By Peter Schmidt. Occidental College faculty members are considering the creation of a formal system to let students report them for microaggressions, according to a document first obtained by the Reason Foundation, a libertarian advocacy group. More...
On Recruiter Pay, For-Profit Colleges Win One, Lose One
By Kelly Field. The Education Department is backing down from its ban on bonuses for recruiters based on graduation rates, but standing by a prohibition on commissions tied to minority enrollments, a year after a federal judge ordered the agency to justify portions of its controversial “incentive compensation” rule. More...
Yoga Class Is Suspended After Students Deem It Culturally Inappropriate
By Kate Stoltzfus. Dozens of students at the University of Ottawa will have to find a new yoga class.
A group of student leaders suspended a free class that has been offered on the campus for the past seven years after concerns were raised that the exercises were a troublesome cultural appropriation, the Ottawa Sun reported on Friday. More...
32 Americans Are Chosen as Rhodes Scholars for 2016
By Charles Huckabee. The Rhodes Trust has announced the names of the 32 men and women chosen as Rhodes Scholars from the United States for 2016. The scholarships cover all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford, in England. More...
No, Your College Probably Doesn’t Have a ‘White Student Union’
By Andy Thomason. In response to widespread protests over racism on college campuses, a new movement has taken root — the “white student union.” Facebook pages affiliated with more than two dozen campuses have popped up like weeds over the past few days, with news outlets both national and local taking note. More...
Student Whose Disappearance Led Md. Campus to Shut Down Is Found Dead
By Charles Huckabee. A troubled student whose disappearance with a rifle case last week led his college in Maryland to close until the end of the month was found dead on Saturday from what police officials said was a self-inflicted gunshot, The New York Times reported. More...
California’s Community Colleges Seek a New Accreditor
By Charles Huckabee. The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges voted on Monday to oust the controversial commission that accredits the system’s colleges, according to reports by the San Francisco Chronicle and the Los Angeles Times. More...
University Police Officer Is Among Those Killed in Planned Parenthood Shooting
By Andy Thomason. A campus police officer was among those killed in a shooting on Friday at a Planned Parenthood center in Colorado Springs. The New York Times reports Garrett Swasey, a member of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs police force, was one of the three people killed in an hours-long standoff between a gunman and police officers at the center. More...
Photos of Black Professors Are Defaced at Harvard Law School
By Andy Thomason. Black tape was found covering the faces of black Harvard Law School professors on framed photographs outside a lecture hall on Thursday, a day after students there held a rally in solidarity with other campuses protesting racism across the country. More...
15% of Female Freshmen Are Raped While Incapacitated, Study Suggests
By Andy Thomason. Roughly 15 percent of female college students are raped while incapacitated by alcohol or drugs during their freshman year, according to a new study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. More...