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Utah Colleges not Graduating Enough Teachers for Demand
SALT LAKE CITY ― Utah’s public schools need more teachers to fill their classrooms, but state colleges say young students are showing hardly any interest in the profession. Though undergraduate degrees from Utah colleges have grown 25 percent in the past decade, teaching diplomas have grown only a fraction of that rate with only a […]
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Arkansas State: Lockdown Sparked by Student Video Project
JONESBORO, Ark. ― Arkansas State University students working on a video project sparked reports of armed men near the student union on Sunday, leading to a lockdown of about an hour at ASU’s Jonesboro campus. The university sent an emergency alert shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday saying two armed men were seen near the student […]
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Open-source Textbooks Gain in Push for College Affordability
STORRS, Conn. ― The standard textbook for Fundamentals of General Chemistry I at the University of Connecticut has a list price of $303. For students who use the version professor Edward Neth is preparing for the fall semester, the cost will be zero. An early adopter of open source textbooks, Neth said he turned to […]
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N.C. State Professor Charged with Embezzlement
RALEIGH, N.C. ― An animal science associate professor at North Carolina State University has been charged with embezzling from three student clubs. Multiple media outlets reported that campus police arrested 57-year-old Charles Scott Whisnant of Garner and charged him with three felony counts of embezzlement. He turned himself in to the Wake County jail Wednesday […]
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UAB to Improve Access after Disabilities Act Complaint
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― The University of Alabama at Birmingham has reached a settlement to ensure equal access for people with disabilities to the university’s facilities. U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance said in a news release Wednesday that the agreement was reached after a UAB student filed a complaint under the Americans with Disabilities Act, saying […]
Faculty & Staff
NMSU Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Family Leave
LAS CRUCES, N.M. ― New Mexico State University has agreed to pay more than $700,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing the university of denying or discouraging faculty members from taking time off for family leave. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that about 50 current or former nine-month faculty members who had a newborn, adopted a […]
Students
North Carolina’s NCAA Academic Case Stuck in Holding Pattern
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― North Carolina’s long-running academic fraud scandal case seems stuck in procedural limbo. The NCAA charged the school in May with five violations, including lack of institutional control, but there has been little movement since. The NCAA is reviewing information reported by UNC in August and could amend the Notice of Allegations […]
Leadership & Policy
UConn Warns Cuts Could Lead to Closing Regional Campuses
HARTFORD, Conn. ― The leaders of Connecticut’s public colleges and universities asked lawmakers Wednesday to spare their schools major budget cuts, warning that more reductions could mean the elimination of academic and athletic programs and even shuttering some campuses. UConn President Susan Herbst and Mark Ojakian, president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education, […]
Faculty & Staff
Wheaton College to Name Scholarship After Ex-professor Larycia Hawkins
CHICAGO ― A suburban Chicago Christian college will create a scholarship named for a former political science professor who asserted Christians and Muslims worship the same God. The Daily Herald reports that Wheaton College officials made the announcement Wednesday in Chicago with Larycia Hawkins. The school was moving to fire her until it announced Saturday […]
Students
Chancellor: Cash-strapped UC Berkeley Faces Tough Decisions
BERKELEY, Calif. ― The University of California, Berkeley, is running a $150 million deficit this year and must undertake a top-to-bottom review of expenses if it hopes to sustain its national standing as a premier public institution, the school’s chancellor warned Wednesday. The university faces difficult decisions as it works to preserve its long-term financial […]
Students
Cornell Frat President Released, Denies Sex Assault Charges
ITHACA, N.Y. ― A 21-year-old president of a Cornell University fraternity has pleaded not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted a woman. Wolfgang Ballinger was released on his own recognizance Tuesday following a hearing in Ithaca. The New York City man has been charged with felony counts of attempted rape, criminal sexual assault and […]
Leadership & Policy
Utica College Selects its First Female President
By Associated Press UTICA, N.Y. — Utica College is getting its first female president. The central New York college’s board of trustees selected Laura Casamento to become president beginning Aug. 1. Casamento is currently Utica College’s executive vice president and chief advancement officer. She has been with the school since 2004 and previously served as […]
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