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Subject: Revoking Honors in Wake of Abuse and Cover-Ups / Significant Gains for a TA Union -- September 5, 2018 Daily Update

 

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Daily News Update | September 05, 2018 Today's News      // view all news » Revoking Honors in the Wake of Abuse Roman Catholic colleges are rescinding honorary degrees and renaming buildings in response to grand jury investigation into sex abuse and cover-ups. Marquette's former president asks that building honoring him be renamed. A TA Union Contract, 2 Years Later Brandeis grad students win significant gains in a union contract, even if chances have dimmed for some of their counterparts as Trump administration has exerted influence on NLRB. Drilling Down Into Public Governance North Dakota governor moves toward revamping board of higher education, citing "powerful economic forces," but overhaul is a hard sell. VitalSource Buys Acrobatiq, Expands Its Reach The etextbook distributor thinks it can create a major adaptive learning platform -- but will big publishers buy in by letting VitalSource turn their content into courseware? 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