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Ex-Berkeley Law School Dean Sues Over Sex Harassment Probe

SAN FRANCISCO ― The former dean of the University of California, Berkeley law school filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing school officials of singling him out because of his race for a second investigation of sexual harassment allegations. The University of California treated White faculty members and administrators found to have committed sexual misconduct more leniently […]

September 15, 2016

Faculty & Staff

University Teacher Lockout Ends; Contract Talks Continue

NEW YORK ― About 400 university faculty members who were locked out for 12 days over a bitterly contested contract went back to teaching on Thursday. The lockout action by Long Island University in Brooklyn that suddenly left professors without health insurance or access to email also deprived about 8,000 students of their teachers. The […]

September 15, 2016

2 Black Athletic Conferences Rethinking Holding Tournaments in North Carolina

Two Black athletic conferences have not moved scheduled championship events out of North Carolina in the wake of the state’s passage of a controversial law restricting transgender bathroom use but have not ruled it out.

September 15, 2016

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Mangum Out as Florida A&M University President

Florida A&M University on Thursday announced the departure of Dr. Elmira Mangum, its embattled president of two years, and the immediate appointment of scientist Larry Robinson as interim president.

September 15, 2016

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College Requires Cultural Competency on Military Issues

When Daniel Rendon walked onto campus for the first time and saw all the other students lounging around laughing, listening to music, playing Hacky Sack, he felt completely out of place. After five years in the military, and some time trying to make ends meet with construction jobs that ended with a literal crash when […]

September 15, 2016

Help Available for Displaced ITT Students

In the aftermath of ITT Technical Institute’s abrupt shutdown in early September, more than 40,000 students were summarily bereft of their school and left with potentially unusable credits. The closure of all 136 ITT Tech campuses occurred practically overnight, one week into the new semester. While the school’s closure is certainly disruptive to students’ lives […]

September 15, 2016

California Puts High School Ethnic Studies Officially on the Books

California’s Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will now mandate the teaching of ethnic studies in every public high school across the state.

September 15, 2016

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Cynthia Tucker: Capitalism and Education Don’t Mix

The news left tens of thousands of students stunned: Just as the fall semester was starting, ITT Technical Institute, one of the nation’s largest chains of for-profit colleges, shut down all its campuses, stranding some would-be graduates a few months shy of a diploma. As wrenching as the closure is, though, it should have happened […]

September 15, 2016

N.Y. to Expedite Military Spouses’ Professional Licenses

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a law to expedite the professional licensing of the spouses of military personnel on active duty who are transferred to New York. The law, effective in 180 days, will apply to military spouses who have “substantially equivalent” licenses “in good standing” to practice in other states. It […]

September 15, 2016

ViaSat, Veterans Team Up to Offer Electronic Assembly Course

CARLSBAD, CA — MiraCosta College has partnered with the Veterans Association of North County and Carlsbad-based ViaSat to create a new Electronic Assembly Course that will benefit those who are transitioning from the military for jobs as electronic assemblers at an advanced manufacturing company. The course, which is being offered by MiraCosta College’s Community Education […]

September 15, 2016

Veterans’ Affairs Aids ITT Constituents

ILLINOIS – Another organization has stepped forward to offer help to those affected by the closing of the ITT Technical Institute, this time with a focus on student veterans. Officials from the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs (IDVA) – Veterans Education and Training Section (State Approving Agency) say their staff took immediate action to assist […]

September 15, 2016

Bridgepoint Education Must Forgive $24 Million in Loans

Thousands of students who took out private loans to attend Ashford University and the University of the Rockies, a pair of for-profit colleges run by Bridgepoint Education, will have their debt forgiven and payments refunded, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday. Publicly traded for-profit colleges have been butting heads with state and federal regulators […]

September 15, 2016

For-Profits Accuse DOE of Targeted Attacks

For-profit supporters and Department of Education officials are sparring over claims that the federal government used its student aid disbursement power to change rules and force the closure of several colleges and universities in recent months, the Hill reports. Career Education Colleges and Universities CEO Steve Gunderson says that employment outcomes and debt-to-income standards disproportionately […]

September 15, 2016

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Naval Academy Ranks No. 1 Public Liberal Arts College

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Tribune News Service) — The U.S. Naval Academy is the No. 1 public school among national liberal arts colleges, according to the annual U.S. News & World Report 2017 Best Colleges Rankings. The annual rankings, which were released Tuesday morning, compared more than 1,800 U.S. colleges, and access factors like academic quality, as […]

September 15, 2016

Laramie County Community College Accused of Discrimination

CHEYENNE, Wyo. ― Laramie County Community College is under federal investigation for a sexual discrimination complaint. The student body was informed Friday that the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation in February into allegations that the college had discriminated on the basis of sex in its response to a complaint […]

September 14, 2016

University of Missouri Aims to Increase Minority Faculty

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri says it’s putting $1.6 million toward doubling its numbers of minority faculty to 13 percent in four years. University leaders met on the Columbia campus Tuesday to discuss efforts in the past year to improve diversity, inclusion and race relations, The Kansas City Star reports. Kevin McDonald, interim […]

September 14, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Chicago State President’s Separation Agreement on Agenda

CHICAGO ― Trustees at Chicago State University plan Friday to vote on a “separation agreement” for the school’s president, who has had the position for nine months. The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that Chicago State’s board of trustees’ agenda for Friday’s meeting includes the agreement vote and naming an interim president. President Thomas Calhoun Jr. […]

September 14, 2016

Ex-Clark University Student Settles Lawsuit Against School

WORCESTER, Mass. ― A former Clark University student who said he was unfairly expelled after he was accused of rape has reached a preliminary settlement in his lawsuit against the school. The Telegram & Gazette reports that federal court records show a settlement was reached Tuesday and the case was dismissed. If the settlement is […]

September 14, 2016