Tag: Courts: Page 3

Faculty & Staff

Trump, Enabler of American Political Hooliganism?

If you like your politics raucous and raunchy, Donald Trump has been your candidate this year.

March 14, 2016

Students

Trouble Remains Following Failed For-profit Schools’ Revival

WASHINGTON ― Significant problems remain at a formerly for-profit college that the Obama administration rescued from near collapse, an Associated Press review has found, despite new federal oversight and pledges of a turnaround by the schools’ current nonprofit owner. Everest University was once the flagship brand of Corinthian Colleges Inc., a for-profit school chain. Allegations […]

March 13, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Republican Senators Say ED Overreaching on Title IX

Republican senators said that the education department is overstepping its bounds in enforcing colleges and universities’ compliance with the guidance issued in regards to instances of sexual assault on campus.

March 10, 2016

African-American

Man Gets 2nd Plea Hearing Over Noose on Ole Miss Statue

JACKSON, Miss. ― A judge has set a second guilty plea hearing for a man federal prosecutors say placed a noose on the University of Mississippi’s statue of its first Black student. A federal court filing shows that Austin Reed Edenfield is scheduled to waive indictment and plead guilty March 24 to a criminal charge […]

March 10, 2016

Students

Alabama-Birmingham Student Accuses School of Mishandling Sex Assault Probe

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― A University of Alabama at Birmingham student said Tuesday that she filed a federal complaint alleging that university officials mishandled an investigation into an alleged sexual assault. The woman told The Associated Press that she was treated unfairly during the university’s investigation into the September 2014 incident. The Associated Press does not […]

March 9, 2016

Students

UC Santa Cruz Fraternity Suspended after Drug Bust

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. ― A fraternity at the University of California at Santa Cruz is suspending the campus chapter after three of its members and three sorority sisters were arrested in a major drug bust. KNTV reports Wednesday that the Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity posted a statement on its website, saying in part, the fraternity […]

March 9, 2016

Students

Georgia University Board OKs Sexual Misconduct Investigation Process

ATLANTA ― People who report allegations of sexual misconduct at Georgia’s 29 public colleges and universities could have their attorneys involved in the process and so could the alleged perpetrators, under rules approved Wednesday by the university system’s governing board. The rules also require university officials to determine whether it is “more likely than not” […]

March 9, 2016

Students

Dean of Berkeley Law School Steps Down Amid Harassment Suit

BERKELEY, Calif. ― The dean of UC Berkeley’s law school went on an indefinite leave of absence from the post Wednesday after his executive assistant sued him over allegations of sexual harassment and the university for allegedly not doing enough to prevent it. Berkeley Law Dean Sujit Choudhry will remain as a faculty member and […]

March 9, 2016

Women

White Privilege Undermines Diversity in Higher Education

Beyond institutionalized and internalized racism and classism, there is a cloud of entitlement that weighs heavy like a dense fog: White privilege.

March 8, 2016

Asian American Pacific Islander

Fight for the Diversity Vote Intensifies as Week’s Primaries Focus on Michigan and Mississippi

Late last week, Def Jam entrepreneur Russell Simmons announced he was supporting Hillary Clinton after reaching out to Bernie Sanders.

March 7, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Diverse on the Go

Vice President Ralph Newell is attending the ACPA Convention in Montreal through Wednesday, an event attended by approximately 3,500 American College Personnel Association members and guests.

March 7, 2016

African-American

Why Obama Must Not Reach Out to Trump’s Angry Whites

The best way for President Obama to counter the Trump effect and the power of racist ideas is for him to focus on instituting his plans and policies during the remainder of his presidential term.

March 6, 2016