By Andrew Kreighbaum. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Monday that Mark A. Brown will lead the Office of Federal Student as chief operating officer. More...
02 avril 2019
New Pick to Lead Office of Federal Student Aid
If Academics Ruled Basketball (Women's Edition)
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. How would the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament look if success in the classroom mattered more than talent on the court? Here's the annual Academic Performance Tournament. More...
A Bookend Experience
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Macalester College's graduating class will hear a commencement speaker this year who also addressed them during their freshman year. Officials say the encore speech brings the students’ educational journey full circle. More...
Sexism and Sexual Violence in Campus Tech Groups
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. The public focuses on fraternities when it comes to rape culture, but a recent incident at Berkeley illustrates how other kinds of student clubs can be hotbeds of sexual violence. More...
Appeals Court Allows Kansas State Rape Suit to Proceed
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A federal appeals court will not toss out a lawsuit by two Kansas State University students who alleged that administrators refused to investigate their rapes and other reports of sexual assault in off-campus fraternity houses. More...
Ripe for More Opportunities
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Working for a college or university can often be considered a plum job for a student -- with generally flexible hours, minimal to no commute and a relatively easy first professional opportunity. More...
FBS Institutions Earned More Than $8.3 Billion
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics has revamped its database of college athletics finances and found that the Football Bowl Subdivision, the most competitive of Division I institutions, took in more than $8.3 billion in revenue in 2017. More...
U of La Verne Cancels Classes After Racial Threats
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Officials at the University of La Verne, a private, Hispanic-serving institution in California, are pledging more resources for diversity and to listen to the campus after a backpack was set on fire in a student’s car in what is believed to be a racially related incident. More...
A Tough Balance
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. As President Trump says colleges ignore free speech, University of Tennessee at Knoxville cites the First Amendment as a reason not to expel students for blackface. In protest of that decision, students engage in form of protest Trump repeatedly questions. More...
Even More White Supremacist Fliers
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. The Anti-Defamation League found more than 300 verified incidents of white nationalist propaganda on college campuses last year. More...
