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State University System Wants to Reach Union Deal at Table

HARRISBURG, Pa. ― The chancellor of the state higher education system says it rejected a union proposal to have a third party outline mandatory contract terms because the system’s negotiators remain dedicated to reaching a deal at the bargaining table. “That’s the way the process is supposed to play out,” state system Chancellor Frank Brogan […]

South Africa’s Zuma says Protests Put Universities in Peril

JOHANNESBURG ― Recent violent protests at some South African universities have caused about $44 million in property damage and threaten to sabotage the country’s system of higher education, President Jacob Zuma said Monday. Zuma spoke at a national education forum as the University of Cape Town re-opened despite some disruptions by students who said they […]

Native Americans

University of Arkansas to Study Native American Remains

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ― The University of Arkansas System has been awarded nearly $60,000 in federal funds to aid the study of at least 345 sets of American Indian human remains in its possession. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the National Park Service’s award was announced last week. The grant money will be used for […]

University of Missouri’s Kappa Alpha Fraternity Temporarily Suspended

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri-Columbia says it has temporarily suspended a fraternity after a hazing incident. The university on Monday announced the action against the Kappa Alpha fraternity but provided no details about the alleged hazing that occurred last week. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the action comes after police investigated a […]

Ga. Attorney General Sam Olens Seeking Kennesaw State Presidency

ATLANTA ― Attorney General Sam Olens will interview this week to become president of Kennesaw State University, according to Georgia’s top higher education official. University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby said in a letter sent Monday to students and faculty of Georgia’s third-largest university that a committee of the university system’s governing Board of […]

Sen. Ayotte’s Campaign Hands Out Condoms at College Campuses

CONCORD, N.H. ― Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s campaign is highlighting a birth control bill she sponsored by handing out free condoms on college campuses. The campaign recently distributed signs to students promoting her campaign that say “FREE CONDOMS” in bold letters. The signs, which are being set up next to tables where potential voters […]

Supreme Court Rejects NCAA Appeal of O’Bannon Case

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the NCAA’s appeal of the Ed O’Bannon case, leaving in place lower court rulings that found amateurism rules for big-time college basketball and football players violated federal antitrust law. The justices on Monday rejected the appeal in a class-action lawsuit originally filed by O’Bannon, a former UCLA basketball […]

CIAA Keeps Basketball Tournaments in Charlotte

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, overwhelmingly comprised of historically Black colleges and universities, announced Friday that it will not move its basketball championship tournaments from Charlotte, North Carolina next February in the wake of a state law that restricts the rights of LGBT people. Stating that “relocation would not be in the best interest” of […]

2 North Carolina A&T Students Dead after Shooting

GREENSBORO, N.C. ― Two students at North Carolina A&T State University are dead after being shot at a campus-area house party. Greensboro Police Department officers responded to a report of shots fired early Sunday and found two injured students at the scene. Both victims died Sunday morning. They were identified as Alisia Dieudonne, a sophomore […]

Egyptian Lawmaker’s Call for Virginity Tests Draws Fire

CAIRO ― A women’s rights group has filed a legal complaint against an Egyptian lawmaker who called for mandatory virginity tests for women seeking university admission, the Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper reported Sunday. It quoted Maya Morsi, head of the state-sanctioned National Council for Women, as saying the complaint demands the expulsion from parliament of Ilhami […]

Missouri Fraternity Suspended Over Reports of Racial Slurs

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri temporarily suspended a fraternity on Wednesday over accusations of racial slurs directed toward black students, in the latest incident of racial tension that has roiled the campus for nearly a year. The university action followed the national organization of Delta Upsilon fraternity, which suspended the chapter earlier on […]

Student Protests at Mugabe-attended Zimbabwe Graduation

HARARE, Zimbabwe ― Witnesses say a student has been whisked away by unknown people for protesting during a University of Zimbabwe graduation ceremony featuring President Robert Mugabe. An Associated Press photographer covering Thursday’s event says the graduating student held a placard complaining about joblessness in the country. Such stunts have become common at graduation ceremonies […]

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