Amid the rising tide of grade inflation, some faculty members have voiced concerns that student course evaluations may incentivize professors in the tenure and promotion process to award higher grades. But others dispute that the grade a student receives affects his or her evaluation of a faculty member ...
The College Board announced major changes to the SAT that will take effect in the spring of 2016, with the hopes of appealing to a broader base of students amid increased competition from the ACT for standardized test-takers. The changes, which follow the College Board’s announcement last month that ...
University administrators approved changing the name of Psychological Services to Counseling and Psychological Services effective Wednesday, Director Sherri Nelson announced at the Undergraduate Council of Students meeting Wednesday. More comprehensive names like CAPS are common among the University’s ...
“The cost of inaction today is going to be much bigger tomorrow,” former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos told The Herald before attending a University conference Wednesday to discuss international climate change policy. The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies partnered with the Climate ...
About one fourth of the student body skips class at least once a week, according to a Herald poll conducted March 3-4. Roughly 14 percent of respondents reported that they skip class once a week, 11 percent skip more than once a week and 1 percent skip class every day. But around 15 percent of students ...
URI to arm campus police University of Rhode Island administrators announced Monday that the school will arm campus police, Rhode Island Public Radio reported. The controversial decision comes after a year of community forums and meetings with students, faculty members and staff members, instigated ...
It’s a question about a question: “Why is the argument about how to write about India such a contentious one?” asked Jonathan Shainin, news editor for the New Yorker, at a “Writing India: Two Authors and an Editor” discussion Tuesday night. Shainin, previously a senior editor at the Caravan ...
A new Institute for the Study of Environment and Society will launch next fall, the University announced Monday. The institute, approved by the Corporation’s Board of Fellows Friday, will address environmental problems with “a multifaceted approach,” through the intersection of sciences and social ...
The number of students who needed to be taken to a hospital during Spring Weekend held steady from last year at 17, said Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services and interim dean of the College. Emergency Medical Services took nine students to hospitals Friday, including ...
Just over half of undergraduates disagree with the consideration of legacy status in the University’s admission decisions, according to the results of a Herald poll conducted March 3–4. About 30 percent of students agree with the use of legacy status — having a parent, grandparent or sibling ...
Maahika Srinivasan ’15 was elected the next president of the Undergraduate Council of Students and Sazzy Gourley ’16 was elected vice president, announced Heather Sabel ’17, UCS Elections Board chair, on the Faunce steps at midnight Friday. Srinivasan defeated Jonathan Vu ’15 and Asia Nelson ...
Maahika Srinivasan ’15 and Sazzy Gourley ’16 lead their opponents in the races for president and vice president of the Undergraduate Council of Students, respectively, according to the results of a Herald exit poll conducted Tuesday and Wednesday. Online voting for leadership positions on UCS and ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students passed a resolution in support of the student group working to add an undergraduate representative to the Corporation at its general body meeting Wednesday. UCS President Todd Harris ’14.5 will present the document entitled “UCS Statement of Support for Students ...
“How much freedom should racists have?” asked Erik Bleich ’91, professor of political science at Middlebury College, in his Wednesday lecture that explored how the United States and Europe strive to combat racism without infringing on citizens’ rights. The talk was the fourth and final installment ...
The second in a two-part series exploring substance use and abuse at Brown. On a perfect April afternoon, Fred, then a first-year, was stoned for the first time. By the end of May, he was smoking on a near-daily basis. After a few months, Fred “greened over the cliff.” He was smoking at least ...
The first in a two-part series exploring substance use and abuse at Brown. “I just kept drinking shots. Next thing I know, I woke up in a hospital,” recalled David, a senior. It was a sunny May afternoon during sophomore year, and David, whose name has been changed to preserve anonymity, was ...
“It is a challenging time” for university finances, said Beppie Huidekoper, executive vice president for finance and administration, expressing a sentiment that became an overarching theme of the Janus Forum’s Tuesday discussion “We The Corporation: The Ethics of Managing a Billion Dollar University ...
Organization attacks affirmative action The Project on Fair Representation, a nonprofit organization working to challenge the use of race in undergraduate admission, launched three websites Monday encouraging rejected applicants from Harvard, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the ...
For the first time in Brown history, the housing lottery, which opened yesterday at 3 p.m., took place on an online platform, instead of in Sayles Hall. The lottery will last through Thursday, running during the afternoons and evenings. After previously declaring their intent to participate and choosing ...
Undergraduates are nearly evenly divided on whether the University should prioritize its policies for extending need-blind admission or expanding financial aid for middle-income students, according to a Herald poll conducted March 3-4. Close to 37 percent of students support awarding financial aid ...
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