Associated PressStudentsPoland to Boost Defenses by Training Student VolunteersWARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Defense Ministry says it is starting a new program to boost the nation’s defenses by offering military training to university student volunteers. Poland has been making efforts to increase its defense capabilities amid security concerns raised in the region by Russia’s military activity. It is upgrading its military equipment and increasing […]August 22, 2017StudentsNew Lawsuit Alleges Baylor Failures Under New Rape PoliciesWACO, Texas — A woman who reported that she’d been sexually assaulted filed a lawsuit Monday against Baylor University, alleging questions she faced from the university shifted blame away from her attacker toward her. The lawsuit filed in a Waco federal court on Monday alleges Baylor’s response to the attack violated federal Title IX laws […]August 22, 2017Faculty & StaffPennsylvania Professors Want to Revoke Trump Honorary DegreeBETHLEHEM, Pa. — Professors at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania have come out in support of a petition urging the school to revoke the honorary degree of President Donald Trump after he said both sides were to blame for the deadly White nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Kelly McCoy, a recent graduate of the private university […]August 22, 2017Leadership & PolicyWilliam Paterson University President to RetireWAYNE, N.J. — William Paterson University’s president is retiring. Kathleen Waldron announced on Tuesday she’ll step down in June, at the end of the 2017-18 academic year. She became the New Jersey school’s seventh president in 2010. Waldron says she’ll turn 70 in September 2018 and she hopes the advances she’s made will have a […]August 22, 2017Asian American Pacific Islander‘China Quarterly’ Editor Says Cambridge University Press to Restore ArticlesLONDON — The editor of “The China Quarterly” says Cambridge University Press has agreed to restore more than 300 politically sensitive articles that had been removed from the publisher’s website in China at the behest of authorities. Quarterly editor Tim Pringle told The Associated Press on Monday that the publisher agreed to repost the articles […]August 21, 2017StudentsLiberty University Grads Returning Diplomas to Protest FalwellLYNCHBURG, Va. — A small group of Liberty University graduates are planning to return their diplomas to the evangelical Virginia school as a rebuke of President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s latest show of unwavering support for Donald Trump. The Liberty alumni organized the “Return your diploma to LU group” on Facebook after Falwell, in tweets and […]August 21, 2017News RoundupCollege is Moving Confederate Memorial PlaqueBowdoin College is moving a Confederate memorial plaque from a school lobby to the archives and special collections of its library in the wake of deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. Bowdoin President Clayton Rose announced Saturday that the school has concluded that historical artifacts “directly tied to the leadership of a horrible ideology are […]August 20, 2017News RoundupCiting Trump Remarks, Entire President’s Arts Council QuitsNEW YORK — Another presidential advisory committee is breaking up. Actor Kal Penn, artist Chuck Close and the entire membership of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities have announced their resignation. A letter dated Friday, and signed by 16 of 17 committee members, cited the “false equivalence” of President Donald Trump’s comments […]August 20, 2017StudentsJudge Approves $250K Settlement for College Student’s DeathCLEMSON, S.C. — A judge has approved a $250,000 settlement between Clemson University and the family of a student who died during a fraternity pledge run nearly three years ago. Court records filed Thursday show Judge Robin Stilwell approved the deal reached earlier this month. Clemson promises to create a $50,000 endowment in Tucker Hipps’ […]August 17, 2017StudentsNo More Hawaiian Affairs Scholarships for Mainland CollegesHONOLULU — Scholarship money from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will only be going to students at the University of Hawaii system this academic year, officials said. The office gives $500,000 each year to Hawaiian students and could be used in the past by students to help pay for costs at mainland colleges, The Honolulu-Star […]August 16, 2017Previous PagePage 62 of 569Next Page