By Andrew Kreighbaum. Department of Education has narrowed scope of civil rights inquiries -- a necessary step, it says, to deliver speedier resolutions to students and colleges. Some criticize changes, especially in light of new funding from Congress to support investigations. More...
New Limits on Overtime
By Colleen Flaherty. The Labor Department answered some outstanding questions about academic overtime pay last week, putting such compensation officially out of reach for adjuncts teaching online, among other workers. More...
Questions About Job Candidate's Past
By Colleen Flaherty. Anonymous faculty members at NC State object to candidate for professorship who was ousted from a prior position at Ohio State over financial misconduct and other concerns. More...
Fraternity Suspended After 4 Arrested in Drug Bust
By Grace Bird. Four East Carolina University students were arrested Tuesday when authorities seized 2,500 bars of Xanax, marijuana and two shotguns from an off-campus fraternity house, according to The News and Observer. More...
Utah State Demotes Title IX Chief
By Grace Bird. Utah State University has demoted its Title IX coordinator after an investigation found that administrators failed to address assault allegations against faculty in the piano department, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. More...
Ohio State Revokes Bill Cosby's Honorary Degree
By Grace Bird. Ohio State University has revoked an honorary degree given to Bill Cosby when he delivered the commencement address in 2001, according to the Columbus Dispatch. The Board of Trustees approved the motion Friday. More...
Students, Faculty at Northern Kentucky Protest Cuts
By Grace Bird. The rally was held "to bring about awareness regarding the effects of budget cuts, pension increases, loss of faculty/staff, altering/eliminating tenure, etc., and how this will impact our students," according to a social media posting about the event. More...
How a Mass Shooting May Have Been Averted
By Grace Bird. A Syracuse University student who had ammunition and gun accessories in his apartment was deported before acting on suspected plans to carry out a mass shooting, city police said Thursday, according to Syracuse.com. More...
In Physics, Geneseo Punches Above Its Weight
By Grace Bird. SUNY Geneseo graduated 35 physics majors last year -- about 30 more than the nation's average at institutions without graduate programs. More...
Viterbo Eliminates a Dozen Academic Programs
By Rick Seltzer. Viterbo University will eliminate a dozen programs following a formal sustainability review of majors with fewer than 20 enrolled students. More...