Richard Pérez-Peña
Recent and archived news articles by Richard Pérez-Peña of The New York Times.
Articles
California Bill Sets Sights on Curbing Campus Sexual Assaults
The state is poised to become the first to require all colleges receiving state funds to bolster their efforts and require that students give active consent before all sexual activity.
September 11, 2014, Thursday
Hong Kong Group to Give Harvard’s School of Public Health $350 Million
Harvard’s president said the gift by the Morningside Foundation would give the school a stable financial base and the ability to give students more financial aid while expanding programs in several fields.
September 8, 2014, Monday
Active Role in Class Helps Black and First-Generation College Students, Study Says
A study of college students found that the trend toward more class participation, and away from a traditional lecture-based approach, raised average test scores, with bigger gains for some.
September 3, 2014, Wednesday
U.S. Health Agency Advises More Vigilance on Campuses
The new recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came as thousands of foreign students and workers, and Americans who have been traveling abroad, began arriving on campuses to start a new school year.
September 3, 2014, Wednesday
U.S. Colleges See Little Risk From Ebola, but Depend on Students to Speak Up
Universities and colleges in the United States also admit that they have limited ability to track students’ travels or their health.
August 30, 2014, Saturday
Generation Later, Poor Are Still Rare at Elite Colleges
Surveys of top colleges found virtually no change from the 1990s to 2012 in enrollment of students who are less well off despite a huge increase in the number of such students going to college.
August 26, 2014, Tuesday
Amid Mourning for Michael Brown, Call for Change
Speakers at the teenager’s funeral service, addressing an overflowing crowd, exhorted mourners to work for justice, not just for Mr. Brown, but for others.
August 26, 2014, Tuesday
John G. Sperling, For-Profit College Pioneer, Dies at 93
Mr. Sperling founded a multibillion-dollar enterprise in the University of Phoenix, and became “an unintentional entrepreneur and an accidental C.E.O.”
August 26, 2014, Tuesday
The Eyes of Texas Are Upon a Man Who Kept to the Shadows
An admiral who has made a career of keeping secrets is about to move into a field where openness is prized and everything is debated as the chancellor of the University of Texas system.
August 4, 2014, Monday
Ohio State Fires Marching Band Director After Finding Tradition of Sexual Hazing
A report said that the university’s band members had been told to mimic sex acts and were given vulgar nicknames, and that the director did not do enough to stop harassment.
July 25, 2014, Friday
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