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Texts, Online Ads in Store for Ohio’s Coveted College Voters

COLUMBUS, Ohio ― Progressive groups say reaching college voters in Ohio with text messages, digital ads and “fun” events will be part of a massive voter turnout effort in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. A coalition including the AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, NextGen Climate and Planned Parenthood Votes announced its plans for […]

Attorney Gets Prison Time After Stashing $234K from Sorority

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― A South Carolina lawyer has been given a six-month prison sentence after stashing hundreds of thousands of dollars in a shoebox as part of a scam involving a $14 million sorority house at the University of Alabama. News outlets report that 40-year-old Jennifer Elizabeth Meehan of Sandy Springs, South Carolina, was also […]

Leadership & Policy

Iowa State Spent $290,000 to Upgrade Airplane that was Sold

AMES, Iowa ― Iowa State University is defending its decision to spend $290,000 upgrading an airplane that it sold one year later. The university disclosed Tuesday that it installed a new avionics system in its 1977 King Air 200 in January 2013. University spokeswoman Megan Landolt said the school determined a year later that it […]

South African Police Use Stun Grenades on Student Protesters

CAPE TOWN, South Africa ― South African police have used stun grenades to disperse student protesters outside parliament, where the finance minister was giving a budget speech. Hundreds of protesters had marched to the parliament building in Cape Town on Wednesday to call for free university education. They burned what they said was a mock […]

University of Washington Gets $210M from Gates Foundation

SEATTLE ― The University of Washington is getting $210 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help build a new facility to advance efforts to improve the health and well-being of people around the world, officials said Tuesday. The donation from the largest private foundation in the world, located just miles from the […]

Williston State Expanding Free Tuition Effort to Montana

BISMARCK, N.D. ― A small two-year college in northwestern North Dakota that offers free tuition to high-school graduates in the area is expanding the effort to Montana. Williston State College began the program two years ago in Williams County to increase the number of professionals such as nurses and accountants in the booming oil patch. […]

Leadership & Policy

New Kennesaw State President to Receive Big Step Up in Salary

KENNESAW, Ga. ― The new president of Kennesaw State University is in line for a major salary increase. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens’ base annual salary will nearly triple when he becomes the university’s president next month. According to a proposal sent to him Monday by the University System of […]

College of Southern Idaho Settles VP’s Lawsuit for $650K

TWIN FALLS, Idaho ― The College of Southern Idaho has agreed to pay a former vice president $650,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit. The Times-News reports in a story on Tuesday that the settlement with Edit Szanto was made through the college’s insurer, the Idaho Counties Risk Management Program. The college in a statement denies […]

Harvard Reaches Tentative Deal with Striking Dining Workers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Harvard University says it has reached a tentative labor agreement with its striking cafeteria workers. The school announced Tuesday that it agreed to a five-year contract with the labor union representing Harvard’s 750 dining workers. University officials declined to provide details about the deal, which must be approved by members of the […]

South Africa’s Universities Described as Inefficient

JOHANNESBURG ― A South African official is describing the country’s protest-hit universities as inefficient, saying the student body of one million includes several hundred thousand who are performing poorly and languishing in the system. Statistician-General Pali Lehohla’s comments on Tuesday about universities that receive some state funding follow student demonstrations for free education that have […]

Harvard Students Lead Sit-in to Back Striking Dining Workers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Students at Harvard University are staging a campus sit-in to support the school’s striking cafeteria workers. Dozens of students walked out of classes on Monday and marched to a nearby building where Harvard officials and a labor union for campus dining workers have been in negotiations. The students said they refuse to […]

‘Jackie’ Says She Felt Pressure to be in Rolling Stone Story

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― The woman whose harrowing account of being raped at the University of Virginia was the centerpiece of a now-discredited Rolling Stone magazine article said that she felt pressured to participate in the story and became scared in the weeks leading up its publication when she realized it may be too late to […]

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