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Students

Obama Promotes Online Research Tool with College-Specific Data

President Barack Obama on Saturday debuted a redesigned online tool with college-specific information about student costs, loans and potential earning power.

September 13, 2015

Students

MARION GILLIS-OLION

MARION GILLIS-OLION has been named dean of the School of Education at Fayetteville State University (FSU). She was the associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, SACS liaison, and director of self-study at FSU. Gillis-Olion earned a bachelor’s from Kean University (formerly Newark State College), and a master’s and a doctorate from The Ohio State University.

September 9, 2015

Community Colleges

MARK MATSUMOTO

MARK MATSUMOTO has been appointed dean of the School of Engineering at the University of California, Merced. He was associate dean of research and graduate education in the College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside. Matsumoto earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Irvine, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of California, Davis.

August 26, 2015

Disabilties

Court Backs Wichita State University in Lawsuit Over Test

A federal appeals court has sided with Wichita State University in a lawsuit brought by a student with attention deficit disorder over a failed test.

August 25, 2015

Students

Haslam to Help Kick Off 2-year College Free-tuition Program

Gov. Bill Haslam is visiting several community colleges this week to help kick off his Tennessee Promise program.

August 24, 2015

Home

Northeastern University Agrees to Pay $2.7M in Settlement

Northeastern University will pay $2.7 million to the federal government after failing to account for research funds it received from 2001 to 2010.

August 19, 2015

Asian American Pacific Islander

Teens, Blacks See Job Gains for July

It looks as though lots of teenagers landed summer jobs in July.

August 11, 2015

Students

VIKRAM AMAR

VIKRAM AMAR has been appointed dean of the University of Illinois College of Law. He was a professor and senior associate dean of academic affairs for the School of Law at the University of California, Davis. Amar earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Berkeley and a juris doctor from Yale University.

August 10, 2015

Students

Couple Alleges Racial Harassment on a Kansas Campus

A black couple who have been working for a small university in eastern Kansas says the school is retaliating against them for complaining about a racial incident.

August 6, 2015

HBCUs

Court: Chipmaker Marvell owes Carnegie Mellon $278M, not $1.54B

NEW YORK ― A federal appeals court reduced a judgment against chipmaker Marvell Technology by more than $1.25 billion, but still says the company owes Carnegie Mellon University $278 million for patent infringement.

August 4, 2015

Disabilties

University of Michigan Settles Disability Bias Lawsuit

The U.S. Department of Justice says it has settled a lawsuit against the University of Michigan that accused the school of failing to provide proper job reassignment to employees with disabilities.

July 23, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Lawyers in Fired Ohio State Band Director Lawsuit Reined In

COLUMBUS, Ohio ― A judge in the gender discrimination lawsuit of Ohio State University’s fired marching band director says he’s intervening in the evidence-gathering process because of “discouraging” behavior by the lawyers.

July 15, 2015