Policy & Legal: Page 139
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Most Boston colleges not paying voluntary tax amounts
A Boston Globe analysis shows 15 of 19 city colleges and universities aren't making the payments in lieu of property taxes that city officials say the schools agreed to pay in 2011.
By Keith Button • Oct. 28, 2014 -
U of Southern Maine cuts two more programs
The University of Southern Maine is cutting two programs as it tries to close a $16 million budget gap.
By Keith Button • Oct. 27, 2014 -
Report proposes joint fed-state higher ed funding
The Center for American Progress is proposing that the federal government encourage states to invest in public colleges and universities through a matching funding program-- with strings attached.
By Keith Button • Oct. 27, 2014 -
New York colleges drop broad criminal background questions
Three institutions of higher education have signed agreements with the state's attorney general to stop asking applicants broad questions about their arrest and conviction histories.
By Keith Button • Oct. 27, 2014 -
U of Nebraska alcohol death leads to four arrests, fraternity suspension
The arrests come two months after a freshman fraternity member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln died from drinking too much alcohol.
By Keith Button • Oct. 24, 2014 -
Oklahoma band director issue resolved, Ohio State still facing its own
The University of Oklahoma's marching band director resigned in response to leadership complaints, while Ohio State filed a response to its fired band director's lawsuit.
By Keith Button • Oct. 24, 2014 -
Deep Dive
These 6 incidents pitted faculties against their administrations
Votes of no confidence and other measures have seen varying degrees of success when faculty express their displeasure with campus leadership.
By Keith Button • Oct. 23, 2014 -
Loopholes give campus rapists clean slate with transfer
Many higher ed sexual assault policies don't require institutions to inform other colleges and universities, or the police, about cases when the accused student transfers.
By Keith Button • Oct. 23, 2014 -
Heavy presence for Ohio colleges on student loan default lists
According to Quartz, no state has more schools with larger increases in three-year student loan defaults.
By Keith Button • Oct. 23, 2014 -
RTI International's new tool tracks community college success
The Completion Arch analyzes federal and state data on community colleges to get a better understanding of how students progress and succeed.
By Keith Button • Oct. 23, 2014 -
Education Dept easing PLUS loan credit requirements
The new standards will take effect at the end of March 2015.
By Keith Button • Oct. 23, 2014 -
Over 3,000 students across two decades mixed up in UNC cheating scandal
The latest investigation conducted by a former Justice Department official reveals a wider-ranging fraud than prior probes.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 22, 2014 -
Oklahoma president hears out marching band after $20K in critical ads
Much of the band's complaints were with its leadership and a rule forbidding them to publicly criticize it.
By Keith Button • Oct. 22, 2014 -
UNC-Greensboro chancellor says retirement unrelated to employee arrests
Controversy in the university's public relations office under leadership she appointed reportedly has nothing to do with Linda Brady's exit.
By Keith Button • Oct. 22, 2014 -
Ebola forces tough travel choices for campus administrators
Administrators are balancing campus health and safety with allowing faculty and students access to medical and humanitarian opportunities in affected West African countries.
By Keith Button • Oct. 22, 2014 -
Burlington College selling lakefront property to pay down debt
To help pay down $11.4 million in debt, the Vermont college is proposing a sale of 25 of the 32 acres it bought in 2010.
By Keith Button • Oct. 21, 2014 -
Higher ed hits the campaign trail
Democratic Congressional candidates are putting higher education issues in the spotlight against their 2014 mid-term opponents.
By Keith Button • Oct. 21, 2014 -
Pumpkin festival riot at NH's Keene State injures 26
Photos and videos are under review, and the college's president says students involved may be expelled.
By Keith Button • Oct. 20, 2014 -
Final Clery Act revisions released by Ed Department
The U.S. Department of Education released its final rules for Clery Act requirements of colleges and universities.
By Keith Button • Oct. 20, 2014 -
Stanford president still sees 'tsunami' headed for higher ed
John Hennessy spoke to the Washington Post about a range of higher ed topics, including MOOCs, sexual assault prevention, and federal policy.
By Keith Button • Oct. 20, 2014 -
Walla Walla A&S faculty votes no confidence president
The 'bullying' community college president still has the backing of trustees.
By Keith Button • Oct. 20, 2014 -
UCLA lab fire cost $4.5M in legal fees
Taxpayers reportedly footed the bill for defending the school and a chemistry professor from criminal charges in a 2008 lab fire that killed a research assistant.
By Keith Button • Oct. 17, 2014 -
CU-Boulder reinstates philosophy grad admissions
The philosophy department has declared progress on reforms to turn around a culture of sexual harassment.
By Keith Button • Oct. 16, 2014 -
Learning Technology Partners locked in legal battle with Texas university
The LMS provider and San Antonio's University of the Incarnate Word are suing each other over a disagreement about who was responsible for usage and capacity problems.
By Keith Button • Oct. 16, 2014 -
Disinvited speaker paid $26K by Pasadena City College
Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black was paid $26,050 not to sue after leaked sex tape photos canceled his commencement speech.
By Keith Button • Oct. 16, 2014
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