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Report: Systemic failures contributed to UAF’s mishandling of sexual assault cases
The review confirms that UAF failed to pursue policy dictated disciplinary action against perpetrators in five cases from 2011 into 2014.
Audit: Failures led to UAF mishandling sexual assault cases
Multiple systemic failures, including a lack of capable staff, contributed to the mishandling of five sexual abuse cases at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Those are the findings of an independent audit released Friday by the university detailing Title IX violations at the university. Title IX prohibits gender discrimination at institutions that receive federal funding.…
UAF involved in new project in climate change and wildfire studies
“It’s often difficult to join up the world of research and academia with the world of actual on the ground fire management,” said Alaska Fire Science Consortium ecologist Randi Jandt.
Bill would require physical activity at school
Bills are on the move as the 29th Legislature goes into overtime, and one of several that passed last week would require school districts to provide a certain amount of physical activity every day.
Conference committee votes to cut University of Alaska by $50 million
The conference committee voted five to one to adopt the House version of the university budget, which cuts $35 million more than the $15 million cut proposed by Governor Bill Walker.
Bill banning Planned Parenthood sex ed in schools fails in House committee
Senate Bill 89, which would require parents to opt their children into sex education lessons, was introduced by Sen. Mike Dunleavy and narrowly passed House Education last month.
Ketchikan’s Tribal Scholars program takes off
Ketchikan Indian Community’s Tribal Scholars is in its fourth year. The grant-funded alternative school recently held an open house inviting the community into a classroom that feels like home.
Analysis: 28 water systems in Alaska exceed EPA lead limit
The only school in one of Alaska’s most eroded communities is among 28 public and private entities in the state whose water systems recently exceeded federal lead limits during the last three years.
Research Finds Poor Outcomes For Students Who Retake Courses Online
A new study says that 69 percent of Chicago high school students earned D’s or F’s when retaking algebra on computers.