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News Roundup: Page 299
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Iowa Lawsuit Pits Gay Rights Against Religious Freedom
DES MOINES, Iowa— The University of Iowa is caught up in a legal fight with a conservative Christian student group that denied a leadership position to a student who is gay. The case pits a university policy barring discrimination based on sexual orientation against the religious beliefs of a 10-member group called Business Leaders in […]
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IU Southeast Starts Program for STEM Teachers
NEW ALBANY, Ind. — A university in southeast Indiana has received a $240,000 grant to help local educators update their science, technology, engineering and math courses to meet requirement changes. Indiana University Southeast’s two-year grant is from the Indiana Commission on Higher Learning, the News and Tribune reported . The university has created a program […]
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University to Review Conservative Speaker Appearance
STORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut is reviewing plans by a Republican student group to bring in a well-known conservative speaker, two months after a speech by another right-wing pundit led to the arrests of him and a protester. UConn’s College Republicans are again sponsoring the talk, this time by Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of […]
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Florida Poised to Honor Famed Educator With Statue in DC
Florida appears poised to replace the statue of a Confederate general with famed educator Mary McLeod Bethune.
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Charges: Columbia U. Exec Took Kickbacks, Gave Financial Aid
NEW YORK — A former Columbia University financial aid official pocketed at least $350,000 by carrying out a decades-long scheme that dished out hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial aid in exchange for kickbacks from three students, authorities said in court papers released Thursday after the four women were arrested. Melanie Williams-Bethea, director of […]
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Panel Backs University’s Handling of Misconduct Complaints
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A special committee has found that the University of Rochester properly dealt with sexual misconduct allegations against a professor and did not retaliate against faculty who brought the complaints. The committee led by former U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White released the results of a three-month investigation Thursday. The probe was undertaken by […]
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Iowa State’s Push to Ban Marijuana Shirt Leads to Huge Costs
IOWA CITY — Iowa State University’s unconstitutional crackdown on a pro-marijuana student group’s T-shirts will cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal costs, according to a partial settlement approved Tuesday. The State Appeal Board voted to pay $150,000 in damages to two leaders of the university chapter of the National Organization for the […]
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Arthur Miller Archive Going to University of Texas Library
AUSTIN, Texas — The archives of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller, which shed light on seven decades of his works, will be going on display at the University of Texas. A university spokesman said Wednesday that the Harry Ransom Center humanities library paid $2.7 million for records beginning with 1936’s “No Villain,” which Miller […]
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VP for Human Resources at Southern Placed on Leave Amid Sexual Assault Allegations
The Southern University System—the five-campus public university with campuses spread across the state of Louisiana—has placed its associate vice president for human resources on paid leave, pending an investigation into sexual assault allegations by a former employee, the university announced The action taken by Southern late last week, was elevated by virtue of it coming […]
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University of Missouri Officials Still Push for Diversity
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — University of Missouri officials say the Columbia campus still has a ways to go in hiring diverse faculty despite recent improvement. The Columbia Missourian reports that System President Mun Choi and University of Missouri Chancellor Alexander Cartwright spoke Monday at a hearing of the Missouri House Special Committee on Urban Issues. […]
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Campus Sued Over Security Cost for White Nationalist’s Visit
CINCINNATI — White nationalist Richard Spencer’s campus tour organizer is suing the University of Cincinnati’s president, saying the school wouldn’t rent space for Spencer to speak on campus unless a nearly $11,000 security fee was paid. An attorney for Spencer and tour organizer Cameron Padgett said requiring such payment because a speaker is controversial or […]
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Mississippi University for Women Leader to Step Down in June
COLUMBUS, Miss. – The president of one of Mississippi’s eight public universities plans to step down in June. Jim Borsig announced his departure from the Mississippi University for Women on Monday at an on-campus meeting. The 61-year-old Borsig says in a letter that he and his wife will move to Maine but maintain their ties […]
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