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By James Ottavio Castagnera and Patrick J. Cihon

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Last Entry: May 09, 2008 at 06:55:13

Legal Liability for campus shooting #3

Posted on March 07, 2008
Legal Liability for the Virginia Tech massacre: Is profiling worth considering? Jim Castagnera May 2007 Part 3 in a series When the police use profiling, it?s condemned as racist. When the customs service does it, it?s similarly assailed as discriminatory...

Legal Liability for campus shooting #4

Posted on March 07, 2008
Legal liability for the Virginia Tech massacre: Inquiry questions Cho?s mental-health care history Jim Castagnera May 2007 Part 4 in a series The panel investigating the Virginia Tech massacre met for the first time on Thursday, May 10th. Present was...

An EU Conference on Women

Posted on March 06, 2008
EU Conference Gathers Female Leaders Ahead of International Women's Day, female power brokers from around the world gathered in Brussels today to discuss security and women's empowerment. The Conference, "Women: Stabilizing an Insecure World," brought together more than 50 female...

Harvard Business Conferences Announced

Posted on March 06, 2008
Stand Out with Harvard Business Conferences' Competing on Analytics A Harvard Business Publishing Event Harvard Business Conferences invites you to join your fellow executives for a conversation with Thomas H. Davenport -- author, President?s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and...

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The Case of the Blasphemous Teddy Bear

Posted on March 06, 2008
From Time Magazine/CNN

The latest on the Sudanese "Teddy Bear" Incident

Posted on March 06, 2008
From the LA Times

A "Business Beyond Boundaries" Conference

Posted on March 06, 2008
ASUG Annual Conference SAPPHIRE 2008: Business Beyond Boundaries Register now at http://www.sapandasug.com/SAP/SAPPHIRE2008/index.cfm?fuseaction=email.Redirect&EID=9C7F637273&CID=96A46373720301 As the need to stay connected accelerates, SAPPHIRE 2008 and the Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) Annual Conference 2008 shows you the strategies that will enable all aspects...

An invitation to a NAPSA conference on student wellness

Posted on March 06, 2008
A special invitation for NASPA Annual Conference attendees Reserve a time for a personal walk-through of FYRe? and the new Student Wellness Suite from GoalQuest/EducationDynamics. What Is FYRe? Designed to help schools combat attrition, enhance campus engagement and foster student...

Translating Research into Practice

Posted on March 06, 2008
DR. TANYA SANTANGELO, ROWAN UNIVERSITY, presents: DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION* IN HIGHER EDUCATION: TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE For the BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING Monday March 31, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Newtown, PA 18940 Registration is required...

Counter-terrorism is big business on many campuses

Posted on March 06, 2008
Download 0709_Castagnera-1.pdf From the Greentree Gazette

Arizona State campus cops get assault rifles

Posted on March 06, 2008
From the Arizona Republic

"Visa Now" virtual trade show

Posted on March 06, 2008
Join us at HR.com?s Virtual Trade Show - 100% online and free to attend! VISANOW is excited to be participating in HR.com?s upcoming ?Recruitment and Workforce Planning for the 21st Century? VIEW conference next Wednesday, March 12, 2008. This ?virtual?...

AAC&U News Online

Posted on March 05, 2008
March 2008 click here to see full contents Undergraduate Science: Engaging the Big Questions and Increasing Achievement In assistant professor Peter Craig?s Kitchen Chemistry course, first-year college students sniff spices, boil vegetables, and investigate the properties of baking powder...

Women's Mid-Atlantic STudy Conference

Posted on March 05, 2008
Attached is a flyer for the MAWSA conference to be held at Penn State Abington (near Philadelphia) on March 28-29. It will include a reading by Katha Pollitt, keynote by Peggy McIntosh, closing address by Dr. E, and more than...

DOL Proposes Cmprehensive Revision of FLMA Regs

Posted on March 05, 2008
Download LEPG_DOLFMLARegulations-expl_LF_4mar08.pdf

The Complaint in the Cal State Lawsuit (see below)

Posted on March 05, 2008
Download 593192109041a5d9c38168b0612376ad.pdf

Cal State amends student code of conduct to settle suit

Posted on March 05, 2008
From the Associated Press

Hizballah - The World Against War conference in London

Posted on March 05, 2008
Hizballah - The World Against War conference in London Hizballah continues to be involved in coalition building with radical leftist and anti-globalist groups and movements. Ibrahim Mousawi, editor of Hezbollah's Alintiqad weekly participated at the January 2008 "World Against War"...

NAFSA News

Posted on March 05, 2008
Having trouble viewing this e-mail? Read NAFSA.news online. This issue sponsored by: The largest college fair is ONLINE! Join 30,000+ students from around the world at CollegeWeekLive March 25-26, 2008. Join us for an informative webinar March 5 at 2:00...

IIE Interactive Newsletter

Posted on March 05, 2008
March 3-7, 2008 � Final Chance to Register for IIE Best Practices Conference � BALANCE Erasmus Mundus Seminar, June 11-13 in Finland � New Open Doors Regional Fact Sheets � KAUST Discovery Scholarship for Undergraduates in Science and Technology �...

A Model Code of Ethics for Study Abroad

Posted on March 05, 2008
Download ForumonEducationAbroadCodeofEthics.pdf

March Issue of "Faculty Focus"

Posted on March 05, 2008
In this issue: Teaching vs. research, student moderators, and distance education: You are receiving this email because you are a subscriber to Faculty Focus or you signed up to receive this E-Newsletter from Magna Publications. If you wish to unsubscribe...

Student Loan Chronicles... continued

Posted on March 04, 2008
From the Greentree Gazette

Are Student Loans the next sub-prime crisis?

Posted on March 04, 2008
Download Report_PrivateLoans.pdfRead National Consumer Law Center Report here.

U Cal Prez: Think you're ready to fill these shoes?

Posted on March 04, 2008
From the LA Times

Crime and Punishment in a Virtual World

Posted on March 04, 2008
In his 1997 novel, ?Idoru,? sci-fi writer William Gibson postulates a pending marriage between a real-life rock star and a virtual vamp. The bride is an ?idol-singer? or Idoru. Although Idoru are computer-generated fantasies, ?Some of them are enormously popular...

Lawsuit of alumna denied teaching certificate due to photo on Facebook

Posted on March 04, 2008
SNYDER v. MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY et al Tags: snyder v millersville university Plaintiff:STACY SNYDER Defendant:MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY, J. BARRY GIRVIN, JANE S. BRAY and VILAS A. PRABHU Case Number:2:2007cv01660 Filed:April 25, 2007 Court:Pennsylvania Eastern District Court Office:Philadelphia Office [ Court Info ]...

The digital limits of "in loco parentis"

Posted on March 04, 2008
From the Chronicle of Higher Education

NAFSA registration is open

Posted on March 03, 2008
NAFSA 2008 Annual Conference Registration Now Open! Registration is now open for the NAFSA 60th Annual Conference & Expo, ?Shaping the Future of International Education,? in Washington, D.C., USA, May 25-30. Join us to learn and share bold ideas and....

New case squibs, publications and events from NACUA

Posted on March 03, 2008
Good day NACUA members. NACUA is pleased to send you this update of higher education cases reported during the weeks of February 25 - 29, 2008. To access the complete text of the highlighted cases, click on the case name...

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