Associated PressCommunity CollegesEducation Company Settles with Justice DepartmentAn education company will pay about $1.3 million under a civil settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve allegations it employed unqualified instructors at its Texas campuses.January 6, 2015Leadership & PolicyBoard Approves Merger of Georgia State, Georgia Perimeter CollegesThe schools’ combined fall 2014 enrollment of 53,927 students would make the consolidated university the largest in the state.January 6, 2015African-AmericanMore Women, Minorities in New CongressWASHINGTON — The 114th Congress that convenes today will count more minorities and women than ever, although lawmakers remain overwhelmingly White and male in the Republican-controlled House and Senate.January 5, 2015Community CollegesAsheville Police Lower Educational Requirements for RecruitsASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Asheville Police Department has cut degree requirements for new recruits, saying new police officers no longer need a two-year college degree and can be hired with a high school diploma.January 5, 2015HBCUsMountain State Officials Shift Focus to Accreditation SuitOfficials with the former Mountain State University are shifting their attention to a lawsuit against an accrediting body following West Virginia University’s offer to buy the school’s Beckley campus.January 4, 2015StudentsFrat Suspended, Student Expelled at Quinnipiac UniversityAn investigation into hazing allegations at Quinnipiac University prompted it to temporarily shut down a fraternity, expel a student and suspend two other frat members, university officials said Tuesday.January 1, 2015Faculty & StaffSecond Review Sought in Case Against ProfessorA northwest Missouri prosecutor is seeking another court hearing in a case against a former university professor who was arrested on drug charges after he posted insensitive remarks on Facebook.January 1, 2015Faculty & StaffChina Leader: More Party Control Over CollegesChina’s president has called for the Communist Party’s leadership over the country’s universities to be enhanced in a continuing tightening of ideological controls across a wide range of society.December 30, 2014African-AmericanHarvard Law Agrees to Sex Harassment ResolutionHarvard Law School has agreed to revise its sexual harassment and assault policies and to review sexual harassment complaints dating to the 2012-2013 school year after U.S. education officials found the school in violation of federal law.December 30, 2014StudentsBowie State Student Sues Fraternity, Alleges HazingA Bowie State University student suing a campus fraternity for $3 million says he was relentlessly abused and bullied during his semester as a pledge.December 30, 2014Previous PagePage 183 of 569Next Page
