STEVE SZKOTAK, Associated PressHomeVirginia Attorney General Announces Rescue Plan for Sweet Briar CollegeProminent alumnae of Sweet Briar College are rejoicing over a mediated settlement to keep the 114-year-old Virginia women’s college open.June 22, 2015StudentsU.Va. Dean Sues Rolling Stone Over Debunked Gang Rape StoryA University of Virginia associate dean sued Rolling Stone magazine on Tuesday for more than $7.5 million, saying a debunked account of an alleged gang rape on campus cast her as the “chief villain.”May 12, 2015HBCUsPlan to House Immigrant Children at St. Paul’s University on HoldHundreds of Central American children and teenagers are to be housed on the campus of the closed college in rural Virginia amid complaints by local officials.June 16, 2014StudentsGroup of Law Students Want Confederate Flags Removed at Washington and Lee UniversityA group of law students at Washington and Lee University is demanding the school banish the Confederate flag from its Lexington campus and repudiate one of its namesakes, Gen. Robert E. Lee.April 17, 2014StudentsSt. Paul’s College Sees Hope in April 9 SaleThe St. Paul’s College campus and the 35 buildings on its grounds are for sale in hopes it can continue to educate young men and women.March 30, 2014StudentsVa. College Settles Class Action Suit for $5MRICHMOND Va.—A federal judge has approved a $5 million class action settlement between a two-year college and thousands of primarily African-American students saddled with loans in return for what their attorneys called a sham education in which teachers sometimes failed to show up for classes. The settlement involves the former Richmond School of Health and […]July 28, 2013Leadership & PolicyVa. University, College Leaders Defend Va. Tech’s StegerVirginia’s public university and community college presidents argue in a state Supreme Court filing that Virginia Tech’s president should have immunity from any civil action stemming from the 2007 massacre on his Blacksburg campus.July 2, 2013Faculty & StaffGroup Files Department of Education Complaint on U.Va.’s ‘Warning’A group representing trustees and alumni from colleges around the country is seeking an investigation into an accreditation agency putting the University of Virginia on warning for its failed attempt to fire its president.January 1, 2013StudentsPost-Election Backlash Strikes at Hampden-SydneySmall Virginia school’s investigation of incident involving racial slurs and bottle throwing occurs in the wake of a similar disturbance at the University of Mississippi following President Obama’s re-election.November 8, 2012HomeVa. Tech Massacre at Center of Two Court AppealsThe state moved Thursday to reverse a wrongful death verdict in the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech while the parents of two students killed want the university’s president to stand trial for failing to alert the campus when the first gunshots rang out.October 11, 2012Page 1 of 2Next Page