Rowan’s athletics chief is out after sports-bra outrage; a loss of members has left an accreditor in a financial pit; and more.
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Dan Gilmore’s retirement, after 43 years at Rowan, follows an investigation that was triggered by female athletes who said they were told to cover up their sports bras because they distracted football players.
Women on Rowan University’s cross-county and track-and-field teams had complained for years about subtle sexism, and a ban on sports bras without shirts was a final insult. Now they say they’re still being treated like the problem.
Sarah Todd talks about the value and benefits of an international education, the treatment of students from China, and tensions between world nationalism and the goals of cross-border education.
Despite new restrictions on Americans’ travel to Cuba, study abroad and faculty research will still be permitted.
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