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Students

Fraternity Suspended at UNC Charlotte for Hazing Allegations

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A fraternity at UNC Charlotte has been suspended for four years because of hazing allegations. The Charlotte Observer reported a school spokeswoman said the suspension began May 23 after an investigation determined the hazing occurred at Sigma Phi Epsilon earlier this spring. The investigation started after anonymous sources reported the hazing occurred […]

June 18, 2017

News Roundup

University of Missouri to Encourage Adoption of Research Animals

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri plans to work with a new organization to encourage more people to adopt research animals, a move that comes as the university is being sued by another organization seeking records on dogs and cats it uses in research. The university announced Thursday that it will work with Homes […]

June 18, 2017

Sports

Sex and Higher Ed? Pitino’s Light Punishment Says It All

The NCAA Committee on Infractions just showed how its moral compass sort of points the right way. It just didn’t have the guts to mete out the punishment deserving of the crime.

June 15, 2017

Students

Experts: Free Speech on Campus in Constant Crisis

The American Association of University Professors, with the help of the Newseum Institute, held a symposium where two groups of panelists were asked whether they believe freedom of speech and the press is in a crisis and is being threatened.

June 15, 2017

African-American

Tracy Smith Named New Poet Laureate

Tracy K. Smith, the director of Creative Writing and the Roger S. Berlind Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, has been named the nation’s 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2017-2018.

June 15, 2017

Students

LGBT Inclusion: A Work in Progress

The notion that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth do not exist on a college campus demonstrates real prejudice.

June 15, 2017

Students

Trump Signs Executive Order to Increase Apprenticeships

President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order Thursday that calls for the expansion of apprenticeships and more support for colleges and universities that infuse apprenticeships into their coursework.

June 15, 2017

Students

Researchers Find Increased Pot Use by College Students

CORVALLIS, Ore. — A study by Oregon State University researchers has found college students at an undisclosed large public university in the state are using more marijuana since recreational pot became legal two years ago. The Register-Guard reports the researchers’ study was published Wednesday in a journal called Addiction. The study found increased use is […]

June 15, 2017

Leadership & Policy

NIU President Stepping Down as Report Shows Mismanagement

DEKALB, Ill. — The president of Northern Illinois University is stepping down in the wake of a state investigation accusing him and other administrators of mismanagement when it comes to hiring consultants. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports Doug Baker leaves June 30. He announced the news at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting. He says the […]

June 15, 2017

Sports

NCAA Suspends Pitino After Escort Investigation

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The NCAA has suspended Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino for five Atlantic Coast Conference games following its sex scandal investigation. The governing body also Thursday placed the basketball program on four years’ probation, vacated wins in which ineligible players participated and handed down a 10-year show-cause order for former basketball operations director […]

June 15, 2017

Students

Student Sues University of Nebraska Over Banishment

LINCOLN, Neb. — A University of Nebraska-Lincoln student accused of assault says in a lawsuit that he’s been unfairly banned from the campus. Court records say Jeremiah Perkins, of Beaver City, was arrested after the off-campus incident. In his lawsuit he says he was assaulted by one or more university students. Police say Perkins assaulted […]

June 15, 2017

Students

Boston Bridge Program Aims to Put College Within Residents’ Reach

Boston will offer its residents yet another chance at free college through a recently announced program, The Boston Bridge. The program will be available to high school students who graduated in 2017 and are residents of the city.

June 14, 2017