Afternoon Update: Meet the internet’s ‘admissions dad’

Ways to support students' mental health; encampments cleared at Cal State-Los Angeles; Biden's Title IX changes blocked again; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. PRESTIGE HOUNDS [Meet the Internet’s ‘Admissions Dad’]( By Francie Diep [STORY IMAGE]( Prashant Sehgal is a moderator for three online college-admissions forums totaling more than 1.1 million users. Here’s what he’s learned about what college hopefuls are like these days. ADVERTISEMENT [Meet the Internet’s ‘Admissions Dad’]( ADVICE [2 Ways to Support Students’ Mental Health]( By Katie Rose Guest Pryal [STORY IMAGE]( How to take steps that will both help your struggling students and lessen the burden on you. CAMPUS UNREST [Encampment Cleared at Cal State-Los Angeles After Protesters Barricaded Campus Building]( No arrests were made at the pro-Palestinian encampment, which had been active on the California State University at Los Angeles campus for over six weeks. Berenecea Johnson Eanes, the university’s president, said on Monday that she had talked with protesters several times about their demands, which include a call for the university to cut financial ties with Israel’s military. But things changed last week, Eanes said, when protesters [blocked exits]( in a campus building while she and other campus employees were inside. (Los Angeles Times, The Chronicle) PROGRESS IMPEDED AGAIN [Biden’s Title IX Changes Are Blocked in 6 More States]( Monday’s ruling, in a federal district court in Kentucky, affects colleges in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, and West Virginia. It’s another blow for the Biden administration’s new Title IX regulations, which aim to expand protections for LGBT students and take effect in August. A similar ruling last week applies to colleges in Louisiana, Montana, Mississippi, and Idaho. (The New York Times) MAKING ALTERATIONS [Indiana U. Will Create ‘Expressive Activities’ Policy After Semester of Protests]( Indiana’s Board of Trustees said their goal is to respond more effectively to situations like the long-running pro-Palestinian encampment in a campus meadow this spring. The meadow is now designated as a “university assembly ground,” which offers broad latitude to protesters. Many colleges [have altered]( their protest policies in response to the recent surge in activism, including the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, which [is seeking]( to prevent “disruptive activities.” (The Herald-Times, The Chronicle) LEGAL TROUBLES [Rutgers U. Board Member Is Charged With Racketeering in Norcross Scandal]( William M. Tambussi was involved, prosecutors say, in a sweeping scheme orchestrated by George Norcross, a Democratic power broker in New Jersey. The allegations of wrongdoing concern property rights, government tax credits, and legislative coercion, among other things. Rutgers’ staff union on Tuesday called on Tambussi, Norcross’s lawyer, to resign from the Rutgers Board of Governors, which he’d joined in 2014. (CBS News Philadelphia) SUPPRESSING PROTESTS [New Louisiana Law Targets Civil Disobedience on Campuses]( Supporters say the legislation intends to prevent campus free-speech policies from protecting acts of civil disobedience, a common form of protest that includes sit-ins, hunger strikes, and intentional trespassing. In other words, per the law, any act that carries a criminal penalty would not be covered by free-speech protections. The bill’s sponsor said she was inspired to act by pro-Palestinian student activism this spring. 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