Associated PressStudentsMichigan State President Rejects Raise; Trustees Create ScholarshipEAST LANSING, Mich. ― Michigan State University is creating a scholarship to honor its president after she turned down another raise. The Lansing State Journal reports that it’s the eighth time in 10 years that Lou Anna Simon has rejected a pay raise. Instead, trustees will endow a scholarship in the names of Simon and […]December 20, 2015Leadership & PolicyState Watchdog Investigating Northern Illinois President Doug BakerDEKALB, Ill. ― A state watchdog agency has been investigating Northern Illinoi University President Doug Baker for months, and the university has paid tens of thousands of dollars for his legal representation. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle has obtained documents confirming an investigation by Illinois’ Office of Executive Inspector General and showing the university has been […]December 20, 2015StudentsLawsuit Alleges Hazing Led to University Student’s SuicideALTOONA, Pa. — The family of a Penn State-Altoona student who jumped to his death off the roof of a New York hotel sued the university and a suspended fraternity alleging that he killed himself because of hazing. The suit alleges that Marquise Braham “had been hazed for months” by members of the Phi Sigma […]December 16, 2015Leadership & PolicyWVSU President Brian Hemphill Named President of RadfordRADFORD, Va. ― West Virginia State University President Brian O. Hemphill has been named president of Radford University. Radford’s Board of Visitors announced Hemphill’s appointment on Wednesday in a news release. Hemphill will succeed Penelope Kyle, who is retiring. Hemphill’s appointment is effective July 1, 2016. He has served as West Virginia State’s president since […]December 16, 2015StudentsWinthrop Drops Name of White Supremacist from AwardROCK HILL, S.C. ― Winthrop University’s top academic award will no longer bear the name of avowed segregationist and former South Carolina governor “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman. Media outlets report the university’s president Dan Mahony told faculty, staff and students in an email Friday that the university will discontinue the 75-year-old Tillman Award. Instead, the students […]December 10, 2015News Roundup2 Top U. of Louisville Officials on Leave in Ongoing InvestigationLOUISVILLE, Ky. ― Two top University of Louisville officials have been placed on leave in an ongoing investigation. The Courier-Journal reports in an email Wednesday, President James Ramsey announced that Dr. David Dunn and Priscilla Hancock will be on leave effective immediately. Dunn is the executive vice president for health affairs and Hancock is the […]December 10, 2015StudentsNo Disciplinary Action Taken after Alleged Racist Frat PartyNEW HAVEN, Conn. ― No disciplinary action will be taken against any students or student groups at Yale University involved in allegations of racism at a fraternity party held by Sigma Alpha Epsilon in October. At the party in question, students complained that the fraternity denied entrance to minorities. Men at the door were […]December 10, 2015African-AmericanMan sues College of Charleston Citing Racial DiscriminationCHARLESTON, S.C. ― An employee at the College of Charleston has filed a federal lawsuit against the school, saying it failed to respond to complaints that his supervisor used the N-word and drew a racially insensitive picture of a black man while on the job. The Post and Courier reports Frederick Fortner, a Black man, […]December 10, 2015Leadership & PolicyAAUP: Regents Did ‘Serious Disservice’ in U. Iowa SearchIOWA CITY, Iowa ― A national group says Iowa regents did a “serious disservice” by influencing the University of Iowa presidential search to favor their pre-ordained candidate, businessman Bruce Harreld. The American Association of University Professors said in a report Thursday the Iowa Board of Regents “acted throughout in bad faith” the search to faculty […]December 10, 2015StudentsCatholic University Students Shelter in Place a 2nd TimeWASHINGTON ― Catholic University of America students again were warned to shelter in place and police say a suspicious person was located before the shelter-in-place order was lifted. An initial notice on the school’s website Tuesday evening said city police and university public safety officers were on campus in response to a “possible armed suspect.” […]December 9, 2015Previous PagePage 153 of 569Next Page