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Students

SMU Group Unhappy About 9/11 Memorial Relocation

DALLAS — A group at a Texas university is angry they have to move a 9/11 memorial to a less-prominent part of campus. The Young Americans for Freedom group has set up nearly 3,000 flags on Southern Methodist University’s Dallas Hall Lawn annually since 2010, The Dallas Morning News reported . But university officials recently […]

August 2, 2017

Students

Senators Push for Expanded Childcare Support for Low-income Students

Legislation reintroduced in the Senate on Tuesday, the Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools (CCAMPIS) Reauthorization Act, would expand an existing federal program geared at helping low-income parents pay for childcare while in college.

August 1, 2017

Students

Report: Justice Department Plans to Investigate Colleges’ Affirmative Action Admission Policies

The Trump administration plans to have the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division investigate and sue colleges and universities for their affirmative action admissions policies, according to the New York Times.

August 1, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Trinity College Loses Donors, Students After Professor’s Posts

HARTFORD, Conn. — The president of a private Connecticut college says several incoming students have withdrawn and about $200,000 in donations has been lost over a Black professor’s social media posts about White supremacy. Trinity College president Joanne Berger-Sweeney said Monday that 16 incoming students and some past donors cited the scandal involving sociology professor […]

August 1, 2017

Students

Department of Education Scrapping Plan for Single Student Loan Servicer

The U.S. Department of Education announced late Tuesday that it was reversing course on its plan to award all federal student loans to a single student loan servicer and creating a new “environment” for how it operates.

August 1, 2017

Students

Expert: U.S. Higher Ed a Key Resource for Global Outreach

American colleges and universities are an “essential part of our nation’s diplomatic outreach” and critical to building the cross-cultural relationships necessary to solve the world’s most pressing problems, a U.S. State Department official said at an international education forum.

August 1, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Tennessee Community College Cuts 28 Employees

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee community college has laid off 28 employees – one of many measures it’s taking to balance the budget. Local news outlets report that Northeast State Community College announced on Monday the elimination of 28 non-faculty, full-time employee positions as part of a plan to balance the upcoming school year’s budget. […]

August 1, 2017

Leadership & Policy

2 Arkansas Community Colleges Merge

FORREST CITY, Ark. — A technical institute in eastern Arkansas has merged with a neighboring community college. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board voted Monday in favor of merging Crowley’s Ridge Technical Institute and East Arkansas Community College. The Forrest City schools have operated independently alongside each other for decades. Higher […]

August 1, 2017

Students

Few Speak Up On Sex Assaults, Harassment at Aussie Campuses

CANBERRA, Australia — A survey of more than 30,000 Australian university students released on Tuesday found that half the respondents had been sexually harassed and almost one in 50 had been sexually assaulted on campuses, but few made formal complaints. The Australian Human Rights Commission, which surveyed students across all 39 universities in 2015-16, concluded […]

August 1, 2017

Students

Penn State Pre-med Sues Over Probe of Sex Misconduct Claim

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A Penn State pre-med student claims in a federal lawsuit that his lifelong goal of being a physician was ended by what he calls an unfair investigation into allegations he sexually abused a female student. The California student identified only as John Doe says in a federal complaint filed last week […]

August 1, 2017

Students

Trinity College Fights Ex-student’s Request for Anonymity in Lawsuit

HARTFORD, Conn. — A former Trinity College student who was suspended in the middle of his final semester for allegedly copying another student’s homework assignments is seeking to remain anonymous as he fights the discipline in a lawsuit against the private liberal arts school in Hartford. Trinity officials are opposing the former student’s request to […]

August 1, 2017

Students

Free Speech, Safe Spaces Hot Topics at Politicon

The unconventional convention Politicon served as the scene for a debate that sparked both praise and criticism of safe spaces on college campuses.

July 31, 2017