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Kansas Dean who was Target of Student Protests Resigns

LAWRENCE, Kan. ― The embattled dean of the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare is resigning to return to the faculty. Paul Smokowski says he is resigning because of declining finances for the program and his desire to do more research. The Lawrence Journal-World reports student protesters have demanded Somokowski’s resignation, citing inequities within […]

Professor Accused of Sexual Harassment to Return to UCLA

LOS ANGELES ― Students, faculty and others demonstrated at the University of California, Los Angeles, against a settlement that will allow the return of a history professor who was accused of sexual harassment. More than 75 people rallied Wednesday against the decision involving Mideast specialist Gabriel Piterberg, who was accused by two female graduate students, […]

Kappa Sigma Chapter Sues Purdue University Over Sanctions

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― Purdue University is being sued by its Kappa Sigma chapter over allegations that the school unfairly sanctioned the campus fraternity following an incident involving an underage student’s alcohol consumption. The lawsuit filed last Friday in Tippecanoe Circuit Court alleges that the university didn’t allow the fraternity to fully defend itself against […]

Senate Panel Moves to Strip UT Diversity Funding

A panel of state lawmakers voted Wednesday to strip state funding from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s diversity office following months of outrage from Republican lawmakers over two controversial posts on the office’s website. The Senate Education Committee was reviewing the University of Tennessee system budget proposed by Gov. Bill Haslam when Sen. Delores Gresham, the committee chairwoman, proposed an amendment that […]

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U. of Southern Indiana Dental Students Provide Free Services to Veterans

EVANSVILLE, Ind. ― Larry Gries joked that a few years ago, he was the University of Southern Indiana dental hygiene students’ guinea pig. Once Gries, 67, retired from being a student housing mail man for USI, he started taking advantage of the dental program’s services. On Monday morning, Gries was one of 36 veterans signed […]

Data Breach Targets Illinois State University Payroll

NORMAL, Ill. ― An apparent information breach at Illinois State University allowed someone to divert the direct-deposit payroll payments of more than a dozen faculty and staff members to another account, according to university officials. The breach appears to be limited to 13 of the school’s employees, and it involved a total of about $50,000, […]

Falling Lottery Sales Pinch College Scholarships in 8 States

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ― The ticket-buying frenzy that erupted over January’s $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot wasn’t enough to reverse a long-running trend: Proceeds from lottery games aren’t keeping pace with the higher education costs they were supposed to pay. Now lawmakers in at least eight states have made or are considering making dramatic cuts to scholarship […]

No Charges for Students Behind Racial Slurs at Texas A&M

COLLEGE STATION, Texas ― No charges will be filed after an incident at Texas A&M University in which Black high school students touring campus reported being subjected to racial slurs and taunts, the university said Wednesday. University police said in a statement that they closed their investigation into the Feb. 9 incident after interviewing several […]

Bowie State University Leads the Pack for HBCU LGBTQ Inclusion and Diversity

HRC Foundation is pleased to announce that Bowie State University is the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to have a Queer Cultural Studies course approved. This is not the first time that Bowie State University has been at the forefront of LGBTQ inclusion and equality within a HBCU. The school was also the […]

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Transgender Student Elated Governor Vetoed Bill

PIERRE, S.D. ― A transgender high school student in Sioux Falls says that he’s elated that Gov. Dennis Daugaard vetoed a bill that would have required transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their sex at birth. Thomas Lewis says he’s had a lot of support at Lincoln High School. But he says […]

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UC Davis Chancellor Quits For-profit College Board

DAVIS, Calif. ― The chancellor of the University of California, Davis has resigned from the board of a for-profit college company that the Federal Trade Commission is suing for deceptive advertising. The Sacramento Bee reports that UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi quit a $70,000 a year post with DeVry Education Group on Tuesday under pressure […]

Agency Probes Notre Dame for Possible Title IX Violations

SOUTH BEND, Ind. ― The University of Notre Dame is among more than 165 colleges under federal investigation for possible violations of Title IX, a gender-equity law, related to sexual violence on campus. As of Feb. 24, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights was investigating 208 cases for issues of sexual violence […]

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