Policy & Legal: Page 165
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U. of Baltimore offers incentive for four-year grads
New students will receive one semester free if they graduate in four years.
By Keith Button • March 19, 2014 -
Credit transfers foil community college students
A new study examines why community college students struggle to earn bachelor's degrees.
By Keith Button • March 19, 2014 -
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As AI continues its forward march in education and the workplace, colleges are grapplling with how best to incorporate the emerging technology into admissions, courrsework and elsewhere
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Calif. race-based admissions shelved
The proposal would allow race and gender preferences in state university admissions, which have been banned since 1996.
By Keith Button • March 18, 2014 -
MIT solving moving MOOC issue
MIT is developing policy interpretations to determine intellectual property rights for MOOC coursework when its professors leave.
By Keith Button • March 18, 2014 -
State university hires lobbyist to help it secede
Pennsylvania's largest state school supports a bill that would allow state universities to privatize.
By Keith Button • March 18, 2014 -
Report: Tenured faculty pay up 2.1%
The median 2014 increase for tenured faculty outpaced inflation, but was less than the average increase for college administrators.
By Keith Button • March 17, 2014 -
University uses retirement payoffs to keep secrets
Three top officials at the University of Louisville paid double early retirement benefits.
By Keith Button • March 17, 2014 -
Science funding bill draws ire of researchers
The House subcommittee-approved legislation would restrict researchers who use federal grants.
By Keith Button • March 14, 2014 -
New federal rule unveiled for student borrowing
In the new rule, the Department of Education tries to satisfy issues raised in a court challenge.
By Keith Button • March 14, 2014 -
Accrediting agency to investigate Louisiana College
The college is accused of forging signatures and manufacturing documents.
By Keith Button • March 14, 2014 -
Idaho to allow guns on campuses
The NRA-backed legislation was signed into law Thursday despite outcry.
By Keith Button • March 14, 2014 -
Whistleblower suit against student loan companies to continue
Two student loan companies are accused of defrauding the U.S. government.
By Keith Button • March 14, 2014 -
Randolph College sanctioned by museum association for selling painting
The painting is the second of four voted for sale by the school's trustees in 2007.
By Roger Riddell • March 13, 2014 -
Faculty union authorizes strike at Portland university
The university's 1,200 full-time faculty members say they'll strike if union leaders don't agree to a new contract.
By Keith Button • March 13, 2014 -
Tenn. legislators threaten university over 'Sex Week'
Lawmakers want the University of Tennessee to halt the student-run event.
By Keith Button • March 13, 2014 -
Department of Ed loan rehab snafu detailed
The Government Accountability Office says a computer upgrade delayed loan rehabs for 80,000 borrowers.
By Keith Button • March 13, 2014 -
Lawsuit in Xavier wrongful rape accusation case can proceed
A former Xavier basketball player is suing the school for expelling him in 2012.
By Keith Button • March 13, 2014 -
Whistleblower wins $3M in Chicago State University case
A jury found that the university's former senior legal counsel was fired in retaliation for accusing the school's president of misconduct.
By Keith Button • March 12, 2014 -
Report renews call for nationwide tracking of student, college performance
A proposed database would provide statistics on graduation rates and post-college employment.
By Keith Button • March 12, 2014 -
Fed investigator says financial aid debit cards need better monitoring
The inspector general is raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest between colleges and card providers.
By Keith Button • March 12, 2014 -
Proposal may let Pa. universities exit state system
Some worry that universities exiting the system could hike tuition.
By Roger Riddell • March 11, 2014 -
S.C. legislature keeps colleges' budget penalty for gay-themed books
Two colleges have had funding removed for their book assignments, and stronger penalties may be considered
By Keith Button • March 11, 2014 -
Princeton petitioners seek end to criminal background question
Campus group argues that asking about criminal records discourages student diversity
By Keith Button • March 11, 2014 -
Congressman: Colleges no longer misleading financial aid applicants
The 111 institutions have corrected their websites about federal aid applications.
By Keith Button • March 11, 2014 -
Dartmouth proposes mandatory expulsion for sexual assault
Ten months after a formal complaint was lodged against Dartmouth for its handling of sexual assaults, the college's proposal on the issue is hailed by its critics.
By Keith Button • March 10, 2014
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