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Report: Losses Mount at Bethune-Cookman University

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A historically Black university in Florida is dealing with mounting financial problems. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Sunday a review of tax documents showed annual losses at Bethune-Cookman University have climbed over a three-year period from $254,000 to $17.8 million. The paper said that tax returns show that salaries are increasing […]

Ex-Florida State Star Myron Rolle Ready to Begin Med School Residency

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Myron Rolle has accomplished many things on and off the field. His biggest ones, though, might still be coming up. Rolle’s dream of becoming a doctor came to fruition on May 20 when he graduated from Florida State’s College of Medicine. The former All-American safety and Rhodes Scholar has not had much […]

Faculty & Staff

N.J. College: Professor Fired for Racially Insensitive Remarks

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey community college has fired an adjunct professor after officials say she made racially insensitive comments on Fox News. Essex County College’s president announced the decision Friday, two weeks after Lisa Durden’s appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” College officials said they received complaints about Durden’s interview with Carlson. Durden, who […]

Professor: North Korea Detainee Got What He ‘Deserved’

WILMINGTON, Del. — The University of Delaware is distancing itself from comments made by an adjunct professor after she said a college student who died after being held by North Korea “got exactly what he deserved.” The Wilmington News Journal reports that anthropology professor Kathy Dettwyler said on her personal Facebook page that Otto Warmbier […]

Community Colleges

Mississippi’s Largest Community College Warned by Accreditor

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s largest community college has been put on warning by its accrediting body, which cited financial problems and other issues. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, in a statement Friday, said that Hinds Community College was sanctioned because it’s violating accrediting rules related to a sound financial base […]

Texas Ex-track Coach’s Discrimination Lawsuit Can Go Forward

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday refused to block a sex and race discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Texas by former women’s track coach Bev Kearney, who was forced out after the school learned of a romantic relationship with one of her athletes a decade earlier. Kearney’s lawsuit claims that […]

University of Missouri Revokes Bill Cosby’s Honorary Degree

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has voted unanimously to revoke an honorary degree it granted to Bill Cosby. University system President Mun Choi recommended that the board strip the comedian of a doctorate in humane letters he received in 1999. Choi cited allegations from several women that Cosby sexually assaulted […]

Lawsuit by Student Whose Rape Charge Got Dismissed Approved

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A federal judge says a lawsuit brought by a student expelled from a Sioux Falls university for an alleged sexual assault that was later dismissed can move forward. Koh Evan Tsuruta is seeking unspecified damages from Augustana University for loss of educational opportunities, emotional injury and loss of future income. He […]

Asian American Pacific Islander

Father of Missing Chinese Scholar: ‘Give My Daughter Back’

URBANA, Ill. — The father of a visiting Chinese scholar missing from the University of Illinois made an emotional appeal on Thursday for his 26-year-old child’s safe return, saying in an interview: “Give my daughter back.” Yingying Zhang was last seen on a surveillance video getting into a black Saturn Astra in Urbana on the […]

Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bill on Campus Free Speech

MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin students who repeatedly disrupt campus speakers or presentations could be suspended or expelled under a Republican-backed bill the state Assembly passed Wednesday. The measure, approved on a 61-36 vote Wednesday night with no Democrats in support, is the latest salvo in the national push among some conservatives to crack […]

Auditor Faults Penn State’s Tuition Hikes, Admissions Record

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Penn State University needs to do more to address its “skyrocketing” tuition rates and spiking enrollment of out-of-state and international students, compared to in-state student enrollment, the state’s elected fiscal watchdog said in a report Thursday. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said tuition at the massive university system has jumped by more than […]

Missouri Governor Signs Bill on College Police Training

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Aspiring Missouri college police officers will face the same training as other future cops under a bill signed by the governor. Republican Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday signed the legislation. Current law calls for at least 320 hours of training for college police compared to at least 470 hours for most […]

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