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2 Black Athletic Conferences Rethinking Holding Tournaments in North Carolina

Two Black athletic conferences have not moved scheduled championship events out of North Carolina in the wake of the state’s passage of a controversial law restricting transgender bathroom use but have not ruled it out.

September 15, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Chicago State President’s Separation Agreement on Agenda

CHICAGO ― Trustees at Chicago State University plan Friday to vote on a “separation agreement” for the school’s president, who has had the position for nine months. The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that Chicago State’s board of trustees’ agenda for Friday’s meeting includes the agreement vote and naming an interim president. President Thomas Calhoun Jr. […]

September 14, 2016

Students

Increasing Equity and Access Through Competency-based Education: What Do We Know?

Gaining access to a fast, flexible path to a degree and a more cost-effective way to learn are attractive propositions.

September 14, 2016

Students

Help Available for Displaced ITT Tech Students

According to the U.S. Department of Education, students who were attending the now-defunct ITT Tech will have access to closed school loan discharges and can also transfer credits to other institutions.

September 13, 2016

Students

Donald Trump Seeks 5-week Delay in Trump University Trial

SAN DIEGO ― Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wants a five-week delay in a trial over whether the now-defunct Trump University defrauded customers because his lead attorney has a scheduling conflict. Trump attorney Daniel Petrocelli asked a federal judge in San Diego to move the trial from Nov. 28 to Jan. 2. Both dates fall […]

September 13, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Gov. Haley Calls on Medical School’s Board to Pay for Expensive Meals, Hotels

CHARLESTON, S.C. ― Gov. Nikki Haley wants members of the board of the Medical University of South Carolina to reimburse the school for expensive meals and hotel stays during their board meetings. Haley spokeswoman Chaney Adams told The Post and Courier of Charleston the governor already has asked her appointee to the school’s governing board, […]

September 13, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Faculty Vote to Call Strike at 14 Pennsylvania Universities

HARRISBURG, Pa. ― Faculty members at Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities have voted to call for a strike, but the union representing them said Monday they’ll keep working with the state system to resolve their disagreements, calling a strike a “last resort.” Over 90 percent of union faculty members who voted favored authorizing a strike, the […]

September 12, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Professor Says University Violated Tenure Rules in Firing

HATTIESBURG, Miss. ― A former professor of religion at a private university in Mississippi is suing the school for ending his job. Daniel Browning worked at William Carey University 26 years and had tenure the last 20. He was fired April 28. The Hattiesburg American reports Browning filed suit Thursday in Forrest County Circuit Court […]

September 12, 2016

Students

Support for Minority-serving Institutions may Hang in Balance of Election

Scholars are concerned that if Donald J. Trump wins, support for public and minority-serving institutions (MSIs) almost certainly will wane.

September 12, 2016

Students

Calif. Community College Promise Programs Expanding

California community college leaders say that they expect the number of promise programs in the state to double over the next year.

September 12, 2016

Students

Higher Ed Solution? ITT Technical Institute Wasn’t It

The problem is when you relinquish the role of education from the non-profits to the for-profits, you’re not just talking about education anymore.

September 11, 2016

Students

Presidential Candidates not Registering with College Students

With the 2016 presidential election approaching, campus leaders at some schools say neither candidate seems well-connected to issues that matter to college students.

September 8, 2016