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Students

Analysis: States’ Interest in Outcomes-based Higher Ed Funding Grows

Twice as many states – four – as the prior year adopted outcomes-based funding in higher education in 2017, and a growing number of state legislatures made an effort to do so but got thwarted in the end, a new analysis released Tuesday by the Education Commission of the States shows.

September 26, 2017

Campus Climate

Lecturer Says Hitler Comments on Video Taken Out of Context

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey Institute of Technology lecturer seen on video apparently spouting anti-Semitic sentiments says his comments were taken out of context. The Newark college has put Jason Jorjani on administrative leave, saying his statements are “antithetical” to its core values. The video was part of a Sept. 19 New York Times […]

September 26, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Chancellor Asks for Probe on Pressure Over Gubernatorial Primary

FARGO, N.D. — The chancellor of the North Dakota University System on Monday called for the state to investigate what he calls attempts by people to pressure him to influence the 2016 primary election for governor. Chancellor Mark Hagerott said earlier this week that he received multiple phone calls before the June primary pressing him […]

September 26, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Virginia Tech Professor Charged with Fraud in Grant Funding

ROANOKE, Va. — A Virginia Tech professor has been accused of defrauding the university and the federal government in a case that involves more than $1 million in grant funding. An affidavit filed in the U.S. Western District Court of Virginia says Yiheng Percival Zhang was charged last week with wire fraud, making criminal false […]

September 26, 2017

Campus Climate

Sessions: Justice Dept. Will Intervene in Campus Free Speech Cases

WASHINGTON — Decrying what he sees as political correctness run amok on college campuses, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday the Justice Department will ramp up its support for students who sue universities claiming their free speech rights have been violated. The complexity of the free-speech issue was on display as Sessions spoke to an […]

September 26, 2017

Students

Idaho Initiative Helps Admit 20,000 Students to College

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho State Board of Education has announced that more than 20,000 high school students have been admitted to Idaho’s public colleges and universities. According to the board, this is the third year students with qualifying grades and test scores have automatically been admitted to Boise State University, University of Idaho, Idaho […]

September 25, 2017

Students

Handling of Sexual Violence Examined at Hampton U., William and Mary

HAMPTON, Va. — Federal officials are investigating the handling of campus sexual violence at Hampton University and the College of William and Mary. The Daily Press reports that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating under Title IX, which protects against discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funding. It was not […]

September 25, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Regents Detail Secret Harreld Meetings During U. of Iowa Search

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A majority of University of Iowa governing board members have described under oath how they secretly recruited Bruce Harreld weeks before hiring the businessman as president, circumventing the Iowa Open Meetings Law, court records show. Five of nine members of the Board of Regents met Harreld  —  a former IBM executive […]

September 25, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Report: University of Kansas Women Faculty Still Minority

LAWRENCE, Kan. — A recent report says women faculty are still in the minority at the University of Kansas, where they’re also twice as likely to resign from their posts as male colleagues. The Lawrence Journal-World says university economics professor Donna Ginther headed the committee tasked with investigating and identifying potential gender inequities among students, […]

September 25, 2017

Sports

Racism, Bullying Best Defeated by a Team

Current controversial exchanges between President Trump and those protesting against police brutality and social inequality drives home the point that Black athletes can teach us about more than just sports.

September 25, 2017

Students

U.S. Appeals Court Agrees That University of Cincinnati Can’t Suspend Student Accused of Sexual Assault

A federal appeals court panel Monday upheld blocking a university’s suspension of a male student who argues he was completely denied his right to confront a female student accusing him of sexual assault.

September 25, 2017

Students

ETS Survey Aimed at Diversifying Teaching Field

ETS also has partnered with three Tribal Colleges to go even deeper than the survey, conducting phone interviews and site visits to further explore the challenges that schools face in admitting and retaining minority, specifically Native American, teacher candidates.

September 25, 2017