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Students

Opponents Take Aim at Eliminating Department of Education

Critics say a proposal to abolish the U.S. Department of Education in the name of saving taxpayer dollars is just a “shell game” that would not save any money but hurt millions of students.

April 26, 2017

Women

Law School Dean Placed on Leave Sues University

CINCINNATI — The dean of the University of Cincinnati’s law school is suing the university, saying she was illegally placed on administrative leave. Jennifer Bard’s recently filed lawsuit alleges she was put on leave in retaliation after she responded to media reports about budget shortfalls at the law school and faculty responses to her efforts […]

April 26, 2017

Sports

Saudi Council Rejects Proposal for Female Sports Colleges

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A proposal to establish sports education colleges for Saudi women failed to win enough votes in the kingdom’s top advisory body, a council member who drafted the plan said Wednesday. The proposal needed 76 out of 150 votes in the Shura Council, but fell three votes short. It called for […]

April 26, 2017

Students

Tennessee Reconnect to Clear Path to Degrees for Adult Learners

Adult learners over the age of 24 would be eligible to attend two years of community college tuition-free under the Tennessee Reconnect bill.

April 25, 2017

Students

Rodriguez: Liberation or Social Justice?

The Chicano Movement did not use the term “social justice,” though it was very much a part of its agenda.

April 24, 2017

Students

Ex-Education Secretary: Policy Rollback an ‘Assault on American Dream’

Former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. said it is “distressing” to see the Trump administration roll back policy initiatives put in place under President Barack Obama to protect college students.

April 24, 2017

African-American

Hobart and William Smith Colleges Name Vincent President

Hobart and William Smith Colleges has tapped Dr. Gregory J. Vincent, a prominent diversity officer and one of their alumni, to lead their institution as the next college president.

April 23, 2017

Students

Michigan State Player Charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State defensive end Auston Robertson was dismissed from the team Friday hours after being charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct in an alleged rape earlier this month. Robertson, 19, is accused of forcing a woman to have sex with him at her apartment the night of April 8 in Meridian […]

April 23, 2017

Students

Report: Anti-Semitism Rises, but Violence Against Jews Falls

TEL AVIV, Israel — Violent attacks on Jews dropped for a second straight year in 2016, but other forms of anti-Semitism are on the rise worldwide, particularly on U.S. university campuses, according to a report released Sunday. Researchers at Tel Aviv University said assaults specifically targeting Jews, vandalism and other violent incidents fell 12 percent […]

April 23, 2017

African-American

North Carolina Civil Rights Center Faces Conservative Ire

RALEIGH, N.C. — A center founded at the University of North Carolina by a civil rights attorney to help the poor and disenfranchised is the latest institution to come under fire from conservatives as they work to leave their mark on the state’s higher education system. African-American attorney Julius Chambers, who endured firebomb attacks in […]

April 23, 2017

Students

Report: Colleges’ Reliance on Tuition Revenue Growing

Colleges and universities experienced a 1.8 percent decrease in funding at the state and local level in 2016 — part of a downward trend that has led students and families to shoulder a larger portion of the cost of higher education.

April 20, 2017

Women

UC Berkeley Settles Sexual Harassment Suit for $1.7M

SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California’s governing board has agreed to a $1.7 million settlement that will be paid out over the next decade to an employee who accused the former dean of UC Berkeley’s law school of sexual harassment. Under terms of the settlement, the UC regents will pay the employee, Tyann Sorrell, […]

April 19, 2017