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2 Miami U. football players charged with sexual battery
The alleged crimes occurred in a campus dorm room over the weekend, and the two athletes have since been suspended and kicked off of the team.
By Keith Button • July 10, 2014 -
Embattled UT-Austin president to keep job through June
William Powers has reached an agreement with the chancellor who threatened to have him fired this week.
By Keith Button • July 10, 2014 -
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A look at the pandemic's continuing impact on enrollment and how colleges can ensure students stay on course.
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Faculty union certified for U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A state labor relations board has certified a union formed by nearly 500 non-tenure-track employees at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign.
By Keith Button • July 10, 2014 -
Report: Fewer college students staying for second year
The persistence rate for students starting college in fall 2012 was 68.7%.
By Keith Button • July 10, 2014 -
Cengage's Mindtap adds speech capture with YouSeeU partnership
The YouSeeU app allows instructors and students in oral communication classes to capture video of presentations.
By Roger Riddell • July 9, 2014 -
Vox deems Boston College football most likely to unionize
According to an analysis by Vox Media sports site SBNation, the top-tier football program may very well have players follow the lead of peers at Northwestern University.
By Keith Button • July 9, 2014 -
Gordon College head calls for religious exemption from antigay discrimination laws
Some students and faculty are upset with President D. Michael Lindsay for seeking an exemption to federal regulations that bar discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
By Keith Button • July 9, 2014 -
Washington and Lee U. ends Confederate flag displays
The South will rise no more at the Virginia university, which also recently saw its president issue a statement expressing regret for the school's past ownership of slaves.
By Keith Button • July 9, 2014 -
Burlington College, 3 other East Coast schools on accreditation probation
The Vermont school is joined by institutions in Pennsylvania, New York, and the District of Columbia.
By Keith Button • July 9, 2014 -
McCaskill campus sex assault survey reveals lack of student training
Preliminary results from the Missouri senator's survey of 450 colleges and universities show that a third of institutions don't address the issue with students.
By Keith Button • July 9, 2014 -
ACT acquires Pacific Metrics
ACT, the college admissions testing company, has acquired Pacific Metrics, developer of online assessments, including psychological testing.
By Keith Button • July 8, 2014 -
Blackboard expands student services with Perceptis acquisition
The deal further rounds out Blackboard's offerings as it works to provide a comprehensive array of solutions for universities.
By Roger Riddell • July 8, 2014 -
Enrollment in U.S. journalism schools declining
A new study shows that enrollment dropped two years in a row for the first time in 20 years, prompting questions about the future of journalism programs.
By Keith Button • July 8, 2014 -
Report: Recent college grads fared well during recession
A new study of 2007-2008 college graduates showed healthy employment rates.
By Keith Button • July 8, 2014 -
Ed Dept didn't know freeze would doom Corinthian
An anonymous source said Monday that the department didn't intend to force Corinthian Colleges Inc. to close when it froze funding.
By Keith Button • July 8, 2014 -
Cash-strapped Southern U. to pay millions on wheelchair accessibility
The school's Baton Rouge campus will pay an undisclosed amount along with the price of the upgrades to settle a lawsuit filed by a paraplegic student.
By Keith Button • July 8, 2014 -
NH mulls 4-year tuition freeze for in-state students
The plan would extend an existing two-year freeze.
By Keith Button • July 7, 2014 -
Charges dropped against witness in UNC academic scandal
Former African and Afro-American Studies Department chairman Julius Nyang'oro no longer faces a felony charge.
By Keith Button • July 7, 2014 -
Names revealed of 85 Corinthian colleges for sale
Under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, Corinthian Colleges Inc. will begin shutting down.
By Keith Button • July 7, 2014 -
UT-Austin president pressured to resign
The UT System's chancellor has told Bill Powers that he must resign or be fired at Thursday's Board of Regents meeting.
By Keith Button • July 7, 2014 -
ASU, Thunderbird discussing merger
The deal would leave the future of Thunderbird's MBA program up in the air.
By Keith Button • July 7, 2014 -
Another for-profit college operator faces Corinthian-like problems
ITT Educational Services Inc. could suffer serious federal financial sanctions because of its delay in producing financial documents.
By Keith Button • July 3, 2014 -
10 Pennsylvania colleges team up to save money, improve teaching
The consortium of private liberal arts colleges comes as pressure increases to keep the cost of tuition in line as enrollments fall.
By Keith Button • July 3, 2014 -
Ed tech to FCC: Tear down this proposal
Four ed tech companies have filed letters objecting to a proposal that would allow the creation of fast lanes and slow lanes for Internet connections.
By Keith Button • July 3, 2014 -
Lawsuit: Admissions software company owed colleges $4.7 million
The suit filed against Embark also alleges the company lied to clients about why they weren't getting their money.
By Keith Button • July 3, 2014
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