You have /5 articles left.
Sign up for a free account or log in.

Sign Up, It’s FREE
<![CDATA[
  • Volunteer State Community College has called off classes while officials develop plans to finish the semester in the wake of tornado damage on Friday, The Tennessean reported. While only minor injuries were reported, roofs were ripped off of several buildings.
  • The situation for Decker College, a Kentucky for-profit institution that failed last year, keeps getting worse. The Associated Press reported that the college faces $55 million in claims from 588 creditors. The largest claim is from the U.S. Education Department, which wants $32 million in student loan and grant funds it says were misused.
  • The University of the Cumberlands kicked out a dean's list student after finding out from a MySpace Web site that he is gay, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported. The Baptist institution bars students from any sexual activity outside of (heterosexual) marriage, but a friend of the expelled student told the newspaper that people "would be floored by the amount of gay people at our school."
  • Duke University's lacrosse squad isn't the only team causing troubles. The Raleigh News & Observer reported Sunday that the university's baseball team has had issues with alcohol abuse and hiring strippers for parties -- the combination of activities that led to the growing scandal involving the lacrosse team.
  • Niagara University announced Friday that its women's lacrosse team would forfeit its next game -- and that team members would face other punishments -- because of an initiation party that involved underage drinking and other, unspecified "inappropriate activities."
  • Suffolk University has shut down a new hotline set up by the institution's Juvenile Justice Center to allow young people to report police abuses, The Boston Globe reported. University officials told The Globe they thought it was inappropriate for the university to act as a watchdog, while faculty members and other critics of the move noted that the university needs approval from Boston officials for key expansion plans.
  • Canadian scientists are concerned that a government agency's rejection of a McGill University professor's grant application may signal support for intelligent design, The Globe and Mail reported. Brian Alters, who directs a research center on evolution, applied for funds to study the impact of intelligent design in Canada and the letter rejecting his proposal said that it had failed to provide enough evidence that "the theory of evolution, and not intelligent design theory, was correct." McGill is demanding a review of the decision.

Next Story

A black man with a beard wearing a suit stands in front of the Supreme Court building
Admissions Traditional-Age
Affirmative Action Ban’s Impact Is a ‘Black Box’

Bryan Cook wants to study how the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling is affecting diversity in higher ed.

Written By

Scott Jaschik

More from News

Woman helping a customer in a clothing store
Students Careers
How Concerning Is Underemployment of College Graduates?

Half of graduates land jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree, and 40 percent are still in such jobs a deca

Speaker Mike Johnson points a finger while standing behind a podium. Virginia Foxx and Elise Stefanik stand next to him.
Government Politics & Elections
House Republicans Threaten Colleges’ Federal Funding With New Investigations

Six House committees will probe 10 colleges’ responses to antisemitism.

Group of students on beach with matching blue T-shirts
Global Study Abroad
Defense Department Cuts 13 of its Language Flagship Programs

Linguists are concerned about the implications the elimination of these programs may have on foreign relations.