Associated PressNews RoundupUniversity to Review Conservative Speaker AppearanceSTORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut is reviewing plans by a Republican student group to bring in a well-known conservative speaker, two months after a speech by another right-wing pundit led to the arrests of him and a protester. UConn’s College Republicans are again sponsoring the talk, this time by Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of […]January 15, 2018News RoundupFlorida Poised to Honor Famed Educator With Statue in DCFlorida appears poised to replace the statue of a Confederate general with famed educator Mary McLeod Bethune.January 14, 2018News RoundupCharges: Columbia U. Exec Took Kickbacks, Gave Financial AidNEW YORK — A former Columbia University financial aid official pocketed at least $350,000 by carrying out a decades-long scheme that dished out hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial aid in exchange for kickbacks from three students, authorities said in court papers released Thursday after the four women were arrested. Melanie Williams-Bethea, director of […]January 11, 2018News RoundupPanel Backs University’s Handling of Misconduct ComplaintsROCHESTER, N.Y. — A special committee has found that the University of Rochester properly dealt with sexual misconduct allegations against a professor and did not retaliate against faculty who brought the complaints. The committee led by former U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White released the results of a three-month investigation Thursday. The probe was undertaken by […]January 11, 2018News RoundupIowa State’s Push to Ban Marijuana Shirt Leads to Huge CostsIOWA CITY — Iowa State University’s unconstitutional crackdown on a pro-marijuana student group’s T-shirts will cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal costs, according to a partial settlement approved Tuesday. The State Appeal Board voted to pay $150,000 in damages to two leaders of the university chapter of the National Organization for the […]January 10, 2018News RoundupArthur Miller Archive Going to University of Texas LibraryAUSTIN, Texas — The archives of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller, which shed light on seven decades of his works, will be going on display at the University of Texas. A university spokesman said Wednesday that the Harry Ransom Center humanities library paid $2.7 million for records beginning with 1936’s “No Villain,” which Miller […]January 10, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Missouri Officials Still Push for DiversityJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — University of Missouri officials say the Columbia campus still has a ways to go in hiring diverse faculty despite recent improvement. The Columbia Missourian reports that System President Mun Choi and University of Missouri Chancellor Alexander Cartwright spoke Monday at a hearing of the Missouri House Special Committee on Urban Issues. […]January 9, 2018News RoundupCampus Sued Over Security Cost for White Nationalist’s VisitCINCINNATI — White nationalist Richard Spencer’s campus tour organizer is suing the University of Cincinnati’s president, saying the school wouldn’t rent space for Spencer to speak on campus unless a nearly $11,000 security fee was paid. An attorney for Spencer and tour organizer Cameron Padgett said requiring such payment because a speaker is controversial or […]January 9, 2018News RoundupMississippi University for Women Leader to Step Down in JuneCOLUMBUS, Miss. – The president of one of Mississippi’s eight public universities plans to step down in June. Jim Borsig announced his departure from the Mississippi University for Women on Monday at an on-campus meeting. The 61-year-old Borsig says in a letter that he and his wife will move to Maine but maintain their ties […]January 8, 2018News RoundupPolice Assigned to Florida University’s ‘White Racism’ ClassA sociology professor offering a course titled “White Racism” this semester has received so many disturbing emails and voicemails that at least two campus police officers will be watching over the first meeting of his class on Tuesday. Assistant Professor Ted Thornhill says he sent police at Florida Gulf Coast University nearly 50 pages of […]January 8, 2018Previous PagePage 40 of 569Next Page
