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Changes Were Urgent, says Missouri Med School Dean

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The dean of the University of Missouri’s medical school said a recent change in leadership was motivated by a sense of urgency prompted by the school’s accreditation report. Dean Patrice Delafontaine spoke to medical students on November 2 about the changes, including the resignation of Rachel Brown in October as the medical […]

November 7, 2016

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Gov. LePage: Maine Will Investigate College Students Who Vote

LEWISTON, Maine ― GOP Gov. Paul LePage says the state will investigate college students who vote in Maine to make sure they follow state law. The governor’s comment came after officials at Bates College said orange fliers distributed at dorms and at the dining hall are a “deliberate attempt at voter suppression.” The fliers said […]

November 7, 2016

University of Wisconsin Student Leaders Condemn Response to Noose Costume

MADISON, Wis. ― University of Wisconsin-Madison student leaders are condemning the response to a man who wore an offensive costume to a football game. The man wore what appeared to be a President Barack Obama mask with a noose around its neck to the Oct. 29 game against Nebraska. Security officers asked him to remove […]

November 7, 2016

Colleges Find Rebooting With Experienced Leadership Paying Off

As several higher ed institutions usher in new presidents and leaders, many look for opportunities to increase diversity, student enrollment and retention.

November 6, 2016

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Before Election Day, Harvard Takes a Stand Against Sexist Locker Room Talk

After discovering a salacious scouting report where men’s soccer team members rated women’s team members, Harvard has canceled the team’s remaining season.

November 6, 2016

Passion Pushes Princess Williams to Guide Urban Youth

Kindergarten teacher Princess Williams received the Outstanding Urban Teacher Award at the International Conference on Urban Education last week.

November 6, 2016

Emporia State University Student Government Opposes Guns on Campus

EMPORIA, Kan. ― Student government at Emporia State University is expressing its opposition to guns on campus after lawmakers approved a measure that will allow guns in campus buildings starting in July. The Associated Student Government released a resolution against guns on campus. The group’s president, Elijah Williams, said a recent survey showed that 72 […]

November 6, 2016

Last University Furls Mississippi’s Confederate-themed Flag

JACKSON, Miss. ― The last of Mississippi’’s eight public universities has stopped displaying the state flag that prominently features the Confederate battle emblem. Delta State University President Bill LaForge announced the decision Thursday. He said the university acted because state government hasn’t moved to change the flag. The university called for a different state banner […]

November 6, 2016

Vandals Deface University of Minnesota’s Muslim Students Association Sign

MINNEAPOLIS ― Vandals defaced a sign promoting the University of Minnesota’s Muslim Students Association. Someone scrawled “ISIS” over a hand-painted mural on a bridge connecting the east and west banks of the Twin Cities campus. The acronym is a reference to the Islamic State group. The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is […]

November 6, 2016

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Case of Professor Accused of Genocide Ends with Deportation

BALTIMORE ― Uncertainty surrounds the status of professor Leopold Munyakazi, who briefly taught French at Goucher College and was deported to Rwanda under international charges of genocide. His attorney in Northern Virginia, Ofelia Calderon, doesn’t know where he is being held and whether he has an attorney or trial date. “If there are not public […]

November 6, 2016

Lane Community College Instructor Who Was Stalked Gets Payout

EUGENE, Ore. ― Lane Community College has settled a lawsuit filed by an instructor who was stalked by a male student who told her he had links to neo-Nazis, agreeing to pay the instructor $175,000 and improve its campus security plans. Nadia Raza told The Register-Guard she filed the lawsuit as a last resort, after […]

November 6, 2016

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Jeb Bush to join Texas A&M School of Government Faculty

COLLEGE STATION, Texas ― Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is returning to his native state to teach a 10-day elective course on governmental leadership at Texas A&M University. The university announced Friday that Bush’s class will begin Jan. 6 and conclude before the regular spring semester begins. He’s joining the faculty at the university’s Bush […]

November 6, 2016

Rutgers University: Former Student Stabs 3 people, Including Himself

PISCATAWAY, N.J. ― A former student at Rutgers University returned to its business school and stabbed a faculty member, another student and then himself on Friday, officials said. The university sent out an alert just before 3 p.m. saying there had been a stabbing at the business school and telling people to avoid the area […]

November 6, 2016

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University of Oregon Professor Who Donned Blackface at Party Apologizes

EUGENE, Ore. ― A University of Oregon law professor who donned blackface as part of a doctor costume at her Halloween party has apologized, saying she only wanted to stimulate dialogue about race relations in America. Nancy Shurtz said in an apology released Friday that she wore a white coast, stethoscope and black face paint […]

November 6, 2016

For Rolling Stone, ‘Worst Nightmare’ Continues

RICHMOND, Va. ― Days after Rolling Stone magazine published a shocking 9,000-word story about a brutal gang rape at the University of Virginia in November 2014, the magazine’s editors received an email just before 2 a.m. with “Our worst nightmare” in the subject line. They needed to run a retraction, the reporter said. Instead, Rolling […]

November 6, 2016

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Alabama State University President Gwendolyn Boyd Says Suspension ‘Disappointing’

MONTGOMERY, Ala. ― The Alabama State University Board of Trustees has voted to suspend President Gwendolyn Boyd, saying it had lost confidence in her. WSFA-TV reports that Boyd called the events that led to her suspension Friday “disappointing” and said she was surprised by the developments. When asked if she thinks she’ll ever be ASU’s […]

November 6, 2016

Quit Scaring Students About Debt

ELENA Calderon is a first-generation college student who graduated from Eastern Washington University with two degrees and without debt. This isn’t the story you’re used to reading about. The media are full of horrifying anecdotes, highlighting an unemployed art major who left college owing $100,000. State and federal legislators cite student debt as a national […]

November 4, 2016

Wounded Warrior Puts Experience to Work

A U.S. Marine who was wounded by an IED while on duty in Iraq is putting his military experience to work in the private sector, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports. Purple Heart recipient Matt Kinney is the militiary adviser and Assistant Director of Semper K9 Assistance Dogs, a new non profit which has opened in […]

November 4, 2016