By Colleen Flaherty. Three years after a major report revealed the scope of academic fraud at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- 3,100 students over two decades, many of them athletes -- some allege the university may still be trying to cover it up. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Roxanne Vaughan, a professor of biomedical sciences at the University of North Dakota, is reportedly “under fire” over a misinterpreted Facebook comment about Ananya Vinay, the 12-year-old winner of the 2017 U.S. Scripps National Spelling Bee. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Why did Fresno State cancel a search for a professorship named after Edward Said? University says procedural errors occurred, but scholars say it didn't like the pool of Middle Eastern finalists with Palestinian research portfolios. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. A Princeton professor who recently criticized Trump in a commencement speech cancels planned public speaking events, saying she's received death threats for her comments. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A federal district court judge issued an order Wednesday partially blocking enforcement of the gainful-employment rule for cosmetology schools that sued in February to halt the regulation. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Trump administration will suspend borrower defense and renegotiate gainful employment, two Obama administration rules aimed at reining in for-profit colleges. Moves draw rebukes from Democrats and student advocates. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. To distress of advocates, Education Department tells civil rights investigators to focus on individual complaints -- and not automatically go beyond them -- in looking for history of discrimination at institutions. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Claude Pressnell, apparent choice as assistant secretary for postsecondary education, removes himself from consideration, further stalling efforts to fill leadership ranks at the Education Department. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Republicans take issue with deep cuts proposed in White House budget during appropriations hearing with Betsy DeVos. She appears open to ending the release of the names of colleges seeking Title IX religious exemptions. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The National Women's Law Center filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Education Monday alleging that it has improperly withheld documents concerning its enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. More...
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