By Grace Bird. The 2016 winner of Miss Coastal Carolina University is suing the college and the pageant for allowing her to compete even though she was too old to qualify for the state's pageant held the following June, according to a report by The Post and Courier. More...
By Ashley A. Smith. The Complete to Compete: Complete College Tennessee Act of 2018 would require freshmen enrolling in 2019 to complete 30 credit hours of courses in 12 months or risk losing a portion of their Promise scholarship. The "30-in-12" requirement would require the community and technical colleges to create "ready-made" structured schedules that build in the 30 hours. More...
By Scott Jaschik. As much as $4 billion of the University of Michigan's endowment is invested in funds whose executives are major donors to the university, The Detroit Free Press reported. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Students and administrators are condemning racist social media messages at two universities. At the University of St. Joseph, the concerns are about a video of a student singing racially charged lyrics to a rap song. At George Washington University, the concerns are about a racist post on Snapchat. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Colleges nationwide have seen a surge in white supremacist propaganda showing up on campuses, but most of that activity has not involved in-person appearances. Rather, various groups appear to be putting up posters and distributing hateful literature in the night without identifying themselves. More...
By Scott Jaschik. An idea attracting growing interest from some politicians and educators would seek to make the transition from high school to college more seamless. The idea is to make applying to a college a requirement for receiving a high school diploma. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Description of conservative group's gathering said immigration has turned U.S. into "porcelain receptacle for other nations’ wretched refuse." Group said rhetoric was intentionally hyperbolic, and that students canceled the event. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Northeastern University has criticized a comment by one of its professors and removed a video showing the comment, The Boston Globe reported. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Many students at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln are upset that the university has said it will not kick out a white nationalist student, The Lincoln Journal Star reported. Officials have said, consistent with the decisions at other public institutions, that the student has a First Amendment right to his opinions, however offensive they may be. More...
By Scott Jaschik. A few dozen students a year who were meeting the SAT requirement were in the bottom half of their high school classes and didn't perform well in college. More...
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