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13 Ball State Fraternities to Go Alcohol-free Until 2018
MUNCIE, Ind. — More than a dozen fraternities at Ball State University won’t have events that include alcohol for the rest of the year. Interfraternity Council President Trevor Holland said the decision was made with the university for the safety of their members and the community. “It was a joint decision between chapter presidents and […]
October 24, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Audit Questions Iowa State’s Purchase of Plane for Ex-leader
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa State University had no clear need to spend $498,000 in donations to buy an airplane that former President Steven Leath used largely to improve his piloting skills, state auditors reported Tuesday. Iowa State should also consider seeking reimbursement from Leath, now president of Auburn University, for a 2016 spring break […]
October 24, 2017
Students
University Condemns Hate, Defends Richard Spencer Appearance
CINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati board of trustees has condemned hate while defending a decision to allow white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak on campus. The board’s statement Tuesday recognizes the fundamental role of free speech at a public university, saying it should be “the marketplace of ideas.” The board also denounced prejudice and […]
October 24, 2017
Students
UK Academics Irked by Letter Seeking Brexit Lecture Details
LONDON — British academics accused a lawmaker from the governing Conservative Party on Tuesday of infringing on intellectual freedom by asking universities to provide information on professors who teach about Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The letter from euroskeptic legislator Chris Heaton-Harris requested the names of professors “who are involved in the teaching […]
October 24, 2017
Students
Missing Freshman College Student Found Dead Near Campus
WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. — New Jersey authorities say a community college student who has been missing for more than a month has been found dead near the college’s campus. State officials say 18-year-old Nick Pratico was last seen on Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor Township campus on Sept. 20. New Jersey State Police […]
October 24, 2017
News Roundup
Former Daniel Webster College Campus Sold for Nearly $12M
NASHUA, N.H. — The former Daniel Webster College campus in Nashua, New Hampshire, has been sold for nearly $12 million to a buyer whose name hasn’t been released. New Hampshire Public Radio reports Southern New Hampshire, which had earlier declined to buy the main campus, bought the airport hangar and tower on the property for […]
October 24, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Opting for Online Learning
A few weeks ago I ran across a Twitter post that read, “1998: Don’t get in strangers’ cars. Don’t meet people from Internet. 2017: Literally summon strangers from the Internet and get into their car.” So true, isn’t it? It’s astounding how technology can cause major shifts in behavior. What we will and won’t do, […]
October 24, 2017
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Veterans
Memorial to Service Women Marks an Anniversary
ARLINGTON, Va. — Right next to Arlington National Cemetery, which draws about 4 million visitors a year, is a national memorial to military women. It draws about 200,000 visitors a year. The 33,000 square-foot (3,066 square-meter) memorial, known formally as the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend […]
October 24, 2017
Academics
Many Afghan Military Trainees Going A.W.O.L. in U.S.
Nearly half of the foreign troops training in the U.S. who go absent without leave are from Afghanistan, a government watchdog report said Friday. Of the 352 foreign troops who were absent without leave since 2005 in the U.S., 152 were from Afghanistan, according to the report by the Office of the Special Inspector General […]
October 24, 2017
Veterans
Wounded Veteran Gets Loan Forgiveness and $62 K Tax Bill
BATH TOWNSHIP, Mich.— The I.R.S. is asking a wounded veteran from Michigan to pay $62,000 in income taxes on the federal government’s cancellation of his student loans. First Lt. Will Milzarski served two tours in Afghanistan that left him with a traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder and hearing loss. The federal government canceled $223,000 […]
October 24, 2017
Veterans
Ky. Community College in Position to Help Veterans Make Career Transition
Kristy Riddell is one semester shy of finishing her associate degree program in business with an accounting track. A single mother of three living in Paducah, Kentucky, Riddell has had her hands full with school and family obligations. “It’s a lot,” Riddell says with a laugh. “And that’s on top of coaching basketball and football […]
October 24, 2017
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Veterans
Troops to Teachers Eases Shortage for Schools
After a career spent serving their country on the battlefield, some veterans return home to serve in a different way: as teachers, training the young minds of America’s future leaders and thinkers. The skills and experiences veterans acquire during their service are incredibly useful within the classroom. Leadership, flexibility, adaptability, an understanding and appreciation of […]
October 24, 2017
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Other News
Lower Ed: Professor Argues That For-Profits Prey On the Vulnerable
There isn’t a concrete definition for the all-too-elusive American Dream. Ideas of this material utopia have different meanings to different people. Nevertheless, this U.S. fantasy has been heavily promoted by self-aggrandizing business and political leaders since America’s inception. From slave masters promising non-slave owners that they could become planters–owners of twenty or more slaves–to for-profit […]
October 24, 2017
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Students
Senators Seek Probe of Student Loan Servicer Stock Trading
Two Democratic Senators called for an investigation into possible insider trading of student loan servicer Navient stock Monday.
October 23, 2017
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Students
Graduate Students’ Path to Unionization Remains Rocky
While some expected a sudden and systemic shift toward unionization at the nation’s other prominent institutions following success at Columbia University, the transformation has been slow to materialize.
October 23, 2017
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Students
Guillermo: Hire Diverse Speakers to Offset Spectacle of White Nationalists on Campus
A diverse group of speakers throughout the year helps to deny Richard Spencer’s ideas credibility. People can hear for themselves what’s worthwhile and what’s not. But all must be invited on campus.
October 23, 2017
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STEM
Stephen Hawking’s Ph.D. Thesis Goes Online, Website Crashes
LONDON — Cambridge University has put Stephen Hawking’s doctoral thesis online, triggering such interest that it crashed the university’s website. Completed in 1966 when the renowned physicist and author was 24, “Properties of Expanding Universes” explores ideas about the origins of the universe that have resonated through the scientist’s career. The university says the thesis […]
October 23, 2017
Students
West Virginia University Researcher Lessons Learned in Iceland
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University researcher is working in two counties to apply lessons about peer groups from Iceland where he says teenage use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco has been “virtually eradicated.” Alfgeir Kristjansson, assistant professor in WVU’s School of Public Health, says the island nation pushed to replace unsupervised, aimless leisure […]
October 23, 2017
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