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Woman Sues Utah State after Sexual Assault at Fraternity Party

OGDEN, Utah — A former Utah State University student has sued the school, claiming officials knew about reports of sexual assault and heavy drinking at fraternity parties but failed to take serious action before she was raped by a fraternity brother who had been accused multiple times before. The lawsuit filed last week contends women […]

November 15, 2016

Students, Faculty Ask UVa President not to Quote Jefferson

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. —The University of Virginia president defended her use of Thomas Jefferson quotations after a group of students and professors criticized her, saying Jefferson shouldn’t be used as a “moral compass” because he was a slave owner. School president Teresa Sullivan quoted Jefferson in statements made to the campus community before and after Donald […]

November 15, 2016

Regents Name Richard Myers New Kansas State President

MANHATTAN, Kan. — The Kansas Board of Regents on Tuesday made Richard Myers, a retired four-star general and former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, president at Kansas State University, promoting him after he served as interim president since April. The regents voted unanimously to promote Myers to president of the land-grant university in Manhattan, which […]

November 15, 2016

Hearing Set on Future of Alabama State President Gwendolyn Boyd

MONTGOMERY, Ala. —Trustees at Alabama State University in Montgomery have decided to hold a hearing that could result in the removal of president Gwendolyn Boyd. The decision came during a board meeting held Monday. Boyd was suspended from work 10 days ago, and the hearing set for Dec. 16 will determine the next step. Board […]

November 15, 2016

For-Profits Should Not Waste New Lease on Life

The shocking election of Donald Trump as our next president has yielded a number of immediate winners who have been “on the outs” under the Obama Administration. Pharmaceutical companies and banks have done well. Fossil fuel stocks have risen. So have for-profit colleges. Stocks like DeVry, Capella and Career Education are up 10 percent or […]

November 15, 2016

Tracking military and veteran student success — ‘Counting all student veterans’

Editor’s note: At least three new government websites now report on student outcomes by institution, including sites specific to the Post-9/11 GI Bill and military tuition assistance. Higher ed officials who serve military students fear that the information being reported could reflect poorly on the GI Bill in particular, making it likelier to be reduced, […]

November 15, 2016

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Veteran Embraces Passion for Science Education

After proudly serving his country in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Navy Reserves for several years, Spencer Gibson is pursuing his dream of teaching science to young people. Gibson, of St. Petersburg, Florida, is working toward a Master of Arts in Teaching Science Education with a science endorsement from the University of Iowa College of […]

November 15, 2016

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Veterans Reflect on Returning to School

MEDIA, Pa. — Jake Fida, an information sciences and technology major at Penn State Brandywine, does not fit the typical student mold. At the age of 18, Fida joined the United States Marine Corps, serving for four years in Djibouti, Kuwait and on a carrier before being honorably discharged from active duty in October 2015. […]

November 15, 2016

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What Do Recruiters Think of Online Degrees?

Online degrees and courses are becoming more common, with top-ranked schools now offering students the chance to hit the books, electronically, from anywhere. For busy professionals traveling the globe, studying online can be a convenient way to obtain the education level typically now required for a career in international development. And this is even more […]

November 15, 2016

5 Ways Trump Could Affect Student Loans

President-elect Donald Trump has plans to address college affordability and student debt, though many details remain to be worked out. In an Oct. 13 speech in Columbus, Ohio, he outlined the basics of his views on student debt, tuition rates, administrative “bloat,” income-based repayment and loan forgiveness. “Students should not be asked to pay more […]

November 15, 2016

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For-Profit Stocks Make Comeback After Trump Victory

The Obama administration’s emphasis on for-profit institutions and practices considered predatory have put for-profits up against the ropes in recent years. Many anticipate a less regulated higher ed climate in a Trump administration, an expectation that has weighed favorably on the for-profit industry. Read More

November 15, 2016

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Lawyers File Motion to Delay Trump University Trial

SAN DIEGO —Donald Trump’s attorneys filed a motion to delay until after the presidential inauguration a class-action fraud lawsuit involving the president-elect and his now-defunct Trump University. In the motion filed Saturday evening in San Diego federal court, Trump’s lawyer Daniel Petrocelli argues that the extra months would give both sides time to possibly reach […]

November 14, 2016

U.S. Colleges Look Outside China for New Foreign Students

BOSTON —As a surge of students from China begins to level off, many U.S. colleges are expanding recruiting efforts in the Middle East, South Asia and Latin America in part to boost budgets that have come to rely on tuition dollars from international students. The number of Chinese students at U.S. colleges rose from 62,000 […]

November 14, 2016

Cornell Taps Michigan Provost to Lead Ivy League School

ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University trustees have chosen the provost of the University of Michigan as the Ivy League school’s new president. Martha Pollack said Monday she will remain at Michigan though January and start her work at Cornell in April. Pollack will become the second female president of Cornell after Elizabeth Garrett, who died […]

November 14, 2016

Smoking Pot, No College may not Bar You from Police Work

HARTFORD, Conn. —Police departments are relaxing age-old standards for accepting recruits, from lowering educational requirements to forgiving some prior drug use, to try to attract more people to their ranks. The changes are designed to deal with decreased interest in a job that offers low pay, rigorous physical demands and the possibility of getting killed […]

November 14, 2016

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Iowa State President had Earlier ‘Hard Landing’

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University President Steven Leath damaged a private plane in a hard landing in 2014, 11 months before he banged up a university aircraft in remarkably similar fashion, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. Leath was flying in gusty conditions on Aug. 11, 2014 and “landed hard” in a […]

November 14, 2016

The 2016 Presidential Election — Postscript

For some people, November 8, 2016 is one of the greatest days in American history. Others may very well see it as a day that will live in political infamy.

November 14, 2016

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PBS Newscaster Gwen Ifill Dies

Veteran journalist and newscaster Gwen Ifill has died of cancer at age 61.

November 14, 2016