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Teen Arrested in Shooting at Texas Fraternity Party

AUSTIN, Texas ― An 18-year-old man who admitted shooting a security guard in the foot after being kicked out of a party at a University of Texas fraternity house over the weekend has been arrested, police said Monday. Daniel Hamilton Magee, who isn’t a UT student, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon […]

September 12, 2016

Security Guard Injured in Austin Fraternity House Shooting

AUSTIN, Texas ― Officials are searching for three suspects after a security guard was injured in a shooting at a party at a fraternity house near the University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin Police Department says the shooting happened early Sunday at the Sigma Chi house, located off-campus. UT police […]

September 11, 2016

South Carolina School Says Open Records Request will Cost $250K

CHARLESTON, S.C. ― A South Carolina medical school and research hospital says it will cost most than a quarter million dollars to fulfill a newspaper’s open records request into allegations that two students cheated on exams. The Post and Courier reports an attorney for the Medical University of South Carolina told the paper it could […]

September 11, 2016

University of Texas Honoring First Blacks who Enrolled

AUSTIN, Texas ― When Nathaniel Bradford enrolled at the University of Texas in 1963, he couldn’t join the band. Or a fraternity. Or play on the football team. The reason: He’s Black. The Austin American-Statesman reports the campus was slow to integrate, waiting until 1956 to enroll African-American undergraduates even though the U.S. Supreme Court […]

September 8, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Court Orders Board to Probe Professor’s Complaint About Dues

The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board erred when it refused to investigate a college professor’s complaint involving the use of teacher union dues to promote the candidacy of Gov. Tom Wolf, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. State law prohibits public employee unions from using union funds to support political candidates. Mary Trometter, an assistant professor […]

September 8, 2016

Texas Asks State Supreme Court to Block Track Coach Lawsuit

AUSTIN, Texas ― The University of Texas recently asked the state Supreme Court to block a sex and race discrimination lawsuit filed by former women’s track coach Bev Kearney, who was forced out in 2013 after the school learned about a romantic relationship with one of her athletes a decade earlier. University lawyers argued in […]

September 7, 2016

Ky. Attorney General Intervenes in University Suit Against School Paper

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― Kentucky’s attorney general has ratcheted up his dispute with the state’s flagship university in an open-records case that spurred the school to sue its campus newspaper after it asked for investigative documents pertaining to a professor under investigation for alleged sexual harassment. In the latest twist, Attorney General Andy Beshear said Wednesday […]

September 7, 2016

2 Laid-off ITT Educational Employees File Federal Lawsuit

CARMEL, Ind. ― Two employees laid off by the parent company of for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute have filed a lawsuit claiming the company violated federal law by not providing 60 days’ notice. Allen Federman, a business analyst at ITT Educational Services Inc.’s Carmel, Indiana, headquarters, and Steve Ryan, an instructor at two ITT […]

September 7, 2016

San Jose State Professor on Leave in Sexual Harassment Case

SAN JOSE, Calif. ― A San Jose State professor accused of sexually harassing a student last year has been placed on paid leave nearly five months after a campus investigation into the matter concluded. An investigation by the Bay Area News Group into Professor Lewis Aptekar raises questions about the campus’ response to a problem […]

September 7, 2016

Kaepernick, Race and the Hypocrisy of the American Public

It always seems to perplex and, in fact, disturb me when certain fellow Black folk decide to wallow and sit in judgment of another person’s Black bonafides.

September 4, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Board Hires Kansas Attorney to Investigate North Dakota State President

FARGO, N.D. ― A Kansas investigator has been hired to look into whether embattled North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani violated state Board of Higher Education policy, university system officials said Thursday. The probe centers on now-rescinded media guidelines for covering Bison athletics that were roundly criticized by journalists and on social media before […]

September 1, 2016

University of Colorado Business Dean Accused of Gender Discrimination to Resign

BOULDER, Colo. ― The dean of University of Colorado’s business school is resigning from his position amid allegations of gender discrimination. The Daily Camera reports David Ikenberry said in a resignation letter Monday he thinks the Leeds School of Business “needs a fresh start.” Ikenberry will remain in his post until Senior Vice Provost Bill […]

August 31, 2016

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