Tag: Public Colleges & Universities: Page 24

Students

Family: Pledge Who Died at Penn State Treated Like ‘Roadkill’

NEW YORK — A fraternity pledge who was ordered to guzzle alcohol during a hazing ritual and twice fell down a flight of stairs before his death was treated like “roadkill,” his father said Monday, days after criminal charges were filed against 18 of his son’s Penn State fraternity brothers. Jim Piazza, the father of […]

May 15, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Seizure of Kansas Student Newspapers Shone Light on Dispute

WICHITA, Kan. — A federal mediator is expected to hear arguments next month over a grievance stemming from a fray between administrators at Hutchinson Community College and student journalists and their suspended professor. The dispute resulted in administrators cancelling media classes near the semester’s end and briefly seizing an edition of The Hutchinson Collegian. The […]

May 14, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Missouri S&T’s First Female Chancellor Wraps Up Duties

ROLLA, Mo. — The first woman to lead the Missouri University of Science and Technology has worked to improve diversity at the Rolla school, although the student body remains male dominated as she prepares to leave. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that S&T Chancellor Cheryl Schrader is wrapping up her duties this month at the […]

May 14, 2017

Students

Tennessee Legislature Passes Free Tuition Program

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee’s new plan to allow older adults without a college degree or certificate to attend community college free of charge will serve as a model as more states consider similar policies, experts and school administrators said Friday. The state General Assembly passed the bill pushed by Gov. Bill Haslam, who is expected […]

May 14, 2017

Students

University of New Hampshire Hit by Racism Claims

DURHAM, N.H. — Some University of New Hampshire students say the school has failed to address currents of racism on campus and are demanding that it double the number of students and faculty of color, offer diversity training for all staff and amend the student conduct code to expel students who post “racially insensitive” content. […]

May 14, 2017

Leadership & Policy

37 employees, 5 Programs Get Axed at University of Wyoming

LARAMIE, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming will lay off 37 employees next week as the state’s only public, four-year university cuts costs to account for reduced state aid. The jobs to be cut are all non-faculty staff positions. They come after the university has already cut 332 jobs almost entirely by eliminating vacant positions […]

May 14, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Trustees Could Decide This Week on Jackson State President

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi College Board trustees are still considering a new president for Jackson State University. Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce said Friday that trustees could take action in a closed session after their monthly meeting Thursday. Boyce says all three unnamed finalists discussed in a closed meeting Monday are still in the running. […]

May 14, 2017

Campus Climate

Groups, Students at Odds Over University Free Speech Bill

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican plan to punish students who disrupt free speech on college campuses ran into opposition Thursday at its first public airing in the Legislature, with critics saying it impedes the very thing it seeks to protect. The Assembly’s higher education committee held a hearing on the proposal backed by Rep. Jesse […]

May 14, 2017

Students

Diverse Docket: Path Cleared for Bias Suit

A federal judge ruled that an alum who earned a master’s degree at the Tampa campus of a Puerto Rico-based university can pursue her discrimination suit accusing the school of targeting low-income Latinos for its “sham” programs.

May 14, 2017

Students

Rodriguez: Diaz Epitomizes Education and Responsibility

How time flies. Watching Cynthia Diaz at this year’s Centro Guerrero convocation at the University of Arizona brought back memories of when I first saw her.

May 12, 2017

Students

Texas Senate Votes to Bar College ‘Free Speech Zones’

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate has given preliminary approval to barring universities from establishing so-called “free speech zones” which are sometimes used to confine demonstrations to certain areas of campus. Supporters of the ban say using the free speech zones actually prohibits speech by implying free expression is not allowed across the rest of […]

May 11, 2017

Students

Report: Minnesota Athletics Official Broke Harassment Policy

MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents has launched an investigation into a leak of confidential information regarding the latest in a long line of sexual harassment allegations to be leveled against the school’s athletic department. Regent Chairman Dean Johnson said a closed-door meeting was held on Thursday, one day after a television […]

May 11, 2017