Associated PressFaculty & StaffPennsylvania Universities Faculty Contract Talks to ResumePHILADELPHIA ― Negotiations between Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities and the union representing faculty members are due to resume this month. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that negotiating sessions are scheduled for Friday and for June 24. Faculty at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities have been working without a new contract since the last […]June 6, 2016StudentsFraternity Returns to Tennessee After Ban Over AlcoholKNOXVILLE ― A fraternity suspended from a Tennessee university after a student was hospitalized from what police said was an alcohol enema is returning this fall. The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity said in a statement Thursday that it will be back on the University of Tennessee campus for the fall semester after a four-year absence. […]June 2, 2016WomenHarvard Club of Boston Elects its 1st Female PresidentBOSTON ― The 108-year-old Harvard Club of Boston has elected its first female president, and she says her election is the beginning of many changes for the alumni group. Karen Van Winkle was elected Monday. She tells The Boston Globe her priority during her three-year term is to make the club more welcoming to women […]May 25, 2016Faculty & StaffFaculty Strike at Green River College to Protest CutsAUBURN, Wash. ― Faculty members are striking at Green River College in Auburn to protest cuts proposed by the administration. The community college has proposed eliminating 11 programs and courses due to a $4 million budget shortfall. The Green River United Faculty Coalition says some professors could lose their jobs, though college spokeswoman Catherine Ushka […]May 23, 2016Faculty & StaffRegents Want Pay Gap Suit from Former SDSU Professor TossedSIOUX FALLS, S.D. ― The South Dakota Board of Regents is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former South Dakota State University professor who claims she was paid less than colleagues who were not Black and female. The Argus Leader reports the board’s lawyers in the response to the lawsuit from […]May 23, 2016StudentsProfessors Group Faults Firing of Missouri ProfessorCOLUMBIA, Mo. ― An investigation by a national professors group has found that the University of Missouri Board of Curator likely bowed to political pressure when it fired an assistant professor over her role last year in a race-related student protest. The American Association of University Professors said a three-member investigating committee of professors from […]May 19, 2016Leadership & PolicyCUNY’s Frank Sanchez Named President of Rhode Island CollegeWARWICK, R.I. ― Rhode Island College has a new president. Frank Sanchez, vice chancellor for student affairs at the City University of New York, was named Rhode Island College’s 10th president after a vote Wednesday by the Council on Postsecondary Education, The Providence Journal reported. He is expected to start his new job in the […]May 12, 2016News RoundupBillionaire Gives $200M to USC for Cancer ResearchLOS ANGELES ― Oracle founder Larry Ellison has donated $200 million to the University of Southern California to fund a cancer research center, matching the largest single donation ever received by the school. The Los Angeles Times reports the university announced Ellison’s gift Wednesday. The money will fund the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative […]May 12, 2016StudentsCoalition for Graduate Students Sues University of MissouriCOLUMBIA, Mo. ― A coalition elected to represent graduate students in collective bargaining at the University of Missouri filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking university officials to recognize it as a bargaining unit. In a lawsuit filed in Boone County Circuit Court, the Coalition of Graduate Workers, which is affiliated with the Missouri National Education Association, […]May 12, 2016StudentsMissouri House Passes Bill to Allow Guns at College CampusesJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ― The Missouri House has passed a bill with a number of provisions aimed at expanding access to guns. Members voted 101-28 Thursday to pass the proposal, which was amended to allow fulltime employees to carry guns on college campuses, with some exceptions. The changes mean the bill heads back to the […]May 5, 2016Previous PagePage 136 of 569Next Page