U. of Missouri Rescinds Bill Cosby’s Honorary Degree, Joining Over 20 Colleges
The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators voted unanimously on Friday to rescind Bill Cosby’s honorary degree from the flagship Columbia campus, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The system’s...
View ArticleSupreme Court Will Review Travel Ban, but Allows It to Take Partial Effect in...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear President Trump’s appeal of two cases in which lower courts overruled his travel ban, but the justices allowed parts of the ban to take effect until they...
View ArticleMany Academics Have Taken Money From Google Without Disclosing It, Report Finds
The tech giant Google has paid academics up to hundreds of thousands of dollars to research topics that support the company’s business practices, according to an investigation by The Wall Street...
View ArticleAfter Professors’ Criticism, Group Updates List of Google-Funded Scholars
A group that created a list of scholars who’d received money from Google has updated the database in response to critics, including professors who said they didn’t belong on the list. In some cases the...
View ArticlePresident of U. of Southern California Admits Flaws in Response to Reports of...
C.L. Max Nikias, president of the University of Southern California, said on Wednesday in a written statement that the university “could have done better” in dealing with reports of drug use by the...
View ArticleUC-Irvine Withdraws 500 Admissions Offers 2 Months Before Fall Term
The University of California at Irvine apologized on Friday for rescinding 500 offers of admission just before the start of the fall term. The Los Angeles Times reported that the last-minute reversals...
View ArticleU. of Georgia Prevents Professor From Including ‘Stress-Reduction Policy’ in...
The University of Georgia has prevented a business professor from including a “stress-reduction policy” in his course syllabi that would have allowed students to choose their own grades and abandon...
View ArticleAre Small Colleges Doomed? Not So Fast
Most small and midsize private colleges appear to be financially secure, says a report from the Council of Independent Colleges. “The Financial Resilience of Independent Colleges and Universities”...
View ArticleBipartisan Bill Aims to Provide Support for Homeless College Students
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on Tuesday introduced legislation that aims to remove barriers to access to higher education for homeless...
View ArticleHouse Democrats Propose Making Obama-Era Title IX Guidance Into Law
A group of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives wants details of the Obama-era guidance on campus sexual assault to be written into law, Politico reports. Their legislation, the Title IX...
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