By Nick Hazelrigg. With a rising number of "secret" presidential searches that leave faculty members jilted, some point to the use of search firms as the cause of the troubles. More...
04 septembre 2019
Secret Searches and Faculty Fury
Is International Student Drop Trump's Fault? Only Partially
By Elin Johnson. Last year’s 6.6 percent drop in enrollment of international students at American colleges is due to more than just apprehensions toward President Trump, a new study by EducationNext asserts. More...
High Point Freshman Found With Guns and Plans to 'Shoot Up School'
By Elin Johnson. Police in North Carolina arrested a 19-year-old student at High Point University Tuesday after confiscating two firearms and ammunition, which the student allegedly planned to use in a timeline he had drawn up for committing violence on the campus, a local television station reported. More...
Wisconsin Milwaukee Pulls Controversial Ad Involving Crime-Scene Tape
By Elin Johnson. Following public outcry, the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee has removed an advertisement featuring an African American woman with crime-scene tape wrapped around her neck. More...
Court Reverses Decision on Dismissed Medical Student
By Elin Johnson. A federal appeals court last week reversed a decision by a lower court on a student's expulsion. More...
Orientation for the Adult Learner
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Institutions are trying to figure out how to introduce a growing population of older students to their campuses. More...
A Lingering Tradition
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. First-year students at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology still wear university-issued freshman beanies, but the tradition is now strictly optional. Once a way to belittle freshmen, the practice now helps build relationships. More...
Tracking Guns and Other Dangers
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Three students were recently arrested at three separate colleges for potentially being a threat to the campuses. Institutions are monitoring these risks more closely in an age of increasing gun violence. More...
Miami University Suspends Fraternity for 15 Years
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Members of Miami’s chapter of Delta Tau Delta allegedly hit students with spiked paddles, kicked and spit on them, and forced them to smoke marijuana and drink a significant amount of alcohol, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. More...
Guilt by Association?
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Palestinian student bound for Harvard said he was blocked from the U.S. after immigration officers questioned him about friends' social media posts critical of President Trump. Civil liberties advocates fear incident could deter international scholars and students. More...
