Associated PressStudentsUniversity of Missouri Faculty Voices Support for ProfessorCOLUMBIA, Mo. ― University of Missouri faculty members have come out in support of a University of Missouri assistant communications professor who drew criticism for trying to stop a photographer from taking pictures during campus protests in November. The Kansas City Star reports that the faculty on Tuesday made public a letter of support that […]January 6, 2016Faculty & StaffFlorida Atlantic Officially Fires Professor Who Questioned Sandy HookBOCA RATON, Fla. ― A Florida college has officially fired a professor who claimed the massacre of children at a Connecticut elementary school was staged. Florida Atlantic University said in a release that School of Communication and Multimedia Studies professor James Tracy was served a notice of termination Tuesday. The school sent Tracy a notice […]January 6, 2016StudentsUniversity of Missouri Agriculture Group Goes All-FemaleCOLUMBIA, Mo. ― An agriculture leadership group at the University of Missouri is made up of all female students for the first time, reflecting a slow but steady shift in the industry. Thirteen students were selected in December as the first all-female group of Dickinson Scholars, the Columbia Missourian reported. The university’s College of Agriculture, […]January 5, 2016StudentsSchool Settles Suit over Support Animals in Student HousingCLEVELAND ― Kent State University in northeast Ohio has agreed to pay two former students $100,000 to settle a fair housing lawsuit that was filed by the U.S. Justice Department after the school refused to allow the students to keep an emotional support dog in a university apartment. The settlement announced on Monday also calls […]January 5, 2016News RoundupLouisiana-Lafayette Provost Takes Wisconsin System JobLAFAYETTE, La. ― University of Louisiana at Lafayette Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs James Henderson will leave his position this month to become vice president for academic and student affairs for the University of Wisconsin System. The Advertiser reports Louisiana-Lafayette President E. Joseph Savoie made the announcement Monday. Henderson will serve at UL […]January 5, 2016Faculty & StaffLawmakers Want Mizzou Employees Fired for Photographer ClashJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ― Another University of Missouri employee is under fire from Republican lawmakers after a videotaped clash with reporters during campus protests. More than a dozen Republican senators in a letter released this week and addressed to university system and Columbia campus leaders said Janna Basler of the MU Office of Greek Life […]January 5, 2016Faculty & StaffU. of Illinois Finalizes $600,000 Settlement with SalaitaURBANA, Ill. ― The University of Illinois has finalized a $600,000 legal settlement with a professor who lost his job offer over a series of anti-Israel tweets. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports that the settlement with Steven Salaita was finalized Dec. 24 after all parties signed it. The newspaper obtained a copy of the settlement […]January 4, 2016StudentsBoise State Reaches Settlement in Sex Assault LawsuitBOISE, Idaho ― Two former Boise State University athletes who accused the school of failing to stop sexually harassment have reached an out-of-court settlement with the university. The former students sued the school in 2014, alleging athletic officials ignored their reports of sexual assault and harassment by a star athlete. The settlement was reached Dec. […]January 4, 2016StudentsClemson University Responds to Lawsuit over Student’s DeathGREENVILLE, S.C. ― Clemson University is denying allegations made in lawsuits about the death of a student who died during a fraternity run in September 2014. The Greenville News reports the school filed the documents in the past week, answering allegations made by the parents of Tucker Hipps in an earlier lawsuit, including that he […]January 4, 2016African-AmericanInvestigators Find No Evidence that Missouri State DiscriminatedSPRINGFIELD, Mo. ― An investigation has found no evidence that Missouri State University discriminated against the top Black official at the school. The Missouri State Board of Governors hired outside investigators after an online petition alleged that Ken Coopwood, vice president of diversity and inclusion, was subjected to “despicable and hostile” behavior by his staff. […]January 4, 2016Previous PagePage 151 of 569Next Page