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News Roundup
Penn State Professors Get Grant for ‘Fake News’ Detector
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Two Penn State professors have received $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that will enable digital devices to weed out “fake news.” The university says Dongwon Lee, a professor of information sciences and technology, and S. Shyam Sundar, a communications professor, are working on the project. Lee says, […]
August 31, 2017
Students
New Hampshire University to Take in Students After Harvey
CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire university is offering a free semester to college students displaced by Hurricane Harvey, 12 years after it helped a similar group after Hurricane Katrina. Franklin Pierce University will provide free tuition, room and board to up to 20 students for the fall semester. The university made a similar offer […]
August 31, 2017
Students
Judge Nearing Decision on Trial Over Penn State Frat Death
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A district judge may decide by the weekend whether prosecutors have presented enough evidence to hold a trial for former members of a now-closed Penn State fraternity charged in connection with a pledge’s death. Before a preliminary hearing resumed for a seventh day on Thursday, District Judge Allen Sinclair told reporters he […]
August 31, 2017
Sports
Arizona State Unveils Tillman Statue at Sun Devil Stadium
TEMPE, Ariz. — The walls around Sun Devil Stadium and the new football complex are lined with photos of Pat Tillman. Images of the former player and Army Ranger can be found across the campus and around town, too. Now there’s a bronze likeness of perhaps the greatest Sun Devil in school history. Arizona State […]
August 31, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Join a MOOC
What do 35 million people around the world have in common? One answer is that they are enrolled in MOOCs — massive open online courses. If this is a new term for you, don’t feel surprised. MOOCs only burst on the educational scene five years ago. Greeted by both fanfare and skepticism, the early visionaries […]
August 31, 2017
Policy
Court: Unaccredited Bible Colleges Can’t Give “Degrees”
CHICAGO (CN) – The Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that Illinois may prohibit Bible colleges from granting “degrees” if the schools refuse to comply with the state’s accreditation process. The Illinois Bible Colleges Association sued the state in 2015, claiming that its Board of Higher Education violated the First Amendment by prohibiting its members from issuing […]
August 31, 2017
Academics
Critics Oppose Course on “Black Minds Matter”
SAN DIEGO (AP) – San Diego State University plans to offer a course called “Black Minds Matter: A Focus on Black Boys and Men in Education,” that was inspired in part by the Black Lives Matter movement. The weekly course will be open to the public for enrollment in October and will feature various speakers […]
August 31, 2017
Veterans
Veteran Wins Google Scholarship
Delaware State University student Robert Morris is one of eight college students nationwide to receive a $10,000 scholarship from Google this month. The scholarship, which is specifically for military veterans pursuing computer science degrees, will help Morris get through his senior year at DSU. Read More
August 31, 2017
Veterans
Soldiering on After Illness Derails Olympic Dreams
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Five years ago, then-Sgt. Megan Henry was in peak physical condition and had her sights set on riding her skeleton sled all the way to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Then tragedy struck. During training at Park City, Utah, Henry suddenly had great difficulty breathing. Doctors told her she […]
August 31, 2017
Policy
Court Tosses Suit Over Sexual Climate at West Point
NEW YORK — A New York federal appeals court says it’s the job of Congress and the president, not the courts, to confront claims that female cadets face a sexually oppressive culture at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Two of three judges on the Manhattan appeals panel rejected a former cadet’s effort […]
August 31, 2017
Academics
Sailors Ready to Go Back to School
Sailors gathered in USS John C. Stennis’ (CVN 74) hangar bay for a Navy College Program for Afloat College Education (NCPACE) sign-up event, Aug 22. Representatives from NCPACE were available to inform Sailors about and sign them up for NCPACE courses. “NCPACE is a program that’s been around over 30 years,” said Gilbert Williams, the […]
August 31, 2017
Academics
Law Schools Weigh Ban on Military Recruiters over Trans Policy
With President Trump directing the U.S. military to enact a prohibition on transgender military service, at least two law schools — the Vermont Law School and Mitchell Hamline School of Law — are considering whether to enact a ban on military recruiters in response, which would be similar to policies they had under “Don’t Ask, […]
August 31, 2017
Students
Scholar: Graduate Research Internships a Resource to Fill STEM Workforce Gap
Expanding opportunities for more students to take advantage of graduate research internships might address future workforce needs in the U.S. and alleviate some of the pressure that faculty face to supplement their rigorous research training with the teaching of, and exposure to, technical and professional career skills and opportunities.
August 30, 2017
Students
Undocumented Serrano Puts His Fear Out Front
Moises Serrano’s Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America depicts portions of his life, as he navigates society as a queer and undocumented man.
August 30, 2017
Students
DeVos Hires Former DeVry Official to Lead Enforcement Unit
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ decision to appoint a new chief enforcement officer who formerly worked at a troubled for-profit college drew swift and scathing criticism Wednesday.
August 30, 2017
Students
Community College System Sets New Graduate Record
VERSAILLES, Ky. — The Kentucky Community and Technical College System says it has set a new high mark of graduates and credentials awarded. For the 2016-17 academic year, 16,146 students graduated from the college system. That’s a nine percent increase over the previous year. The previous high was 15,958 in 2013-14. The college system says […]
August 30, 2017
Students
Ohio Bill Would Protect Campus Speakers, Punish Disrupters
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Republican proposal in Ohio seeks to protect speakers’ appearances at Ohio colleges and calls on campuses to punish students who disrupt them. State Reps. Wesley Goodman, of Cardington, and Andrew Brenner, of Powell, announced the Campus Free Speech Act Tuesday. It would restrict creation of campus “free speech zones” and require […]
August 30, 2017
Students
Judge: Student Accused of Sex Assault Can Return to College
OXFORD, Ohio — A federal judge has ruled a student barred from a southwest Ohio college because of a sexual assault accusation can return to class. The student is suing Miami University in Oxford, claiming he was falsely accused and Miami denied him due process in its investigation that resulted in his two-year ban. The […]
August 30, 2017
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