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UA agrees to pay former chancellor $175,000 by Jaime Adame | Today at 3:49 p.m. Joe Steinmetz delivers the commencement address during the fall commencement exercises in Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus in this Dec. 16, 2017, file photo. (NWA Democrat-Gazette file photo) FAYETTEVILLE — Monthly payments totaling $175,000 will be made to Joe Steinmetz, former chancellor of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, as part of an agreement for him to resign and retire from a UA tenured faculty appointment. Steinmetz, 66, on June 17 announced he was stepping do...

Will Biden Bring Back the Campus Star Chambers? The new rules on campus sexual-assault charges are working. So why change them? In April, the University of Arkansas became the first school in the country to admit the obvious: Procedures promulgated in 2020 by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos might have prevented an unjust finding of guilt in a campus sexual-assault case. In a letter to a student identified only as John Doe, the university’s coordinator for Title IX—the 1972 law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any educational institution that receives federal money—ackn...

University Spends $40K Training Students, Faculty to Say “Ouch” When They’re Offended Program supposedly aimed at battling 'stereotypes,' creating 'inclusive' campus Image Credit: Share Email The University of Arkansas recently purchased a training program that teaches students to communicate “OUCH! That Stereotype Hurts.” Campus Reform obtained a copy of the contract signed to purchase the training for members of the campus community to use, which shows that the University paid at least $40,680 to offer the training to students, faculty, and staff. Portions of the contract, such a...