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Rivier University Continues Job Guarantee Program for Second Year

NASHUA, N.H. — New Hampshire’s Rivier University is continuing with its promise to graduates that they will find employment nine months after graduation. The university’s Employment Promise Program, now i its second year, promises full-time undergraduate students that they will land a job within nine months of graduation. If not, the school will either pay […]

Texas Lawmakers Want A&M to Block White Nationalist Rally

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M University has criticized the views of a White nationalist who is planning a “White lives matter” rally on campus next month, but lawmakers in the state Legislature are calling on the school to go farther and block the event entirely. A&M spokeswoman Amy Smith told The Battalion student newspaper […]

Louisville Appeals ‘Draconian’ NCAA Penalties in Escort Case

Louisville said the NCAA “abused” its authority when it disciplined the school for a sex scandal that could result in the loss of its 2013 national basketball championship. The school also said in a 68-page appeal released Friday that the governing body imposed “draconian” penalties and ignored the school’s self-imposed discipline. Louisville banned itself from […]

3 Dead, Dozens Injured, Amid Violent White Nationalist Rally

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.–A car rammed into a crowd of protesters and a state police helicopter crashed into the woods Saturday as tension boiled over at a white supremacist rally. The violent day left three dead, dozens injured and this usually quiet college town a bloodied symbol of the nation’s roiling racial and political divisions. The chaos […]

Florida University Suspends Fraternity Amid Rape Allegations

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida university has suspended a fraternity after a woman said she was raped during a party. Officials at the University of Central Florida sent letters to Alpha Tau Omega, accusing the fraternity of lying after the woman reported the rape to police last month. It’s unclear whether she’s a student. An […]

Idaho State University President to Retire Next Year

POCATELLO, Idaho — Idaho State University President Arthur Vailas says he will retire next summer after more than a decade at the school. Vailas made the announcement Wednesday during a monthly meeting of the Idaho State Board of Education. The announcement came just three days after the university’s football booster club announced it would withhold […]

Enrollment Drop Forces College to Close Undergrad Programs

DETROIT — A liberal arts school in Detroit is shutting down its undergraduate programs next year due to declining enrollment. Marygrove College officials say Wednesday that beginning in January only master’s degree programs will be offered. President Elizabeth Burns says “vigorous marketing and recruitment efforts have failed to provide sufficient revenue from our undergraduate programs […]

DeVos Says She Should Have Decried Racism More

WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is distancing herself from earlier comments about the nation’s historically black colleges and universities being pioneers of school choice. In an interview with The Associated Press, she acknowledges that in the past “racism was rampant and there were no choices” for African-Americans in higher education. DeVos alienated many African-Americans […]

Mississippi College President Retiring After 15 Years

CLINTON, Miss. — Mississippi College’s president plans to retire in May. Dr. Lee Royce said in a statement that he announced his plans to trustees Monday, later sending a message to faculty, staff and students. Royce has led Mississippi College, a 5,200-student Baptist institution since 2002. Earlier, he was president of Anderson University in South […]

Virginia Union University Announces New President

Virginia Union University named Dr. Hakim J. Lucas as its 13th president in an announcement Tuesday afternoon. “Throughout the search process, Dr. Lucas impressed the committee with his clear vision for liberal arts education and creating an enhanced student experience,” said W. Franklyn Richardson, chairman of VUU’s Board of Trustees, in a news release. “He […]

Duke University President: Diversity Forces New View of Problems

DURHAM — As questions about the Trump administration’s direction on race and college admissions swirled this week, the new president of Duke University said his tenure would seek to expand diversity at the elite private campus while preserving fairness. Diversity of views and knowledge is fundamental to higher education’s task of pushing the limits of […]

Northwestern Professor, Oxford Staffer Jailed in Stabbing

SAN FRANCISCO — Far from their prestigious campuses, a Northwestern University professor and a University of Oxford finance officer were jailed in the San Francisco area over the weekend, after eight days as fugitives sought in the death of a young hairdresser in Chicago stabbed repeatedly until the knife broke, police said. The Northwestern microbiologist, […]

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