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Students

Drinking Game May Have Preceded LSU Fraternity Pledge’s Death

BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana State University fraternity pledge may have been forced to drink to excess during a game or initiation ritual called “Bible Study” on the night before his death last month, according to newly released police reports. “Bible Study” meant that pledges at the Phi Delta Theta house had to drink […]

October 4, 2017

Students

Discussion of Affirmative Action Impact on Asian American Students Rolls On

In an Education Writers Association higher ed session Tuesday, key figures debated whether affirmative action policies are discriminatory of Asian American students.

October 3, 2017

Students

Kennesaw State Fraternity Investigated for Student Misconduct

ATLANTA — Members of a fraternity are being investigated for possibly violating the student code of conduct at a suburban Atlanta university. News media outlets are quoting Kennesaw State University officials as saying the investigation involves the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. They did not release any details about what the members allegedly did. The reports […]

October 3, 2017

Students

More Study Abroad Opportunities Needed for Students of Color

According to NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, students of color made up only 27 percent of study abroad students in 2015.

October 2, 2017

Students

McCaskill Asks to Speak With Trump About Campus Sexual Assault

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill wants to speak with President Donald Trump about campus sexual assault policy. In a Monday letter, McCaskill both criticized his administration’s handling of the issue so far and asked to talk with him about working together on new policy. McCaskill said Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ decision to […]

October 2, 2017

Sports

Con Man Steals Spotlight as Informant in College Hoops Probe

NEW YORK — A con man named Louis Martin “Marty” Blazer III may have failed in his scheme to make low-budget movies with money swiped from pro athletes, but he has now succeeded in stealing part of the spotlight in a scandal that has shaken college basketball to its core. Federal authorities revealed this week […]

September 28, 2017

Students

Evaluation Tool Gives Writing Instructors a Helping Hand

A web-based evaluation tool is allowing writing instructors to spend more time improving student writing outcomes at their institutions.

September 27, 2017

Students

Confederate Posters Found at American University

WASHINGTON — American University says 10 confederate flag posters with cotton attached to them have been reported on the school’s Washington, D.C. campus. University President Sylvia Burwell said in a statement on Wednesday that video shows “the perpetrator(s) coming on to the campus and hanging the posters.” University police are investigating and have released an […]

September 27, 2017

Students

Several Arrested at UC Berkeley Protest Amid Tense Exchanges

BERKELEY, Calif. — Police arrested at least four people Tuesday during a small but tense rally staged by a politically conservative group at the University of California, Berkeley. Amid heavy police presence, the protest was led by Joey Gibson, leader of a group called Patriot Prayer, and supporters including Kyle Chapman, a self-described “American nationalist.” […]

September 27, 2017

Leadership & Policy

U. of Louisville Places Rick Pitino, AD on Administrative Leave

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rick Pitino couldn’t survive another scandal, as an angry interim University of Louisville president Wednesday placed the head men’s college basketball coach and his boss on administrative leave amid a nationwide federal bribery investigation that has rocked the sport. President Greg Postel’s decision comes after the school acknowledged on Tuesday that the […]

September 27, 2017

Sports

4 Basketball Assistant Coaches Charged in College Bribery Scheme

Ten men — including a top Adidas executive and four college basketball assistant coaches — were charged Tuesday with using hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to influence star athletes’ choice of schools, shoe sponsors, agents, even tailors.

September 26, 2017

Opinion

We Need to Talk About the Shifting Meaning of Diversity

The notion that diversity implies accommodating all differences is dangerous and reproduces structural inequality.

September 26, 2017