Associated PressLeadership & PolicyList of Finalists for Kentucky State U. President Stirs ControversyFRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky State University faculty and alumni are expressing concern with the list of finalists for university president, and that interim university President Aaron Thompson is not among them. Media outlets report that Thursday, the KSU Board of Regents voted to approve three finalists for the job: M. Christopher Brown of Southern University […]February 14, 2017Leadership & PolicyAudit: No Proof Iowa State President had Waivers for GunsAMES, Iowa — An audit is questioning whether Iowa State University President Steven Leath violated policy by storing and transporting firearms in campus housing and airplanes without written approvals. A Board of Regents report says ISU has no documentation that Leath applied for and received waivers required to bring guns on school property. Leath stores […]February 14, 2017Leadership & PolicySt. Joseph’s College Alumni Try to Save Their Alma MaterRENSSELAER, Ind. — St. Joseph’s College alumni are trying to figure out how they can keep their alma mater open despite plans to temporarily suspend operations due to financial trouble. Alumni say they knew little about the college’s financial standing before the board of trustees decided Feb. 3 to close for at least the 2017-18 […]February 12, 2017African-AmericanDigital Archives Gives Access to African American HistoryMINNEAPOLIS — A University of Minnesota-led digital archive of African American historical materials is now free and accessible online to the public. The university’s Umbra search includes handwritten 17th-century letters, underground hip hop albums from the 1970s and a whole of other artifacts, the Minnesota Daily reported. Cecily Marcus, curator of the Archie Givens, Sr., […]February 12, 2017StudentsAppellate Court Overturns College Tuition-payment OrderCAMDEN, N.J. — A divorced couple cannot be forced to pay college tuition for their estranged daughter, a state appellate court ruled. Caitlyn Ricci has argued that her parents should pay portions of the costs she incurred while attending the former Gloucester County College and later, Temple University, where she enrolled without her parents’ blessings. […]February 12, 2017StudentsCentral Michigan U. Says Hitler Card Wasn’t Made by StudentMOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Central Michigan University says a Valentine’s Day card that mocked Jews who died in the Holocaust was created by a woman who doesn’t attend the school. The university released a statement Friday saying the woman apparently knew members of the College Republicans, which unwittingly distributed the valentine in a gift bag […]February 12, 2017StudentsCentral Michigan U. Republicans Sorry for Hitler-themed Valentine’s CardMOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — A Central Michigan University Republican student group is apologizing for a Valentine’s Day card that mocks Jews who died in the Holocaust. The College Republicans group handed out gift bags to students Wednesday night, including one with a card that said “my love 4 u burns like 6,000 jews.” It had […]February 9, 2017Faculty & StaffUniversity of Vermont, Professors Negotiating New ContractBURLINGTON, Vt. — A union that represents professors at the University of Vermont is negotiating a new contract with the school. The Burlington Free Press reports that about 30 professors held signs outside the room in James M. Jeffords Hall where negotiators and union members met on Monday. The current agreement between the union and […]February 9, 2017StudentsPenn State Puts Stop to Fraternity Parties Serving AlcoholSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State has indefinitely halted fraternity and sorority parties where alcohol is available because of a student’s recent death and what the school calls growing allegations of hazing, sexual assault and other misconduct. The university announced Wednesday that Damon Sims, its vice president for student affairs, and the Penn State Interfraternity […]February 9, 2017Leadership & PolicySweet Briar College Names Former UVa Dean as New PresidentSWEET BRIAR, Va. — Sweet Briar College has selected a new president. News outlets report Meredith Woo will become the college’s 13th president on May 15. The college announced Monday that Woo will succeed Phillip C. Stone who’s set to retire after this academic year. Woo has been in London most recently as director of […]February 8, 2017Previous PagePage 100 of 569Next Page