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University of Wisconsin System’s Backlog of Repairs Hits $2B

MILWAUKEE ― The backlog of needed repairs in the University of Wisconsin System has grown to an estimated cost of $2 billion. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the system is asking for $713.3 million in the next two-year state budget, and also asking the state to give the Board of Regents authority to manage projects […]

Classes Resume at 14 Pennsylvania-owned Universities

HARRISBURG, Pa. ― Classes have resumed for more than 100,000 students who attend Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities. Classes resumed Monday after the union representing more than 5,000 faculty members and coaches reached a tentative contract agreement Friday with the State System of Higher Education. The new contract provides raises for all employees but also requires […]

LSU Establishes Legacy Scholarship Program

BATON ROUGE, La. ― As part of an effort to reconnect the LSU family, the LSU Board of Supervisors has approved the Louisiana Tiger Legacy Scholarship Program, which will begin with the summer/fall 2017 incoming class. The academic, merit-based scholarship will be awarded to incoming, full-time, Louisiana resident freshman or transfer students whose parent either […]

Delta State to Renovate Space-age Cafeteria for $9.2M

JACKSON, Miss. ― Delta State University will renovate its space-age cafeteria, meaning students will spend the 2017-2018 year eating meals in a temporary location. The College Board Thursday approved a $9.2 million renovation for the futurist Young-Mauldin Cafeteria, whose dome and angled windows look as if a flying saucer landed on the Cleveland campus. Work […]

Katy Perry Visits UNLV Dorms, Urges Students to Vote Clinton

LAS VEGAS ― UNLV students relaxing in their dorms got an unexpected knock on their doors Saturday afternoon from Katy Perry, who was roaming the halls and drumming up support for Hillary Clinton on the first day of early voting in Nevada. The singer famous for songs like “Teenage Dream” and “Waking up in Vegas” […]

Immigration Status Serves as Barrier for Some Students

SANTA FE, N.M. ― Some students say they’re losing out despite a New Mexico law that allows them in-state tuition at public colleges or universities and state-funded financial aid regardless of their immigration status. The law has been in effect for 11 years but New Mexico’s public universities and colleges operate independently from one another […]

South African Student Leader Injured in Protest

JOHANNESBURG ― The student council at a leading South African university says a student leader was hit multiple times in the back by police rubber bullets during a protest for free education. The council at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg said on Twitter that Shaeera Kalla, a former council head, was being treated […]

Strike Enters 2nd Day at 14 Pennsylvania State Universities

HARRISBURG, Pa. ― Professors at 14 Pennsylvania state universities are expected to hit the picket lines again Thursday as their strike enters its second day. Members of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties went on strike at 5 a.m. Wednesday after contract negotiations with the state stalled. The union represents more than […]

Leadership & Policy

Citing Concerns, Board to Audit Iowa State President’s Flights

IOWA CITY, Iowa ― Iowa State University’s governing board ordered an audit Thursday of every flight President Steven Leath has taken on school airplanes, and its leader said some of the trips appear “questionable at best.” In a rare rebuke of an ally, Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter said during a meeting at the […]

Harvard Graduate Students Reach Deal to Vote on Unionization

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Graduate students at Harvard University are organizing an election to decide whether to unionize. A group of graduate students reached an agreement with Harvard’s administration on Tuesday to hold an election on Nov. 16 and 17. The vote will allow Harvard’s 3,500 teaching and research assistants to decide whether they will be […]

Ex-Wichita State University Worker Files Discrimination Suit

WICHITA, Kan. ― A former Wichita State University administrative assistant filed a federal lawsuit accusing the university of discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Vicki Huntoon said in the lawsuit that she was fired from the university because of her generalized anxiety disorder after two doctors diagnosed the disorder and she requested to work […]

University of Michigan to Get $27M for Robotics Research

DETROIT ― The University of Michigan is set to receive $27 million from a Chinese investment firm to aid in the institution’s driverless vehicle and robotics research. U-M President Mark Schlissel and Vice President for Research S. Jack Hu signed a memorandum of understanding on Saturday in Shenzhen, China, with Frontt Capital Management Ltd. Schlissel […]

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