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Institutions Turning to Holistic Alcohol Policies

In an effort to combat issues with underage and high-risk drinking on campus, institutions have rolled out new alcohol policies.

Faculty & Staff

Professors Locked Out of Classrooms Over Labor Dispute

NEW YORK ― Students at the New York City campus of Long Island University say they have begun the school year with classes being taught by replacement teachers of questionable quality after the administration locked out their regular professors as part of a bitter labor dispute. About 400 full-time and adjunct members of the faculty […]

NCAA President Mark Emmert: We Won’t Push ACC on Bathroom Law

NCAA President Mark Emmert says it is up to the Atlantic Coast Conference to decide whether it wants to follow the association’s lead and pull events out of North Carolina because of a state law that limits anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people. In an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, Emmert said the association expects […]

Western Kentucky University Investigating Racial Incidents on Campus

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. ― Officials at Western Kentucky University are investigating after someone slipped a statement under an assistant dean’s office door, attacking her race. WKU Provost David Lee told the Bowling Green Daily News Monday that Assistant Dean Michelle Jones of the University College recently found the statement in her South Campus office. He […]

Faculty & Staff

Faculty Vote to Call Strike at 14 Pennsylvania Universities

HARRISBURG, Pa. ― Faculty members at Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities have voted to call for a strike, but the union representing them said Monday they’ll keep working with the state system to resolve their disagreements, calling a strike a “last resort.” Over 90 percent of union faculty members who voted favored authorizing a strike, the […]

South Carolina School Says Open Records Request will Cost $250K

CHARLESTON, S.C. ― A South Carolina medical school and research hospital says it will cost most than a quarter million dollars to fulfill a newspaper’s open records request into allegations that two students cheated on exams. The Post and Courier reports an attorney for the Medical University of South Carolina told the paper it could […]

University of Oregon Removing Klan-affiliated Name from Building

The University of Oregon’s board of trustees has voted to remove the name of a classics professor from a student dormitory on campus because of his affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan.

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Higher Ed Gets Opportunity to Benchmark Diversity

The Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmark tool — also known as the GDIB — is being made available for the first time in its 10-year history to colleges and universities.

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Faculty & Staff

Court Orders Board to Probe Professor’s Complaint About Dues

The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board erred when it refused to investigate a college professor’s complaint involving the use of teacher union dues to promote the candidacy of Gov. Tom Wolf, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. State law prohibits public employee unions from using union funds to support political candidates. Mary Trometter, an assistant professor […]

Tribal Culture, Oil Access Collide in North Dakota

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters, who have been protesting the construction of the pipeline daily, are attempting to peacefully stop the bulldozing of the site.

Ky. Attorney General Intervenes in University Suit Against School Paper

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― Kentucky’s attorney general has ratcheted up his dispute with the state’s flagship university in an open-records case that spurred the school to sue its campus newspaper after it asked for investigative documents pertaining to a professor under investigation for alleged sexual harassment. In the latest twist, Attorney General Andy Beshear said Wednesday […]

2 Laid-off ITT Educational Employees File Federal Lawsuit

CARMEL, Ind. ― Two employees laid off by the parent company of for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute have filed a lawsuit claiming the company violated federal law by not providing 60 days’ notice. Allen Federman, a business analyst at ITT Educational Services Inc.’s Carmel, Indiana, headquarters, and Steve Ryan, an instructor at two ITT […]

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