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Disabilties

Police Officer Who Arrested Arizona State Professor Resigns

An Arizona State University police officer accused of wrongful arrest and excessive force by a professor has resigned.

February 17, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Baby Boomers and the Retirement Dilemma

The fact is that this is a transition that is not always as serene as many boomers envisioned.

February 17, 2015

Disabilties

A Liberal Arts College Combining Personalized Education and Social Justice

Founded in 1970, Hampshire College was created when presidents of four New England colleges (Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and University of Massachusetts Amherst) sought a home for bold, influential ideas in higher education.

February 4, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Appeals Court: Case Western Can Deny Student’s Medical Degree

A federal appeals court has ruled that a university in Cleveland can deny a medical degree to a student if the school decides the student lacks professionalism.

January 29, 2015

Students

A Fool-proof Guide to Accreditation

Let me share with you some of the many ways that colleges and universities can annoy their accreditor and thereby make the accreditation process a lot harder than it needs to be.

January 29, 2015

Students

Diverse on the Go

Diverse Sales Administrator Elena Maconaughey  will be among the staffers attending the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ 2015 Annual Meeting today at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Diverse also will host a reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

January 20, 2015

Students

Daughter’s Suit Over Tuition Goes to Higher Court

A higher court will be handling the case of whether a divorced New Jersey couple must pay their daughter’s college tuition even though they both disagree with where she’s going to school.

December 23, 2014

African-American

Effigies of Blacks Found Hanging by Nooses at UC Berkeley

Three cardboard cutouts of Black people were found hanging by nooses Saturday on the Berkeley campus of the University of California.

December 14, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Higher Education: Identifying the Senior Team

There are big changes coming in American higher education. College and university governance must accommodate these changes and shape rather than be shaped by them.

December 3, 2014

Students

Court Rejects Fired Iowa Professor’s Appeal

IOWA CITY, Iowa ― An appeals court upheld the firing of a University of Iowa radiology professor Wednesday, rejecting claims that he did not receive a fair hearing.

November 26, 2014

Faculty & Staff

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Professors Examine Winter Driving

People who were perfectly fine driving on snow at the tail end of winter go sliding all over the streets and highways when the first snowfall makes things slippery the next winter.

November 26, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Marion Barry, The People’s Choice

The former city councilman and four-term mayor was nothing short of a living, breathing testament to fortitude.

November 23, 2014