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Senate OKs Bill to Allow Gun Carry on Tennessee Campuses

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― The state Senate on Tuesday voted to allow faculty and workers with handgun carry permits to be armed on the campuses of Tennessee public colleges and universities. The bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Bell passed on a 28-5 vote, and the House was expected to take up the measure Wednesday. Republican Gov. […]

April 20, 2016

Accusers at BYU Investigated by School After Reporting Rape

SALT LAKE CITY ― Madeline MacDonald says she was an 18-year-old freshman at Brigham Young University when she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on an online dating site. She reported the crime to the school’s Title IX office. That same day, she says, BYU’s honor code office received a copy of the […]

April 20, 2016

Ex-Iowa State Athlete Sues School Over Response to Rape Case

AMES, Iowa — A former Iowa State University basketball player who faced a rape charge that was later dropped is suing the school, claiming its response ruined his chances of playing professional basketball. The Des Moines Register reports Bubu Palo’s lawsuit accuses university officials of wrongly punishing him even after the criminal case against him […]

April 13, 2016

Penn State Survey Finds Sexual Misconduct is Common

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A survey of sexual misconduct at Penn State’s main campus found that more than three-quarters of undergraduate women have experienced offensive or harassing behavior from other students, university officials announced Wednesday. The Penn State Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey was completed in fall 2015 by nearly 3,000 of the campus’ approximately 40,000 […]

April 13, 2016

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WASHINGTON â€• In a packed auditorium at the U.S. Department of Education, surrounded by many of those who say they know him as an adviser, fixer, friend, mentor, advocate, colleague, and surrogate, Leonard L. Haynes III, Ph.D., wrapped up nearly three decades of public service in higher education.

April 12, 2016

Report: U.S. Didn’t Find Trouble at College Before it Failed

WASHINGTON — Education Department reviewers found in 2013 that a major for-profit college chain had systematically raised students’ tuitions without properly telling them. As a result, the U.S. government demanded a refund — but only for the handful of students whose records had led to the discovery. Though the company’s schools had more than 100,000 […]

April 12, 2016

UConn: Sexual Violence Survey Shows Students Feel Safe

STORRS, Conn. — A survey on sexual violence shows students feel safe on University of Connecticut campuses, school officials said Monday. The university released the results of the anonymous survey of 6,000 random students, which was administered in November 2015 by the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium. About 1,500 students from Storrs and regional campuses […]

April 11, 2016

Kentucky Attorney General Sues Governor Over Education Cuts

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s Democratic attorney general has sued his state’s Republican governor, saying he overstepped his authority when he ordered budget cuts for state colleges and universities without legislative approval. Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has proposed $650 million in state spending cuts over the next two years as part of a plan to begin […]

April 11, 2016

Italy’s Ambassador Leaves Egypt Over Student’s Killing

CAIRO — Italy’s ambassador left Egypt on Sunday, Egypt’s state-run news agency said, two days after Italy said it is recalling its envoy to protest what it described as a lack of cooperation in the investigation of the killing of an Italian student in Cairo, Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni’s body was found nine days […]

April 10, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Nevada Hires Embattled ex-UC Berkeley Assistant Coach

SAN FRANCISCO — A University of California, Berkeley assistant basketball coach who resigned following a reporter’s sexual harassment allegations has been hired by another Division I team. The University of Nevada, Reno said Friday it has hired Yann Hufnagel as assistant coach for the Wolf Pack. Hufnagel resigned from UC Berkeley on Thursday, a day […]

April 10, 2016

UNC President: Campuses Must Follow Transgender Law

RALEIGH, N.C. — The 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system will follow the state’s new law about transgender people by requiring all bathrooms to be designated for use by people based on their biological sex, the system president wrote in a memo to chancellors. President Margaret Spellings said in the memo that […]

April 7, 2016

Men Want Retrial on Pennsylvania University Sex Abuse Claims

Three men who lost their lawsuit against a former state university administrator over allegations he sexually abused them are taking their case to a federal appeals court. The former East Stroudsburg University students filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against Isaac Sanders, the school’s former vice president of advancement, alleging he used his high-powered job to […]

April 7, 2016

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