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The article reports on the court decision concerning the case, Victor Mbarika v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University, in Louisiana. The appellate court ruled that the state university had a legitimate and nondiscriminatory reason for failing to renew a black assistant professor's contract. It is found that the teacher failed to meet the standards for teaching, publishing and collegiality.

This section offers news briefs relating to mental health in the U.S. as of September 2013. Nonprofit group New Mexicans Fighting for Behavioral Health has launched radio advertisements criticizing New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez's handling of a "shake-up" of mental health providers. The Maine Legislature has passed legislation that aims to address increased violence at the Riverside Psychiatric Center in Augusta.

The article offers information on the study "Social Support Moderates Effects of Natural Disaster Exposure on Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Effects for Displaced and Nondisplaced Residents" in the "Journal of Traumatic Stress." It mentions that participants were given self-report questionnaires to assess their experiences after hurricane Katrina. It shows that displaced people experienced more post-hurricane stressors.

This section offers news briefs. These include a 100,000 U.S. dollars grant received by Park Ridge Police Department in Illinois, to apply community policing principles to mental health, the sentencing of an operator of community health centers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and a patient recruiter in Houston, Texas in a 258 million U.S. dollars Medicare fraud scheme and 1 million U.S. dollars in federal funds received by Oklahoma to help its health centers establish behavioral health services.

The article features Robyn Jordan, coordinator of accelerated learning at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. She relates that the growth in degree offerings helped them attract new adult students. Jordan also tries to provide more prior learning assessment options to students at the institution. After attempting to get College Level Examination Program credits, students meet with Jordan to look for courses that they might be able to prove competence in through portfolio assessment.

The article features Robyn Jordan, accelerated learning coordinator at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. It provides a brief background on how Jordan became in online offerings when she worked at the Center for Adult Learning in Louisiana. It adds that Jordan serves as the biggest advocate for adult learners and as an educator who explaines various services for her students.

The article provides tips on fostering growth in coaches and staff as suggested by Greg Burke, athletics director at Northwestern State University in Louisiana. He keeps distributing articles on National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) regulations to keep coaches informed about relevant legal, compliance and student-athlete issues. He also recommends discussing areas for improvement during the coaches' yearly evaluations.

The article discusses the disaster preparation plans for the office of the registrar at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. These plans were allegedly based on experiences the university encountered in the wake of Hurricane Katrina on August 27, 2005. Also included are insights on the Katrina experience narrated by Rebecca Ancira, assistant registrar at the university.