Vote of No Confidence at College of Saint Rose
Faculty members at the College of Saint Rose, in Albany, N.Y., have voted no confidence in President Carolyn Stefanco, The Albany Times-Union reported. Stefanco has pushed a series of cuts that faculty...
View ArticleTexas A&M Investigates Reports of Racist Slurs
Texas A&M University is investigating reports that students yelled racial slurs at a group of high school students during a campus tour this week.About 60 juniors from a Dallas-area high school...
View ArticleObama To Nominate King As Secretary of Education
In a reversal, President Obama now plans to nominate John B. King Jr. as secretary of education, the White House announced on Thursday.The decision comes after administration officials had indicated...
View ArticleAre Med Schools Unwelcoming to Those With Disabilities?
Only about one-third of medical schools' websites make clear that they would accommodate a student with disabilities, according to a new study by University of Michigan researchers. About half websites...
View ArticleSigma Alpha Epsilon: 5 Other Chapters Knew Racist Chant
At least five other chapters of Sigma Alpha Epsilon also knew of the racist chant heard at the University of Oklahoma last year, an investigation by the national office found. The fraternity, however,...
View ArticleGravitational Waves Crash Journal Website
Physical Review Letters experienced one of its best web traffic days ever on Thursday as the scholarly journal released scientists' findings documenting the existence of gravitational waves, ripples in...
View ArticleBudget Crisis Prompts La. to Halt Grant Payments to Colleges
Louisiana officials informed colleges in the state on Thursday that they would stop receiving the funds they need to cover their students' grants under the state's merit-based scholarship program, The...
View ArticleClinton Draws Attention to Feature of Her College Plan
Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton used Thursday night's debate to reiterate their support for plans that would make public higher education free (under the Sanders plan) or debt-free (under the...
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Tensions Over Student's Trump Sticker at St. John's
A student at St. John's University, in New York, posted on Twitter a photo of another student's laptop featuring a sticker endorsing Donald Trump, and threatened to "smash this bitch's computer" if...
View ArticleMumps Turns Up at 2 Universities in Indiana
Three students at Butler University have been diagnosed with mumps and have returned home to recover,The Indianapolis Star reported. The mumps vaccine is not 100 percent effective, and outbreaks can...
View ArticleCoursera Introduces Project-Based Courses
Learners in massive open online courses often have nothing more than a certificate to show for their work, but MOOC provider Coursera is launching a new series of courses that offer something a little...
View ArticleCourt: Antitrust Case Against Duke and UNC May Move Forward
A legal challenge to an alleged no-hire agreement between Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has survived an important test. On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge...
View ArticleTensions About Race at U of Missouri Kansas City
The University of Missouri at Columbia was the site of protests in the fall over racist incidents and the view of many black students that their concerns were not taken seriously. An anonymous email...
View ArticleCornell to Be Need Aware for International Students
One of the few institutions to practice need-blind admissions for applicants from abroad will begin considering the financial need of prospective international undergraduates in admissions...
View ArticleMichigan Football Coach Spent $10,000 a Day on Jets
The University of Michigan spent more than $10,000 per day on jet travel for its head football coach and his staff in the days ahead of last year's national signing day, according to an analysis by USA...
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Spellings Outlines Agenda for UNC System
Margaret Spellings (right), former U.S. secretary of education, on Friday outlined her agenda for leading the University of North Carolina system, of which she becomes president March 1. In a speech to...
View Article3 Bethune-Cookman Students Shot, 1 Fatally
Three students at Bethune-Cookman College were shot at a party early Saturday and the injuries were fatal for one student, a football player, The Orlando Sentinel reported. The injured students were...
View ArticleStudy: Top Scientists, Children and Decisions to Move
A new study of elite life scientists finds that they are more likely than other life scientists to relocated, but the age of their children may discourage them from doing so. The study (abstract...
View ArticleJewish Professors Charge Wheelock With Bias
Two Jewish professors have filed complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charging Wheelock College with anti-Jewish bias, The Boston Globe reported. The complaints say that...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Evolutionary Timescales
Today on the Academic Minute, Emily Lescak, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alaska at Anchorage, examines how one freshwater fish shows evolution can take place much faster than previously...
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