Policy & Legal: Page 150
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Court: UW injunction against student protester justified, but too vague
The Wisconsin Supreme Court says the state's flagship university must rewrite an injunction barring a former student from campus property and contact with employees.
By Keith Button • July 17, 2014 -
Clery Act: Colleges and universities typically pay 25% less than fined
Institutions facing Clery Act fines since 2000 have seen the amount they owe reduced 17 out of 21 times since 2000.
By Keith Button • July 17, 2014 -
U. of Iowa law school faces new trial from Republican claiming discrimination
A woman alleges her political beliefs were the reason she was passed over for a job teaching legal writing in 2006.
By Keith Button • July 16, 2014 -
UNC-Wilmington prof. wins promotion, legal fees in free speech settlement
Mike Adams, a criminology professor and Christian author, will receive a promotion to full professor and a $9,000 annual raise.
By Keith Button • July 16, 2014 -
Gettysburg College punishes 27 students for Philly drug ring connection
Sanctions include suspensions and expulsions in the wake of an April drug bust.
By Keith Button • July 16, 2014 -
Federal appeals court backs UT-Austin race-based admissions policies
U.S. Supreme Court precedent played heavily into the court's decision, but lawyers are already promising another appeal.
By Roger Riddell • July 15, 2014 -
Dept. of Education issues new sex assault reporting guidance
Colleges and universities must make a good-faith effort to comply with amended laws on reporting sexual assaults and related incidents before final rules are issued.
By Keith Button • July 15, 2014 -
Federal loans blocked for nearly 1M community college students
Because many community colleges don't participate in federal student loan programs, 8.5% of those students don't have access to the loans.
By Keith Button • July 15, 2014 -
Deep Dive
5 higher ed power struggles that echo UT-Austin
Bill Powers' battle for his job is similar to what other presidents at state universities have faced in recent years.
By Keith Button • July 15, 2014 -
Apollo Education Group to fall under federal magnifying glass
The U.S. Department of Education will review the for-profit's administration of federal student aid.
By Keith Button • July 15, 2014 -
UCLA settles racial profiling suit
For $500,000, the university settled a $10 million lawsuit filed by a prominent black judge who accused the campus police of racially profiling and mistreating him during a traffic stop in 2013.
By Keith Button • July 14, 2014 -
IRS determines Ohio U. president's housing is taxable
The audit involved raises a potential issue for other universities with similar arrangements.
By Keith Button • July 14, 2014 -
Judge declines to force Corinthian disclosures in ads
A judge ruled against the California attorney general's request to order the for-profit college provider to disclose its financial instability when advertising to prospective students.
By Keith Button • July 14, 2014 -
NYT exposes how one college bungled a sex assault case
The piece details how Hobart and William Smith Colleges reportedly mishandled a case involving a freshman and three alleged perpetrators on the school's football team.
By Keith Button • July 14, 2014 -
60 articles retracted as academic journal busts peer review fraudsters
The Journal of Vibration and Control's investigation uncovered a ring of 130 peer reviewers who used fake identities.
By Keith Button • July 11, 2014 -
New America Foundation: Rethink financial aid for nontraditional students
A new report calls for federal financial aid that better serves students who aren't coming directly from high school.
By Keith Button • July 10, 2014 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
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