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Leadership & Policy
Former Connecticut College Official Returns $25K
A Connecticut education official who resigned earlier this month amid an outcry over unauthorized pay raises for his staff has repaid $25,000 from an expense account that was allowed as part of his contract.
October 22, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Conservative Testifies in University of Iowa Bias Case
A conservative lawyer testified Monday that she was shocked when she was passed over for a teaching job at the University of Iowa law school in favor of a less-qualified candidate who ended up resigning after performing poorly.
October 22, 2012
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UTEP Digging Deeper Into Data to Get to Root of Course Failure
The university is working to make sure socioeconomic or family issues aren’t hindering academic achievement of its predominantly Hispanic student body.
October 22, 2012
African-American
Poll Shows Collegians Less Engaged Than in Previous Cycles
A new Rasmussen poll finds that students are less politically engaged in 2012 than they were in the 2008 or 2004 elections. Even if one discounts the high involvement in 2008 as an opportunity to be a part of history, collegians are still not even as involved as they were during George W. Bush’s re-election […]
October 22, 2012
Leadership & Policy
First defendant in FAMU hazing case sentenced
The first of a dozen defendants to be sentenced in last year’s hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major avoided jail time when he received his punishment Monday, but he will spend more than two years under close supervision.
October 22, 2012
Students
University of New Orleans Loses 800 to Tougher Admission Standards
The University of New Orleans lost more than 800 students between last year and this year.
October 21, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Delta State to Eliminate Nonresident Tuition Status
Delta State University will become the first of Mississippi’s eight public universities to allow all non-Mississippi residents to pay the same tuition rates as students who live in the state.
October 21, 2012
African-American
Core Case for Maryland HBCUs in Judge’s Hands Now
Sympathists of four are taking on the state, claiming that they have not been equitably funded and are seeking more than $1 billion in relief of policies that they say are similar to those in the days of legal racial segregation.
October 21, 2012
Community Colleges
Former Connecticut College Official Got an Extra $100K
The former president of Connecticut’s state university and community college system resigned after awarding $250,000 in unauthorized raises.
October 21, 2012
Students
HACU Urges Institutional Leaders to be Proactive, Scrutinize Programs
Conference speakers say the decline in the numbers of Hispanics in the role of president in higher education is “unacceptable.”
October 21, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Taxpayer Group Sues Calif. University Over Email
An anti-tax group filed a lawsuit Thursday against California State University, Monterey Bay over an email sent by a professor urging students to support Proposition 30, the governor’s tax initiative on the November ballot.
October 18, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Professor Said University of Iowa Retaliated Against Him for Testimony
A University of Iowa law professor who testified on behalf of a conservative colleague alleging she wasn’t hired because of her conservative viewpoints said the school is retaliating by falsely suggesting he was under investigation for sexual misconduct.
October 18, 2012
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Institutions Strive to Meet Enrollment Goals
As the final enrollment numbers for 2012 are assessed, schools are mapping out their strategies for 2013 and beyond.
October 18, 2012
Sports
Sandusky Asks Judge to Overturn Abuse Convictions
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky said his lawyers didn’t have enough time to prepare a thorough defense.
October 18, 2012
Opinion
Knowledgeable Approach Can Take Stress Out of Affirmative Action Conversations
The Supreme Court has heard Fisher v. University of Texas, a case about the use of race as a factor in college admissions. Although the court will be examining a unique admissions system, where the bulk of students are admitted under a “race-blind” admissions program called the top 10 percent plan, most commentators are framing the issues broadly and speculating that the court could use this case to mark the end of affirmative action in college admissions.
October 18, 2012
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No Lack of Chemistry on MIT Reality Show
These 14 freshmen tackle situations in the laboratory that Snookie or the Kardashians probably couldn’t imagine.
October 18, 2012
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The Difference Between “Illegal Immigrants” and “Undocumented Immigrants”
The difference between “illegal immigrants” and “undocmented immigrants.”
October 18, 2012
Students
Groundbreaking Shanghai New York University Closing in on Grand Opening
The Shanghai Daily reports that Shanghai New York University, the first Sino-U.S. joint venture university, soon will begin admissions for the inaugural undergraduate freshman class for the 2013 fall semester, university officials announced Tuesday.
October 17, 2012
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