Conflicting Advice for Sweet Briar Students
Alumnae of Sweet Briar College, who are preparing a legal challenge to its decision to shut down, on Saturday issued a request to current students not to transfer. Since the college's announcement last...
View ArticleFraternity Caught on Video Singing Racist Song
The national headquarters of Sigma Alpha Epsilon closed its University of Oklahoma chapter on Sunday after a video surfaced online showing its members singing a racist song about not allowing black...
View ArticleTensions at Northern Michigan on Revived Newspaper
Administrators and student journalists at Northern Michigan University have seen relations deteriorate since the student newspaper The North Wind started to be more aggressive in its coverage, The...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Alcoholism and Worm Experiments
In today's Academic Minute, Jon Pierce-Shimomura, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses his worm intoxication research on treating alcoholism. Learn more about the Academic Minute...
View ArticleGerman Professor Rejects Student, Citing India's 'Rape Problem'
A German professor turned down an Indian man’s request to join her research group, citing India’s “rape problem,” The Independent reported. Annette G. Beck-Sickinger, a professor of biochemistry at...
View ArticleFaculty Views on Digital Courseware
Tyton Partners, the former Education Growth Advisors, this week released the first of three papers based on surveys it conducted on faculty and administrator attitudes about digital courseware. The...
View ArticleFrom Oxford to UT Austin?
Andrew Hamilton, vice chancellor of the University of Oxford, has become the favorite to become the next president of the University of Texas at Austin, The Austin American-Statesmanreported. While no...
View ArticlePurdue Delays Changes in Policy on Leaves
Purdue University sent a letter to employees Monday saying that major changes in its policy on leave days would not be made in the 2015-16 academic year. Purdue had planned to make a number of changes...
View ArticleSenator Wants to Block Engineering Students From Iran
Many academic groups cheered last month when the University of Massachusetts at Amherst reversed an automatic ban on Iranian students studying certain science and engineering subjects. The State...
View ArticleU. of Arizona Investigates Church Some Call a Cult
The University of Arizona is investigating a church that more than 20 former employees and members call a cult, The Arizona Daily Star reported. The newspaper investigated Faith Christian Church, which...
View ArticlePush to Reinstate Dixie State Theater Professor
Many students, alumni and fellow faculty members are rallying behind Varlo Davenport, who has been removed as a theater professor at Dixie State University, The Spectrum reported. The spark for his...
View ArticleIsraeli Court Orders U. of Haifa to Revise Protest Rules
Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the University of Haifa to revise rules that permit the university to "halt" public events such as protests for a "limited time," Haaretz reported. Even with the...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Sleep and Childhood Obesity
In today's Academic Minute, Karen Bonuck, a professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses her work on sleep and childhood obesity. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
View ArticleMyanmar Police Beat Student Protesters With Batons
Police in Myanmar are cracking down on student protests, beating participants with batons, the BBC reported. The students have been protesting a new education law, which they say limits academic...
View ArticleCartoon Caption Contest: Play Now
It's time for our monthly Cartoon Caption Contest.Get creative and suggest a caption for this month's new cartoon.Vote on your favorite from among the three captions chosen by our panel of judges for...
View ArticleThreat Leads Irvine to Call Off Flag Discussion
The University of California at Irvine's student government, which was scheduled to have a meeting today to discuss the ongoing controversy there over the U.S. flag, did not take place as scheduled due...
View ArticleStudent Loans Viewed Differently Than Other Debt, Study Finds
Borrowers of federal student loans have a "fundamentally different" relationship to their debt than other financial obligations, according to a new report by the New America think tank.The report,...
View ArticleApple Invests $50 Million in Diversity Efforts
Apple will invest $50 million in a multiyear agreement with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the National Center for Women and Information Technology in an effort to address the technology...
View ArticleCan U. of Oklahoma Expel SAE Members for Racist Song?
The University of Oklahoma has expelled two students for leading a bus full of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members in singing a racist song that was recorded on video. But First Amendment experts on Tuesday...
View ArticleU. of Alabama Students Elect Black President
For the first time in almost 40 years and just the second time in history, the University of Alabama's Student Government Association has a black president, AL.com reported. With his election, Elliot...
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