Tag: Public Colleges & Universities: Page 14

Students

Hazing, Booze Topics in Penn State Frat Pledge Death Hearing

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A judge on Monday heard about worried texts from members of a Penn State fraternity and defense questions about whether a pledge had been drinking voluntarily before he died in February. The preliminary hearing for the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and 16 of its members, accused in the death of 19-year-old pledge […]

July 10, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Lake Superior State U. Names Peter Mitchell Interim President

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Lake Superior State University says its board of trustees has named Peter Mitchell its interim president following the death President Thomas Pleger. Mitchell was president of Albion College from 1997-2007. Since then, he has operated a consulting company, Proactive Transition Management, that manages change and transitions for colleges and universities. […]

July 10, 2017

Faculty & Staff

New Mexico University to Lay-off Staff, Freeze Vacant Posts

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — New Mexico State University’s finalized budget will freeze over 90 vacant faculty and staff positions and lay off two personnel. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports university officials said Friday that the moves will close an $8 million gap in the institution’s budget. Administrators say the personnel cuts are much smaller than […]

July 10, 2017

Students

U. of Michigan Implementing Free Tuition Program for Some In-state Students

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus has implemented a free tuition program, called “Go Blue Guarantee,” for in-state students and applicants with families earning up to $65,000 a year.

July 9, 2017

Students

Guillermo: U. of California Achieves Diversity Despite Prop. 209

In 1996, Californians passed a law written and supported by right-wing zealots trying to stop diversity and affirmative action efforts throughout the state.

July 9, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Protesters: Rehire Adjunct Fired for Fox News Commentary

LIVINGSTON, N.J. — Activists are imploring New Jersey lawmakers to demand a college rehire an instructor who was fired last month after officials said she made racially insensitive remarks during a Fox News interview. About a dozen protesters, including members of Black Lives Matter, showed up at a Thursday night meeting of county legislators to […]

July 9, 2017

Students

Judge Tosses Texas Professors’ Lawsuit Over Guns on Campus

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit by three University of Texas professors who argued that a new state law allowing concealed handguns on campus could have a “chilling effect” on classroom debate. Sociology professor Jennifer Lynn Glass and English professors Lisa Moore and Mia Carter sued last summer, before the law […]

July 9, 2017

Students

Alabama Program Aims to Recruit Hispanic Nurses

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama is launching a program to increase the number of Hispanic nurses involved in health care. The Capstone College of Nursing has received a $1.7 million grant for the Bama-Latino Project, which aims to recruit Hispanics into baccalaureate nursing programs. Alabama nursing professor Normal Cuellar says in a statement […]

July 9, 2017

Faculty & Staff

CCNY, UTEP Team Up to Increase Hispanic Faculty in STEM

City College of New York and the University of Texas at El Paso have joined forces in an effort to increase the number of Hispanic faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs at higher education institutions.

July 6, 2017

Students

Students of Color Near 74 Percent of U. of California’s Fall Freshman Class

If you want to see what diversity might look like in the future, just go to the campuses of the University of California come September.

July 6, 2017

Students

Student Group Sues College in Michigan Over Speech Policy

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A conservative nonprofit student group at a community college in southeastern Michigan has sued the school, saying its policy of requiring permission for public speech violates members’ First Amendment rights. Attorneys representing Turning Point USA say the Macomb Community College chapter is challenging the school’s expressive activity policy in a federal […]

July 6, 2017

Students

Report: No Easy Alternative for UNC Center for Civil Rights

RALEIGH, N.C. — A committee studying alternative paths for a University of North Carolina center that offers legal help to the poor found no options that would allow the center to continue the full breadth of its work while also satisfying conservatives who oppose how it operates. The committee appointed by the chancellor of the […]

July 6, 2017