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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Attendance-taking policy differences have taken the national stage, with educators debating over whether attendance requirements are ultimately harmful or beneficial. At Northwestern, professors see attendance requirements as a way to foster engagement.

Attendance requirements can be used to foster engagement, but students say it can sometimes be unnecessary

November 13, 2018

Present or absent? Attendance is a straightforward question. How it’s taken, however, is not so simple. For some professors, attendance is extremely important — research shows that students who...

Mother Jones senior reporter Shane Bauer and Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery speak at the McCormick Foundation Center Forum on Friday. Bauer shared his experience undercover as a private prison guard.

Mother Jones senior reporter Shane Bauer talks undercover experience

May 21, 2017

Mother Jones senior reporter Shane Bauer spent four months undercover as a private prison guard at the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana to discover for himself the living and working conditions...

Northwestern faculty developing courses for diversity requirement

November 19, 2014

More than 18 months after the University Diversity Council proposed the Social Inequalities and Diversities requirement, two of the six Northwestern undergraduate schools have implemented the requirement...

Northwestern faculty members Renee Engeln-Maddox, Patti Wolter, Michele Weldon and a moderator (right to left) participate in a panel discussing “Miss Representation,” a film about the underrepresentation of women in positions of power, on Saturday. The event was sponsored by Medill Undergraduate Student Advisory Council, A&O Productions and the Women’s Center.

Documentary raises awareness about female representation

November 18, 2012

The Northwestern community packed into the McCormick Tribune Center forum Saturday for a screening and discussion of a popular documentary about the media’s influence on the underrepresentation of women...

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