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LGBTQ+
U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms
The Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping directive telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity. A letter to school districts will go out Friday, adding to a highly charged debate over transgender rights in the middle of the administration’s […]
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Leadership & Policy
CUNY’s Frank Sanchez Named President of Rhode Island College
WARWICK, R.I. ― Rhode Island College has a new president. Frank Sanchez, vice chancellor for student affairs at the City University of New York, was named Rhode Island College’s 10th president after a vote Wednesday by the Council on Postsecondary Education, The Providence Journal reported. He is expected to start his new job in the […]
News Roundup
Billionaire Gives $200M to USC for Cancer Research
LOS ANGELES ― Oracle founder Larry Ellison has donated $200 million to the University of Southern California to fund a cancer research center, matching the largest single donation ever received by the school. The Los Angeles Times reports the university announced Ellison’s gift Wednesday. The money will fund the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative […]
Students
Coalition for Graduate Students Sues University of Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― A coalition elected to represent graduate students in collective bargaining at the University of Missouri filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking university officials to recognize it as a bargaining unit. In a lawsuit filed in Boone County Circuit Court, the Coalition of Graduate Workers, which is affiliated with the Missouri National Education Association, […]
Leadership & Policy
Regents Approve Early Retirement for Embattled Chancellor
LAS VEGAS ― Nevada higher education regents approved an early retirement deal Thursday for Chancellor Dan Klaich after he said his role in developing a new college funding formula with lawmakers a few years ago has become a distraction. Regents poured out praise for Klaich during a special board meeting, saying they were reluctantly approving […]
Students
High-tech Devices Take Cheating to New Level in Thai Schools
BANGKOK ― Glasses with embedded cameras and smartwatches with stored information seem like regular spy equipment for the likes of James Bond, but for three students applying to medical school in Thailand, they were high-technology cheating devices. Bangkok’s Rangsit University canceled its examinations on Saturday and Sunday for admission to its medical and dental faculties […]
Students
UNC President on LBGT Law: Colleges Can’t Run Without Fed Funds
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― Leaders of North Carolina’s public universities met Tuesday to grapple with a looming threat that the federal government could withhold billions of dollars if the state loses a legal battle over transgender students and bathrooms. A North Carolina law adopted in March requires transgender people to use the bathroom or locker […]
Students
University Panel Adopts Expanded Student-athlete Protections
SAN FRANCISCO ― A policy that would nearly triple the number of University of California student-athletes guaranteed continued financial aid in the event of a career-ending sports injury received unanimous approval Wednesday from a committee of the university’s governing board. The proposal came from a working group of UC athletic directors tasked with making recommendations […]
Leadership & Policy
Jenkins Named West Virginia State President
INSTITUTE, W.Va. ― Anthony L. Jenkins has been named the 11th president of West Virginia State University. The university Board of Governors announced his selection Tuesday. He’ll take over for Brian Hemphill on July 1. Hemphill is leaving to become president of Radford University in July. Jenkins is an Army veteran and native of Washington, […]
Women
Paid Parental Leave But No Union for Columbia Grad Students
NEW YORK ― Graduate students who teach and conduct research at Columbia University will get paid parental leave and child-care subsidies starting next fall. Organizers of a drive to unionize Columbia graduate students said they welcomed the new benefits but urged the university to recognize their union. Provost John H. Coatsworth announced new benefits policy […]
Sports
New Montana State Athletic Director Backs Out of Job
BOZEMAN, Mont. ― The deputy athletic director at the University of Utah, who last week was named athletic director at Montana State University, has backed out of the job. MSU President Waded Cruzado said Kyle Brennan told her Monday that taking the job “didn’t feel right.” Brennan issued a statement Tuesday saying that soon after […]
Leadership & Policy
UW System President: Tenure Shouldn’t Guarantee Lifetime Job
MADISON, Wis. ― University of Wisconsin System president praised the decision to remove faculty tenure protections from state law in a recently released email to another university official. The Capital Times reported Monday that President Ray Cross sent an email to John Behling, the regent who led the process to write new tenure policies that […]
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