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Faculty & Staff

Miss. Universities Seek $20M to Fund Aid Formula

JACKSON, Miss.—The board that oversees state-run universities in Mississippi says it needs more money to complete the transition to a new formula for dispensing funds to the state’s eight public universities.

January 15, 2014

Students

Obama Administration: End Zero Tolerance

The wide-ranging series of guidelines issued Wednesday in essence tells schools that they must adhere to the principle of fairness and equity in student discipline or face strong action if they don’t.

January 8, 2014

Sports

Every Student Needs a Success Plan

Is it OK to just put our goals and dreams on auto pilot and think that we will achieve them? Of course not.

December 26, 2013

Disabilties

Creighton University Must Accommodate Deaf Student

Michael Argenyi was accepted to Creighton’s medical school in 2008 after disclosing that he was hearing impaired and requesting accommodations for his disability to allow him to follow lectures and communicate with patients.

December 22, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Summoning a Little Sympathy for the Harvard Non-Bomber, Eldo Kim

It’s sad that the academic and financial pressure in college is such that a student is unable to tell the simple truth that he is unprepared to take an exam.

December 22, 2013

Students

Harvard Student Appears in Court on Bomb Hoax Charge

A Harvard University student appeared briefly in federal court Wednesday, accused of making a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of four campus buildings so he could get out of a final exam.

December 18, 2013

Home

4 Harvard Buildings Reopen after Evacuation

Four buildings on Harvard University’s campus near Boston were evacuated for hours Monday, interrupting final exams, after police received a report that explosives may have been placed inside. The buildings were reopened after hours of searches.

December 16, 2013

Students

Bennett College Closing Dorm to Save Money

Closing follows last month’s announcement that they are laying off nine of 200 overall employees.

December 9, 2013

Disabilties

Princeton Starts Mass Meningitis B Vaccinations

The bold move comes after eight cases of on-campus infections have been reported since March.

December 9, 2013

Students

U.S. Trails Behind Other Countries in Eliminating Educational Disparities

In the latest version of the Programme for International Student Assessment, it is revealed that other countries with similar amounts of poverty as the United States don’t experience the same educational disparities.

December 3, 2013

Students

Miss. Prepaid College Tuition Plan’s Future Unclear

JACKSON Miss.—It’s still not clear whether Mississippi’s prepaid college tuition plan will reopen for additional enrollments, or when that might happen.

November 20, 2013

African-American

Study Reveals University Endowments Bouncing Back from Recession

Preliminary results from a study on higher education endowments conclude that college endowments are regaining what they lost due to the economic recession.

November 6, 2013