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Law Professors Warn Against Failure to Prioritize Accuracy in Judicial System

A panel at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting on Monday shed some light on a system that, it says, in some instances does not always prioritize accuracy.

January 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Second Review Sought in Case Against Professor

A northwest Missouri prosecutor is seeking another court hearing in a case against a former university professor who was arrested on drug charges after he posted insensitive remarks on Facebook.

January 1, 2015

Students

Florida State/Jameis Winston Case is Higher Ed’s Year in Review

Winston gets a pass on student code, and playing this week. Surprised?

December 28, 2014

Students

Diverse Dockett: Judge Tosses Out Retaliation Suit Against University of Washington

Dr. W. Gary Olson admitted granting “ghost credits” for no work to qualify low-income, part-time graduate students for financial aid that was available only to full-time students at the University of Washington. Olson, who was assistant dean of student affairs at the School of Social Work, said he believed that university policies requiring satisfactory completion […]

December 28, 2014

Students

HBCU Stakeholders List Financing Programs, Affordability as Top Issues

The 2014 State of HBCUs Report reflects concern about the health of the institutions in the wake of shrinking enrollment and a fairly steady decline in federal funding.

December 28, 2014

Students

Judge Says University of South Carolina Fraternity Members Must Move

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A judge in Columbia says about 30 University of South Carolina students in the Kappa Sigma fraternity house must find somewhere else to live before the new semester begins Jan. 12. Circuit Judge Casey Manning refused to allow the fraternity members to live in the house since the chapter lost its charter, […]

December 25, 2014

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Winthrop University Spends More Than $30K Over Ex-President Fight

Winthrop University has spent more than $30,000 on legal costs related to an ongoing dispute with its former president.

December 21, 2014

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University of Iowa Defends Suing Worker’s Transfer

Officials are defending their decision to reassign an employee who is suing over claims that she suffered employment discrimination because of her conservative views.

December 18, 2014

Sports

Police, Black Community Desperately Need Dialogue

I grew up respecting and fearing the police. I still respect them but I also still fear them.

December 4, 2014

African-American

Students Nationwide Hold ‘Die Ins’ for Justice

Students joined other protestors this week in demonstrations for the lives that have been lost in controversial confrontations with police.

December 4, 2014

Faculty & Staff

University of Utah Professor Wants ‘Drone Court’ to Approve Strikes

Today, when U.S. intelligence agencies believe they know the location of a terrorist in Pakistan and a few other countries, they are largely free to deploy a weapon that’s become the symbol of war on terror: an aerial drone.

November 30, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Others in Higher Ed Should Take High Road on Cosby

Despite hundreds of thousands donated, University of Massachusetts becomes latest to distance itself from the embattled entertainer.

November 30, 2014