Associated PressLeadership & PolicyUNC Governors Pressured Over Chancellor Pay Raise MeetingCHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― Governors of North Carolina’s public university system planned to gather Friday under pressure over a closed-door meeting that resulted in big pay raises for a dozen top campus executives. The University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors was scheduled to meet to decide whether to release details of the private meeting […]November 13, 2015Leadership & PolicyFour Finalists for President of S. Louisiana Tech CollegeBATON ROUGE, La. ― A North Carolina community college official and former official of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System is among finalists for president of Fletcher Technical Community College in south Louisiana. Two finalists already work at Fletcher, in Schriever ― about 60 miles west-southwest of New Orleans ― and the fourth is […]November 13, 2015Sports2 More Fired, 3 Cleared in UNC Review after Cheating ScandalCHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is firing two employees and barring a former associate dean from leadership positions after an investigation described their roles in the school’s academic fraud scandal, the school said Thursday. The moves mean seven people have been fired, resigned or disciplined since former U.S. […]November 13, 2015StudentsSouthern California College Dean Resigns Amid Racial IssuesCLAREMONT, Calif. ― The dean of students at a small Southern California college resigned Thursday after protests linked to racial concerns on campus. Mary Spellman, who held the position at Claremont McKenna College since 2010, announced her resignation in an email to students. “I believe it is the best way to gain closure of a […]November 13, 2015Faculty & StaffU. of Illinois OKs Settlement with Professor Over Job OfferCHICAGO ― The University of Illinois will pay a professor who lost his job offer over a series of anti-Israel tweets $600,000 plus legal costs under an agreement trustees approved Thursday. The agreement settles Steven Salaita’s lawsuit against the university with the school admitting no wrongdoing, the university said. Salaita will not be hired and […]November 12, 2015Leadership & PolicyDrexel University Rescinds Honorary Degree for Bill CosbyPHILADELPHIA ― Drexel University has joined a number of other schools in rescinding an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby amid accusations of sexual assault. Drexel President John A. Fry says the misconduct that came to light in a deposition given by Cosby “stands in clear opposition” to the Philadelphia school’s values. He says in […]November 12, 2015StudentsHoward University Warns of Online Threat to School, StudentsWASHINGTON ― Authorities are investigating an online threat against Howard University and its students. In a message to the university community Thursday, President Wayne A. I. Frederick said school officials are aware of the threat and are working with local and federal law enforcement on the “serious matter.” He says the school has increased security […]November 12, 2015StudentsYale Students March Over Concerns About Racial SensitivityHundreds of Yale students and supporters marched across campus Monday to protest what they see as racial insensitivity at the elite Ivy League schoolNovember 9, 2015StudentsFraternity Files $25M Defamation Suit Against Rolling StoneThe fraternity that was the focus of a debunked Rolling Stone article about a gang rape filed a $25 million lawsuit against the magazine Monday, saying the piece made the frat and its members “the object of an avalanche of condemnation worldwide.”November 9, 2015HBCUs5 Stabbed, Attacker Killed at U. of California, MercedAn assailant stabbed five people as students headed to class at a rural university campus in central California before police shot and killed him, authorities said Wednesday.November 4, 2015Previous PagePage 156 of 569Next Page