Associated PressStudentsMount St. Mary’s President Says he Won’t ResignEMMITSBURG, Md. ― The president of a Catholic college in Maryland is rejecting the faculty’s demand for his resignation. Mount St. Mary’s University President Simon Newman told scores of cheering students at a rally Monday in Emmitsburg, “I’m not going to stop.” The faculty voted overwhelmingly Friday to ask Newman to resign by Monday morning. […]February 15, 2016Leadership & PolicyBoard Reprimands College President for PlagiarismCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa ― Trustees of an Iowa community college have reprimanded the school president for plagiarizing a portion of his Martin Luther King Day speech last month. Last week the Kirkwood Community College board approved a motion expressing its disappointment that President Mick Starcevich didn’t attribute the source of an anecdote he used. It […]February 15, 2016Leadership & PolicyUniversity of Mary Washington Names Troy Paino PresidentFREDERICKSBURG, Va. ― The University of Mary Washington has named a new president. The Fredericksburg, Virginia, school said in a statement Monday that Troy D. Paino will be the school’s 10th president. Paino is currently president of the public Truman State University located in Kirksville, Missouri. Paino has a master’s degree and a doctorate in […]February 15, 2016StudentsSchumer Pushes Legislation to Reduce College Student DebtSYRACUSE, N.Y. ― Sen. Charles Schumer says a new legislative package he’s promoting will put America on the path to debt-free college. Schumer was at the Syracuse University campus on Monday to promote the package, called the RED ― Reducing Educational Debt ― Act. He said college is a necessity in today’s globally connected economy, […]February 15, 2016Leadership & PolicyUniversity of New Orleans Panel Trimming List of its Presidential FinalistsNEW ORLEANS ― A University of New Orleans search committee will hold interviews Wednesday through Friday with candidates to lead the school. The committee will choose at least two finalists on Friday and University of Louisiana System supervisors expect to choose a president next week. Deputy New Orleans Mayor Andrew Kopplin and UNO provost and […]February 15, 2016Faculty & Staff2 Wheelock College Professors Accuse School of Anti-semitismBOSTON ― Two Jewish professors at Wheelock College have filed federal workplace discrimination complaints against the school alleging they were subject to anti-Semitic discrimination. The Boston Globe reports Gail Dines and Eric Silverman say the school retaliated against them after they co-wrote a letter about a perceived lack of Jewish perspective on campus. The complaint […]February 15, 2016StudentsCollege Officials Suspend Hockey Season Over Hazing ClaimsRINDGE, N.H. ― Officials at a New Hampshire college say they are suspending the rest of the men’s hockey season over hazing allegations. Franklin Pierce University Athletic Director Bruce Kirsh notified the Northeast-10 Conference of the school’s decision on Thursday, after the school wrapped up an internal investigation on the allegations. WMUR-TV reports that no […]February 14, 2016StudentsUtah Colleges not Graduating Enough Teachers for DemandSALT LAKE CITY ― Utah’s public schools need more teachers to fill their classrooms, but state colleges say young students are showing hardly any interest in the profession. Though undergraduate degrees from Utah colleges have grown 25 percent in the past decade, teaching diplomas have grown only a fraction of that rate with only a […]February 14, 2016StudentsArkansas State: Lockdown Sparked by Student Video ProjectJONESBORO, Ark. ― Arkansas State University students working on a video project sparked reports of armed men near the student union on Sunday, leading to a lockdown of about an hour at ASU’s Jonesboro campus. The university sent an emergency alert shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday saying two armed men were seen near the student […]February 14, 2016News RoundupN.C. State Professor Charged with EmbezzlementRALEIGH, N.C. ― An animal science associate professor at North Carolina State University has been charged with embezzling from three student clubs. Multiple media outlets reported that campus police arrested 57-year-old Charles Scott Whisnant of Garner and charged him with three felony counts of embezzlement. He turned himself in to the Wake County jail Wednesday […]February 11, 2016Previous PagePage 145 of 569Next Page