By Paul Fain. The University of La Verne may close its law school, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reported. The governing board for the private university, which is located in Southern California, will consider the matter next month. In the meantime, a group of nine university faculty members and administrators is investigating the law school's viability and looking at its finances, according to the newspaper. More...
Moody's on Mass. College Closure Law
By Paul Fain. A new Massachusetts law requires increased financial disclosures for the state's colleges. It also boosts state regulators' authority to monitor colleges' financial strength and requires those that are deemed at risk to file contingency plans for their students. More...
Study on Campus Carry Legislation
IBM Looks Beyond the College Degree
College Reopens After Closing Over Threats
By Paul Fain. Elmhurst College, a private institution located near Chicago, reopened Wednesday after being shut down for two days over concerns about several campus episodes of vandalism "involving hate messaging and non-specific threats," the college announced. More...
University of Michigan Drops Bias Response Team
By Paul Fain. The University of Michigan will not reinstate its bias response team as part of a settlement with a nonprofit group that had argued that the team threatened free speech on campus, MLive reported. The settlement comes a month after a federal appeals court backed the lawsuit from Speech First, a civil liberties-focused organization based in Washington. More...
University of La Verne Mulls Closure of Law School
Wayne State Trustees Push Back on Free College
By Paul Fain. Three members of Wayne State University's governing board are criticizing the university's president over a free tuition plan Wayne State rolled out last week. They said M. Roy Wilson didn't brief the board about the plan until the last minute and overstepped his authority, according the Detroit Free Press. More...