Montana Will Pay $245K to Athlete Accused of Rape
The state of Montana will pay $245,000 to Jordan Johnson, who was a quarterback for the University of Montana and who accused the institution is bias and irregularities in charging him with rape, The...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Mothers' and Daughters' Stories
Today on the Academic Minute, Haley Horstman, assistant professor of interpersonal and family communication at the University of Missouri, details how telling their stories to their mothers can help...
View ArticleAlabama Universities Defend Earmarks
U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, a Republican, is facing four challengers in the GOP primary, and all are criticizing his earmarks to Alabama universities, AL.com reported. The article explores how the...
View Article$750M Settlement for Carnegie Mellon in Patent Suit
Marvell Technology Group has agreed to pay Carnegie Mellon University $750 million to settle a patent lawsuit the university filed against the company in 2009, the university announced. A federal...
View ArticleLouisville President, Under Fire, Plans to Stay Until 2020
James Ramsey, president of the University of Louisville, said Thursday that he plans to remain in office until 2020, The Courier-Journalreported. “I’ve got a contract until 2020. And right now, while...
View ArticlePlan Would Lower Tuition, Change Names at NC HBCUs
Legislators in North Carolina are drafting plans that would dramatically cut tuition and change the names of some of North Carolina's public, historically black colleges, The News & Observer...
View ArticleWhy Is Inver Hills Banning Union Activist From Campus?
Inver Hills Community College, in Minnesota, has placed Dave Berger, a faculty member in sociology, on leave and barred him from campus. The move is raising questions, The Star Tribune reported,...
View ArticleGrand Canyon Again Pushing for Nonprofit Shift
Grand Canyon University, a for-profit that was exploring nonprofit status but then said that such a shift seemed unlikely, is now moving ahead with a plan to make most of its academic units nonprofit,...
View ArticleUtah Universities' Sports Flap Spurs Legislature's Interest
The Utah Legislature did not initiate a highly unusual audit of the University of Utah's athletics programs to try to get the university to reverse its decision last month to drop in-state rival...
View ArticleNew Survey of Higher Education 'Insiders'
The consulting and research firm Ithaka S+R is launching a recurring survey of 110 "insiders" to capture what presidents, chancellors, provosts, faculty members and others think about current higher...
View ArticleCrash Kills 3 African Students at Manchester U
Three Manchester University students from Africa were killed and a fourth was injured early Sunday after being struck by a van along Interstate 69 in Indiana, the Associated Press reported. The...
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UNC Greensboro Drops Name of Racist on Auditorium
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro's board voted last week to change the name of the Aycock Auditorium (right), which has honored Charles B. Aycock, who served as governor of North Carolina...
View ArticleIllinois Governor Vetoes Bill With Funds for Higher Ed
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, a Republican, on Friday vetoed a bill that would have provided $721 million for community colleges and for the state scholarship program for low-income students, The...
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Blackface or a Cosmetic Treatment?
A debate has been set off at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater over a photo on Snapchat that appears to show two students in blackface (at right). Beverly Kopper, the chancellor, sent a message...
View ArticleClinton Allies Continue to Stress Issue of Black Colleges
Allies of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign continue to push hard on the issue of historically black colleges, arguing that the college affordability plan of Senator Bernie Sanders, Clinton's...
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Minority Students Occupy Lounge at Harvard Law
Minority law students at Harvard University have been occupying a student lounge at the university's law school since last week. The students call the lounge "Belinda Hall," after a slave of one of the...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Drones and Medical Access
Today on the Academic Minute, Timothy Amukele, assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University, explores the use of drones to help get medical samples from one place to another in places...
View ArticleLetter Details Persecution of Turkish Scholars
The Middle East Studies Association’s new letter to Turkish government officials raising concerns about the “pattern of persecution” against scholars who signed a petition opposing military actions in...
View ArticleSt. Catharine College Sues Education Department
St. Catharine College, a small Roman Catholic college in Kentucky, has sued the U.S. Department of Education over student aid funds that the college says the government has failed to provide, WDRB News...
View ArticleHarvard Accessibility Lawsuit Moves Forward
A judge in a federal district court in Massachusetts has allowed an accessibility lawsuit against Harvard University to proceed. The National Association of the Deaf last year sued Harvard over online...
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