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Students Protest Racial Incidents at American University

WASHINGTON ― American University students are demanding the suspension of two White students accused of throwing a banana at a Black woman in a dorm this month. An interracial crowd of hundreds gathered Monday to demand changes. Another Black student on the same floor of the dorm, Neah Gray, tells media outlets that she found […]

Faculty & Staff

Audit: Iowa State University Tax Expert Used School for Personal Gain

AMES, Iowa ― Auditors say an agricultural law expert at Iowa State University collected $278,000 in speaking and consulting fees that should have been deposited with the school. A report issued Tuesday by the state auditor says Roger McEowen had a “clear conflict of interest” that university officials failed to recognize or manage for years. […]

Leadership & Policy

Texas Southmost College President Lily Tercero Fired

BROWNSVILLE, Texas ― The president of a South Texas community college has been fired amid issues with its vocational nursing program and a new windstorm insurance contract. Trustees of Texas Southmost College in Brownsville voted Monday to dismiss President Lily Tercero. The college earlier this year was put on “conditional approval status” by the Texas […]

Faculty & Staff

Pennsylvania Higher Ed System Seeks Mediator in Strike Talks

HARRISBURG, Pa. ― The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has asked the state’s labor board to appoint a fact finder to help in negotiations with a union representing faculty at 14 state universities, but the union contends the move is a delaying tactic. “We think it’s important to do everything we can to move […]

Florida Universities May Push for Summer Scholarships

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ― Florida’s state university system may ask legislators to expand the state’s popular Bright Futures scholarship program to cover summer courses. The Board of Governors plans to discuss this week whether to ask the Florida Legislature to set aside nearly $50 million so eligible students can use the scholarship for classes taken during […]

African-American

Manchester University Names Center after Activist Jean Childs Young

NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. ― Manchester University has announced it will name a $1 million intercultural center in memory of Jean Childs Young, an educator and human rights activist and the late wife of former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young. Young graduated from Manchester in 1954 and she served Manchester as a trustee from 1975 to 1979. […]

South Africa says OK to University Fee Hikes, Amid Protests

JOHANNESBURG ― South Africa’s government says universities in the country can increase fees by no more than 8 percent next year, despite student warnings that they would protest against any new hikes. Blade Nzimande, the education minister, said Monday that financial constraints make it impossible to provide free higher education, as some protesters have demanded. […]

College Credit Program Costing Ohio School Districts

COLUMBUS, Ohio ― A statewide program in Ohio that offers free college credit to middle- and high-schoolers may save parents and students money, but taxpayers in school districts will be left with the tab. The College Credit Plus program cost schools in the South-Western City School District in Columbus about $250,000 for the 2015-16 school […]

Faculty & Staff

Union for Faculty Remains at Odds with Pa. State Universities

A union representing faculty at 14 state universities remains at odds with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education over a new contract. The two sides have been unable to reach an agreement on salaries, health insurance and faculty workloads. The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties represents about 5,500 faculty and coaches […]

Mike Lonergan Out as George Washington University Coach after Investigation

WASHINGTON ― George Washington University has fired basketball coach Mike Lonergan. University provost Forrest Maltzman announced the move in a statement Saturday, which said Lonergan was no longer coach following an internal investigation. “The university has created and is committed to maintaining a community where all students, faculty and staff feel welcome and comfortable,” Maltzman […]

Ex-Berkeley Law School Dean Sues Over Sex Harassment Probe

SAN FRANCISCO ― The former dean of the University of California, Berkeley law school filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing school officials of singling him out because of his race for a second investigation of sexual harassment allegations. The University of California treated White faculty members and administrators found to have committed sexual misconduct more leniently […]

Faculty & Staff

University Teacher Lockout Ends; Contract Talks Continue

NEW YORK ― About 400 university faculty members who were locked out for 12 days over a bitterly contested contract went back to teaching on Thursday. The lockout action by Long Island University in Brooklyn that suddenly left professors without health insurance or access to email also deprived about 8,000 students of their teachers. The […]

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