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Will a University Kill Its Prairie Dogs?
Nearly 140,000 people have signed an online petition opposing a “Buddhist-inspired” university’s pursuit of permission to exterminate a community of prairie dogs living on one of its campuses. The...
View ArticleRegents Met Iowa President Before Official Interview
Emails between newly selected University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld and Iowa's Board of Regents reveal that Harreld met with multiple board members in July, weeks before candidates were formally...
View ArticleHouse Lawmakers Push Perkins Loan Extension
With just a week before the federal Perkins Loan program is set to expire, a bipartisan effort to extend the program emerged in the U.S. House on Thursday. Representatives Mike Bishop, a Michigan...
View Article4 North Seattle College Students Killed in Crash
Four international students at North Seattle College were killed on Thursday in a collision between a charter bus and an amphibious "Ride the Ducks" tour vehicle that left dozens of others injured, the...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Asthma Research
In today's Academic Minute, Mitchell Grayson, associate professor of pediatrics, medicine, microbiology and molecular genetics at the Medical College of Wisconsin, discusses his research on the...
View ArticleStudent Loans and the College First Date
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts was in Wisconsin Saturday to boost the election chances of fellow Democrat Russ Feingold, a former U.S. senator seeking to return to that position. The...
View ArticleIvory Toldson to Lead White House HBCU Office
Ivory Toldson is the new executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the U.S. Department of Education announced on Friday. Toldson has been deputy...
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College Abacus Releases Tool for Low-Income Students
College Abacus is a free online tool for students and families to compare college pricing -- using net-price estimates taken from colleges and federal databases. The tool, which is owned by ECMC Group,...
View ArticleReport Questions Free Community College
A new report from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research -- a conservative think tank -- argues that community colleges aren't ready for the consequences of providing "free" tuition until they...
View ArticleRutgers Faculty: Coach's Punishment Insufficient
The Faculty Council at Rutgers University at New Brunswick on Friday adopted a resolution finding that the university's punishment of its head football coach for a recent incident of interference with...
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Pope Makes Unscheduled Visit to Saint Joseph's
Pope Francis on Sunday made an unscheduled, brief visit to Saint Joseph's University, thrilling those on the Philadelphia campus. Saint Joseph's is a Jesuit institution, and the pope is a Jesuit,...
View ArticleFlorida Lawmaker, Employed by a For-Profit, Lobbied
Oscar Braynon II, a Florida state senator who is expected to become leader of the Senate Democrats next year, recently urged Florida’s Board of Physical Therapy to continue to allow colleges to operate...
View ArticleMascot's 'Exuberance' Injures Councilman
Arizona State University has apologized and offered to cover the medical expenses of local councilman after the university's mascot, Sparky, injured the man by jumping on his back. The councilman,...
View ArticleU.S. House Passes One-Year Perkins Extension
The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday approved a one-year extension of the federal Perkins Loan program, which is set to expire this week.House lawmakers passed, on a voice vote, legislation that...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Beneficial Plant Viruses
In today's Academic Minute, Seth Davis, a postdoctoral scientist at the University of Idaho, explains his research on viruses in plants. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
View Article3 Former Coaches Sue U of Minnesota at Duluth
Three former University of Minnesota at Duluth coaches are suing the Minnesota Board of Regents alleging gender, sexual orientation, national origin and age discrimination by university administrators....
View ArticleN.Y. Governor Eyes Free Community College Plan
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is in talks with the White House to provide free tuition at community colleges within the state, according to a report from the New York Post. In those talks, the...
View ArticleDrury U Cuts 12 Faculty Members' Jobs
Drury University, in Missouri, is eliminating the jobs of 12 faculty members, none of them with tenure but some on the tenure track, The Springfield News-Leader reported. The university cited an...
View ArticleMarquette, Brown Revoke Cosby's Honorary Degrees
As the scandal over Bill Cosby has grown, many colleges have removed his name from buildings or programs that honored him. Now some institutions are revoking honorary degrees he received -- and most...
View ArticleAcademics Win MacArthur 'Genius' Fellowships
Faculty members are among the fortunate winners of this year's “genius” fellowships from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The no-strings fellowships are awarded to “individuals who...
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