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Section: Sports
Faculty & Staff
SIAC, NFL Enter Officiating Partnership
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Wednesday announced a new agreement with the National Football League (NFL) to provide training and professional development for conference referees.
September 30, 2015
Students
U.S. Colleges Seek to Integrate Chinese Students Better
The multitudes of Chinese students attending American universities are approaching college as less of a life experience and more as a transaction, educators worry, leading to measures to help them integrate.
September 29, 2015
Students
Analysis: Scrutiny Adds Context to Graduation Rate of Pell Grant Recipients
An unprecedented look at Pell Grant graduation rates from 1,149 schools shows that, despite a large national gap, low-income students at some schools do as well as their classmates.
September 24, 2015
Students
DANIEL AMADO TRUJILLO
DANIEL AMADO TRUJILLO has been appointed dean of studies and student life at Sarah Lawrence College. Trujillo was associate vice president and dean of students at St. John’s University in New York. Trujillo received a bachelor’s from the University of Redlands, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Missouri.
September 24, 2015
Sports
Private Rhode Island College Opens Business School in China
A private Rhode Island university is giving Chinese students the chance to earn an American business degree without ever leaving China.
September 22, 2015
Students
State Program Helps Students Reach Higher Education
Today’s economy and job market are making a college degree or trade school education almost mandatory, and one group is helping students reach their goal of a higher education.
September 20, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Regents Blast Draft of University’s Intolerance Declaration
Members of the University of California Board of Regents on Thursday blasted a first draft of systemwide principles defining intolerance — saying it fails to address the problem of anti-Semitism on its campuses.
September 17, 2015
Sports
Rutgers Football Coach Suspended for Contact Over Player’s Academic Status
Rutgers University has suspended football coach Kyle Flood for three games and fined him $50,000 for contacting a faculty member over a player’s grade.
September 16, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Rutgers University Board Holds Private Meeting Amid Sports Scandal
Rutgers University’s Board of Governors met behind closed doors Friday amid the latest scandal to hit the sports program the school has been trying to build up.
September 13, 2015
Sports
College Football Opener Again Raises Cash Game Concerns
Skeptics criticize the decision of some schools to hold football contests that often result in unequal treatment and repercussions for some of the players involved.
September 7, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Soccer Players Suspended for a Match after Blackface Incident
Five members of the women’s soccer team at a private Christian university in Washington state were suspended for one match Wednesday after a social media post surfaced showing them dressed in blackface and afro wigs.
September 3, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Venus Williams Earns B.S. Degree
Tennis superstar Venus Williams, currently focusing on her game this week at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows, New York, recently added another achievement to her resume: a Bachelor of Science degree.
September 2, 2015
Students
Study: Pot More a Habit for College Students Than Cigarettes
More U.S. college students are making a habit of using marijuana, which has supplanted cigarettes as the smoke-able substance of choice among undergraduates who light up regularly, a study released Tuesday found.
September 1, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Facility Being Built at Rhode Island University Collapses
An athletic building under construction at a private university collapsed Tuesday, injuring six construction workers and leaving crumpled steel strewn across the site.
September 1, 2015
Sports
Franklin Pierce University Makes Test Scores Optional
Franklin Pierce University is joining a growing list of schools that no longer require most applicants to submit standardized test scores.
August 30, 2015
Students
Haslam to Help Kick Off 2-year College Free-tuition Program
Gov. Bill Haslam is visiting several community colleges this week to help kick off his Tennessee Promise program.
August 24, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Scranton University Faculty Protest Contract on Move-in Day
Some University of Scranton faculty members picked freshman move-in day to demonstrate for what they called “a fair contract.”
August 23, 2015
Sports
NLRB Deals ‘Minor Blow’ to Advances for College Athletes
The National Labor Relations Board unanimously declined jurisdiction Monday in a case filed by Northwestern University student-athletes seeking to unionize.
August 17, 2015
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