Today on AirTalk, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore joins Larry Mantle for his monthly check-in. We also discuss how colleges should deal with students implicated in the recent admissions scandal; examine a new study on teenage loneliness; and more.
How should universities deal with the students implicated in the admissions cheating scandal?
In the wake of a massive college bribery scheme, the schools caught in the middle have been left facing a thorny question: What to do about the students who may have been admitted through fraud?
The University of Southern California announced late Monday it had placed holds on an undisclosed number of students, meaning they can’t register for classes or obtain transcripts until their cases are reviewed. After a review, USC officials said they would take appropriate action, “up to revoking admission or expulsion.”
At Yale, the president declined to comment on specific cases but said it’s a “longstanding policy is to rescind the admission of students who falsified their Yale College applications.” Stanford similarly noted that students could be “disenrolled” or have offers of admission rescinded.
More than 30 parents have been charged in the scheme in which prosecutors say a disgraced college admissions consultant, William “Rick” Singer , took millions of dollars in bribes to assure their children’s entry into top colleges by getting them recruited for sports they didn’t play and by arranging for standardized tests to be rigged.
How do you think colleges should deals with students implicated in the scandal? Does it matter whether they knew whether their parents were rigging their applications? What about seniors or alumni that have proved their academic rigor?
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With files from the Associated Press
Guest:
Anemona Hartocollis, national correspondent covering higher education for The New York Times; she tweets
LAPD Chief Moore: allegations of racial bias in predictive policing program, the logistics of releasing records after SB 1421 and the agency turns 150 years old
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore joins Larry Mantle for his check-in on AirTalk. Topics we’re discussing include:
- Activists called on the LAPD to stop using a predictive policing program, arguing that the data was biased. Chief Moore said that changes would be made to the program.
- As records of certain problematic officers start being released thanks to SB 1421, how is the LAPD dealing with requests? What has come to light thus far?
- LAPD has ramped up protections of local mosques after the shooting in New Zealand. Meanwhile, it’s also holding active shooter response drills.
- California is attracting retail robbers. Some say that’s because our penalties are more lax than those from other states, but a new state law is aiming to address the issue.
- The teachers strike is one of the events that has forced LAPD to exceed its overtime budget. Plus, radio calls are on the rise.
- The agency turned 150 years old this year. We take a look back at the LAPD’s history.
Guest:
Michel Moore, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department; he tweets
As e-scooters grow in popularity, the city wants travel data that critics warn could violate someone’s privacy
The debate over data privacy continues, only this time, it’s focused around scooters.
The dispute comes as L.A. city guidelines request that scooter-operating companies share real-time location data from every trip with transportation officials. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation is asking companies to hand over data on the start point, end point and total duration of each trip on dockless scooters. The Department says the data will help ensure that the scooters are meeting the limits on permissible amount of scooters per company, equally serve all areas of the city and help officials enforce parking and restricted zones, among other reasons.
Opponents state privacy concerns, arguing that transportation data could reveal sensitive details about riders that could potentially be misused if handled improperly. Although the data collected will not include a name, critics fear the information could lead to an identifiable source.
We discuss.
Guests:
Gabe Klein, co-founder of CityFi, a city consulting firm, and former commissioner of Chicago and Washington, D.C. Department of Transportation; he tweets
Joseph Jerome, policy counsel for the privacy and data project at the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), a nonprofit organization advocating for civil liberties and individual rights online
New study: As teens are spending less time with each other, they experience a rise in feelings of loneliness
We know that smartphones and other connected mobile devices play a big part in the lives of teens today. But what is screen time impact on an adolescent’s social life, and his or her sense of social engagement?
A new study published today in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships seeks to provide an answer. Researchers behind the new paper used data from nationally representative surveys of 8.2 million U.S. adolescents between 1976 and 2017 to compare social interactions among teens of today and those from earlier generators. They find that today’s adolescents are less likely to hang out with friends in person, or date. The reason, they say, has little to do with increased school workload. Apparently, teens spend the same amount of time on homework and extracurricular activities as they did in the 1980s and 1990s.
In addition to finding a drop in the amount of time teens spend on socializing, the paper finds that a noted uptick in feelings of loneliness experienced by adolescents after 2010.
Jean Twenge, lead author of the study and a professor of psychology in San Diego State University, joins Larry to discuss the new work.
Guest:
Jean Twenge, lead author of the study, “Less in-person social interaction with peers among U.S. adolescents in the 21st century and links to loneliness,” published today in the “Journal of Social and Personal Relationships”; author of “iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood”; professor of psychology at San Diego State University
USC selects Carol Folt as new president
Earlier today USC announced Carol Folt as the new President of the University.
Folt will be the first female president in USC's 139-year history and had previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Guest:
Rick Seltzer, senior reporter for Inside Higher Ed