Lighthouse Guild is awarding 20 college scholarships of $8,000 each to students who are visually impaired and will be entering college and graduate school in the Fall.
Bill requiring Connecticut colleges to survey students on sexual misconduct earns strong support; students who report incidents wouldn’t be punished for violating drug and alcohol policies Amanda Blanco, Hartford Courant
Despite pushback from some Connecticut schools, the state House of Representatives voted to advance a bill that will require colleges and universities to survey students every two years about sexual misconduct on campus and a Republican leader of the legislature’s higher education committee said he expects to see strong bipartisan support for it again in the state Senate.
If signed into law, schools will also have to report assessment results to the higher education committee, starting by March 2023.
At Politico, Zack Stanton interviews sociologist James Davison Hunter. Thirty years ago, Hunter popularized, although he did not coin, the phrase culture wars in the hope that by calling attention to the phenomenon, which so obviously threatens the fabric of our democracy, we might all take steps to overcome it. Instead, he argues, it has only gotten worse and it is difficult to gainsay him. This interview is bracing.
In the face of ideological leveling, I like to say complications will save the world. Sometimes, complications also break your heart. In The Washington Post, Scott Wilson takes a deep dive into the law enforcement situation in Portland, Oregon, one year after the first protests for racial justice. The mixed results of various reform efforts, the rise in serious crime rates, and a host of other factors that could tempt one to despair.
Philanthropic Business Collaborative Delivers $300,000 in Critical Education Grant Funding to Local Nonprofit Organizations
Fairfield County Business Collaborative for Education Equity Announces First Round of Funding
Norwalk, Connecticut, June 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The founding members of the Fairfield County Business Collaborative for Education Equity Bank of America, First County Bank, Lapine Associates, Pitney Bowes, Synchrony, Tudor Foundation and Xerox today announced the group has distributed its first round of grant funding, totaling $300,000, to seven local nonprofit organizations: Bridgeport Prospers (United Way of Coastal Fairfield County), Carver Foundation of Norwalk, Children’s Learning Centers of Fairfield County, Norwalk Community College Foundation, Person-to-Person, Domus Kids, and Horizons Bridgeport.
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