News Roundup: Page 69

Several North Carolina Fraternity Chapters Tied to Federal Drug Bust

Twenty-one people have been charged with dealing drugs on and around college campuses after a multi-year federal investigation uncovered a drug ring involving students at three North Carolina universities, CNN reported. U.S. Attorney Matthew Martin said that those arrested were accused of dealing drugs in and around the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Duke University […]

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Joe Biden Nominates Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior

President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico to be United States Secretary of the Interior, NPR reported. As a member of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, Haaland would become the first Native American to have a cabinet secretary role amid a Senate confirmation. Biden’s transition team described her as a […]

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Former NSU Associate VP for Human Resources Sues School for Age and Sex-Based Discrimination

The city of Richmond’s interim director of human resources is suing Norfolk State University for age and sex-based discrimination and demanding a jury trial, The Virginian-Pilot reported. The Nov. 12 district court lawsuit was filed on behalf of Mona Adkins-Easley, 65, former NSU associate vice president for human resources, who became Richmond’s interim director in […]

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University of Evansville Faculty Senate Votes “No Confidence” to Controversial Academic Plan

The University of Evansville’s Faculty Senate voted “no confidence” to a controversial draft plan that would remove 17 majors and a quarter of faculty, Courier & Press reported. The resolution passed 14-1 with one abstention. It now goes to a full faculty vote. The draft academic realignment plan, introduced by UE President Christopher Pietruszkiewicz, will […]

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North Carolina Environmental Chief Michael S. Regan Tapped to Lead EPA

President-elect Joe Biden has picked North Carolina environmental chief Michael S. Regan as his Environmental Protection Agency head, News & Record reported. Regan – who has led North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality since 2017 – is known for “pursuing cleanups of industrial toxins and helping low-income and minority communities hit hardest by pollution,” News […]

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USD School of Law Taps Equity-Minded Emory Professor as Next Dean

An Emory University law professor praised for both his legal scholarship and commitment to diversity has been appointed dean of the University of San Diego School of Law, “a program that ranks high nationally in the scholarly impact of its professors,” reports The San Diego Union-Tribune. Robert Schapiro will take up the post in January, […]

Universities Allege Increase in Academic Dishonesty Amid Pandemic

With exams being held online, Texas A&M University faculty have reported heightened concerns of student cheating “on a very large scale,” reports The Texas Tribune. According to faculty, some students have answered online test questions faster than they can possibly read them and other faculty had discovered entire exams posted to the textbook rental and […]

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University of Mississippi Fires Vocal History Professor, Prompts Boycott from Scholars

University of Mississippi has fired Dr. Garrett Felber, a vocal tenure-track assistant professor of history whose work centers on the U.S. prison system, Mississippi Free Press reported. Many notable scholars have since pledged to boycott involvement with UM and called for his reinstatement. “We collectively pledge to refuse all invitations to speak at, conduct professional […]

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Senators Introduce “Bill of Rights” to Give College Athletes More Freedoms

Sens. Cory Booker and Richard Blumenthal have introduced legislation that would drastically increase the rights of college athletes, USA Today reported. The 61-page “College Athletes Bill of Rights,” “backs those changes with a variety of enforcement provisions that would be directed by a commission whose governing board would be appointed by the President and have […]

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TMCF Receives $5 Million to Fund Need-Based HBCU Scholarship Program

Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has received $5 million from philanthropist Stephen Feinberg’s charitable foundation to fund a scholarship program for students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black institutions (PBIs). The Stephen Feinberg Scholarship Program will give need-based scholarships to students at these institutions who are facing financial hardships. Feinberg is […]

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Supreme Court Takes Up Long-Running NCAA Dispute Over Student-Athlete Compensation

The Supreme Court will take up a dispute between the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and a group of student-athletes who say the NCAA’s restrictions on education-related compensation violate federal antitrust law, reports CBS News. The court agreed on Wednesday to consider the appeal, which was filed by the NCAA after the 9th U.S. Circuit […]

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Two Universities Receive $50,000 Grants To Strengthen Community Partnerships

The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Virginia Commonwealth University plan to strengthen partnerships with community stakeholders after becoming the first cohort of universities to receive $50,000 grants from The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU). The awards, known as Collaborative Opportunity Grants, are part of APLU […]

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