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2 Army ROTC Leaders Removed from N.Y. State College’s Program

BROCKPORT, N.Y. ― The two top Army ROTC leaders at a New York state college have been removed from their positions after a physical training session sent 12 students enrolled in the program to local hospitals. Officials at The College at Brockport say Lt. Col. Christopher D. Bringer and Master Sgt. Mark E. Breyak are […]

December 3, 2015

More Federal Loan Debt Forgiven for Corinthian Students

WASHINGTON ― The government is erasing the loan debt of more than 7,000 former students of the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges ― totaling over $100 million, but still representing a tiny fraction of a federal debt-forgiveness program that could run well into the billions of dollars. The Education Department announced Thursday that it has approved a […]

December 3, 2015

LIZETTE V. RIVERA

LIZETTE V. RIVERA has been appointed director of diversity, inclusion and student activities at Westfield State University. She was director of Upward Bound Pre-Collegiate and Educational Support Programs at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Rivera earned a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master’s from Roosevelt University in Illinois.

December 2, 2015

Muslim Students Seek Permanent Prayer Space at Iowa Colleges

by Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Muslim students at Iowa’s three public universities are seeking permanent spaces for daily and weekly religious observances. Motier Haskins, faculty adviser to the University of Iowa’s Muslim Student Association, says he’s scheduled to meet this week with the school’s vice president for student life to again discuss a […]

November 30, 2015

Community College Students, Union Call for President’s Exit

ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Students and staff at a Rochester community college are calling for the school’s president to leave, citing excessive expenses for the school’s recent centennial celebration as the latest example of her mismanagement. The student association and a faculty and staff union at Rochester Community and Technical College sent an open letter to […]

November 29, 2015

Colleges Trying to Find Ways to Deal with Racial Incidents

WASHINGTON ― Officials were slow to handle racial incidents at the University of Missouri, and that contributed to protests, a student hunger strike, a threatened boycott by the football team and ultimately, the resignations of two administrators. At the University of Oklahoma, damage over a racist chant that was caught on video was kept to […]

November 29, 2015

UVa Looks to Private Donors to Fund Student Financial Aid

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― The University of Virginia is increasingly looking to private donors to cover tuition costs for low-income students amid shrinking state funding. Virginia’s flagship public university currently raises more than $10 million a year for need-based scholarships, UVa spokesman Anthony de Bryun told the Charlottesville Daily Progress. That’s up from $1.5 million that […]

November 29, 2015

The Folly of Safe Space on Campus

If college is supposed to prepare one for life “in the real world,” should we continue to expect these things to change on campus?

November 24, 2015

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Washington University Cancels Classes Over Hate Speech

SEATTLE — After a racist thread on social media sparked outrage on a quiet Washington state campus, college officials sent students home a day early for the Thanksgiving holiday. Western Washington University sent out an alert cancelling classes and an email to students just after 6 a.m. Tuesday from President Bruce Shepard. It is unknown […]

November 24, 2015

University of Kentucky to Cover Controversial Campus Mural

LEXINGTON, Ky. ― Nine years after his predecessor rejected calls to remove a controversial Great Depression-era campus mural that featured Black workers toiling in a tobacco field, University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto has decided to cover the painting until a more permanent solution is found. Capilouto wrote on the school’s website Monday that he […]

November 24, 2015

NYC Mayor: Yale Should Drop Name of Slavery Defender

NEW YORK ― New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is siding with his son who wants Yale University to drop the name of a U.S. vice president who defended slavery from a residential hall. The Democratic mayor and Yale alumnus told reporters on Monday he “absolutely” favors stripping the name of John C. Calhoun […]

November 24, 2015

FIU Fraternity Suspended Following Death of Female Student

MIAMI ― A fraternity at a Florida International University (FIU) has been suspended following the death of a female student who attended an off-campus party the fraternity hosted. Media outlets report the Phi Gamma Delta held a formal event at the Bahia Mar hotel in Fort Lauderdale earlier this month. Kellie Fullilove, a 19-year old […]

November 24, 2015

Racial Tides Rising on College Campuses

From coast to coast, thousands of young people ― mostly millennials ― have made their voices heard.

November 23, 2015

A Lesson in Isolation: Being Hopi in Higher Education

I find it difficult to play the token Indian, to be one of the few Native role models and the one voice that fights for the development of programming that meets the needs of our Native students and local tribal communities.

November 23, 2015

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College Presidents Defend Importance of Free Speech

HARTFORD, Conn. ― As debates about race and other social issues flare on campuses, college presidents are increasingly intervening to draw a line when cultural sensitivity conflicts with freedom of speech. At schools including Yale, Williams College and Wesleyan University, leaders have in recent weeks taken steps to assert the importance of the free expression […]

November 22, 2015

Diverse Conversations: Do Full-ride Scholarships Really Increase College Diversity?

Finances are certainly an obstacle when it comes to creating diverse college campuses but it is not the only issue.

November 18, 2015

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Texas Rejects Letting Academics Vet Public School Textbooks

AUSTIN, Texas ― Top Texas education officials rejected Wednesday letting university experts fact-check textbooks approved for use in public-school classrooms statewide, instead reaffirming a vetting system that has helped spark years of ideological battles over how potentially thorny lessons in history and science are taught. The Board of Education approves textbooks in the nation’s second-largest […]

November 18, 2015

Fighting Hawks Picked as University of North Dakota Nickname

FARGO, N.D. ― University of North Dakota backers have selected Fighting Hawks as the school’s new nickname, the school announced Wednesday. The predatory bird mascot was declared the winner after receiving 57 percent of the vote compared to 43 percent for Roughriders in the two-nickname runoff. The vote was open to people with UND ties, […]

November 18, 2015