Associated PressLeadership & PolicyWest Virginia Colleges Don’t Have Much Cash on HandCHARLESTON, W.Va. ― Officials for the commission that oversees West Virginia’s four-year colleges have warned that the financial strength of many of the state’s schools appears to be weakening ― at least by one indicator. Staff members of the Higher Education Policy Commission said during a meeting Monday that several schools had less than two […]July 19, 2016Leadership & PolicyNebraska Educator Taking President’s Post in North CarolinaGRAND ISLAND, Neb. ― A North Carolina community college board has chosen a Nebraska educator to become the college’s next president. Thomas Walker Jr. is expected to be confirmed by the State Board of Community Colleges July 26 as president of Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Walker has been president of Central Community […]July 18, 2016African-AmericanMan Who Smashed Window Depicting Slaves Wants His Job BackNEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Yale University and a former dining services worker who smashed a stained-glass window depicting slaves are discussing whether he can have his old job back, his attorney said Monday. Corey Menafee resigned last month after taking a broomstick to the window inside the dining hall at Calhoun College. Menafee, who is […]July 18, 2016SportsUniversity, Coach Deny Discriminating Against Mormon PlayerIDAHO FALLS, Idaho ― Idaho State University’s former assistant tennis coach and the university have denied allegations made in a lawsuit in which a former tennis player says he was discriminated against because of his Mormon faith. The Post Register reports that former coach Nate Gross has been accused of harassing Orin Duffin, who played […]July 18, 2016StudentsStudent Sues Michigan State after Stalking Case SuspensionEAST LANSING, Mich. ― A male Michigan State University student who was suspended for four years after being accused of stalking a woman is suing the school. The Lansing State Journal reports that the sophomore, who isn’t named in the lawsuit, was suspended in May after the East Lansing school’s Office of Institution Equity found […]July 15, 2016StudentsMississippi State’s Bully Mascot Settles with ESPNABERDEEN, Miss. ― A former Mississippi State University cheerleader has settled her wrongful injury case with ESPN for an undisclosed sum. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Michaela Mills was dressed as the MSU mascot Bully during the 2013 Egg Bowl when she was run over by a motorized television camera cart. The lawsuit alleged […]July 15, 2016StudentsShaky Finances Putting Chicago State Accreditation at RiskCHICAGO ― The agency that oversees Chicago State University’s accreditation says the college’s status is in jeopardy due to its precarious financial state caused by the budget impasse in Springfield. Chicago State officials were informed of the Higher Learning Commission’s views in a July 11 letter. “The university continues to have diminished financial resources and […]July 13, 2016African-AmericanYale Worker Destroys Stained-glass Window Depicting SlavesNEW HAVEN, Conn. – A former Yale University dining services worker facing criminal charges for destroying a stained-glass window depicting slaves in a cotton field said Tuesday that he should not have done it, but he found the image disturbing. Corey Menafee, who is black, used a broomstick last month to break the window inside Calhoun […]July 12, 2016StudentsCleveland State: No On-campus Classes During ConventionCLEVELAND ― Cleveland State University has announced it won’t hold classes on campus during the Republican National Convention next week. The university has told professors to find other ways to teach, including off-campus meeting places, working online or assigning take-home work. University spokesman Will Dube tells cleveland.com the decision came after the Secret Service released […]July 12, 2016Leadership & PolicyUniversity of Akron Announces Interim PresidentAKRON, Ohio ― The University of Akron has announced its interim president. The university’s Board of Trustees on Monday named School of Law Dean Matthew Wilson as interim president. In a statement, the university says Wilson has increased enrollment and employment rates at the School of Law. Wilson says he’s humbled by the appointment. He […]July 12, 2016Previous PagePage 132 of 569Next Page