Associated PressLeadership & PolicyUniversity of California Struck $23M in Exit Agreements With Former Employees, Say OfficialsThe University of California paid $23 million to hundreds of employees who left the university in recent years, including those who were laid off, fired without cause or had filed formal grievances, officials said.May 18, 2006StudentsAt Brandeis University, Middle East Politics Converge on Commencement DayIt will be an unusual commencement for a Jewish-sponsored university: a speech by a Jordanian prince, and an honorary degree for a playwright who has bluntly criticized Israel.May 18, 2006SportsNorthwestern Says Men’s Swimming, Mascots Hazed Team MembersNorthwestern University has punished its men’s swim team and students who perform as the school’s mascot for hazing, said a school spokesman, just days after the school suspended its women’s soccer team amid similar allegations.May 18, 2006Faculty & StaffAuditor: University of Missouri-Kansas City Faculty Diversity Is ‘Worst’ He’s SeenThe University of Missouri-Kansas City has a serious problem with its racial climate and a serious lack of diversity in its faculty…May 17, 2006HomeNAACP Sues Nebraska Over Law Dividing Omaha Schools Into Racially Identifiable DistrictsThe NAACP sued Nebraska’s governor and a state committee Tuesday over a new law that divides Omaha Public Schools into three racially identifiable districts.May 16, 2006HomeColorado Professor Cited for MisconductAn investigation into a University of Colorado professor who likened some of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to Nazis has uncovered serious cases of misconduct in his academic research.May 16, 2006SportsNorthwestern Suspends Soccer Team After Alleged Hazing IncidentNorthwestern University suspended its women’s soccer team from all athletic activities Monday pending an investigation of alleged hazing involving players last year.May 16, 2006LatinxNew Mexico State Hopes to Draw Students from Minority-Serving InstitutionsNew Mexico State University regents, seeking to boost enrollment, have approved three programs involving out-of-state tuition waivers — including a pilot project to analyze the elimination of nonresident tuition.May 15, 2006StudentsJournalist Leaves Hampton University; Cites Speech IssuesFormer Time columnist Jack E. White, dismayed by Hampton University’s approach to freedom of speech, says he will not return to his teaching post there.May 14, 2006HealthIndian Doctors Strike Against Affirmative ActionA doctors’ strike that began in the capital to protest an affirmative action program at medical colleges spread Sunday, threatening to cripple services at major government health care facilities. Protests by medical students on Saturday were met with violence by police at government hospitals in the capital, New Delhi, and Bombay.May 14, 2006Previous PagePage 514 of 569Next Page
