powhite Parkway near Chesterfield, media reported, citing State Police and emergency responders. The Virginia State Police could not be reached to verify the reports' details.

Learn The Do's, Don'ts of Online Group Work Posted: 27 Nov 2015 06:00 AM PST Group collaboration is increasingly important in online learning. If you've already had the pleasure of participating in an online group project, you may have run into some pretty common challenges and frustrations.

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