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Sports

College Athletes Take Labor Cause to Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON ― Members of a group seeking to unionize college athletes are looking for allies on Capitol Hill as they brace for an appeal of a ruling that said full scholarship athletes at Northwestern University are employees who have the right to form a union.

April 2, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Buffett Gives Alma Mater’s Chancellor Twitter Advice

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman is turning to billionaire Warren Buffett for advice on Twitter even though the investor has only sent five tweets.

April 2, 2014

Students

If Student Athletes Are Allowed to Unionize, Will It Change How Colleges View All Their Students?

With the NCAA making a profit of more than one billion dollars a year, I’ve got nothing against the unionization of student-athletes.

March 31, 2014

Sports

Here’s Some Underpublicized March Madness

Too little attention is focused on issues of player safety and health in the media storm following the ruling to allow Northwestern University’s student-athletes to organize.

March 31, 2014

Students

Union Ruling Comes at Bad Time for NCAA

They’re battling in courtrooms, and could one day meet over a bargaining table. About the only things the two sides in the debate over big-time college athletics agree on is that things are changing.

March 27, 2014

Students

Harvard’s NCAA Dreams Belie Less Than Stellar Reality on Campus

You may not like Harvard because it busted your bracket going for the fake Buffet Billions. Even non-math types knew there was a statistical joke going on with Buffet having the edge. You hit a 1 in 9.2 quintillion shot and Buffet only pays you a billion? Sucker. It makes the lottery seem reasonable. And […]

March 24, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Former Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel Applies to Lead Akron

Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has applied to become president at the University of Akron.

March 23, 2014

Sports

SACS to Investigate Louisiana College

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools plans to open an investigation into Louisiana College in Pineville.

March 16, 2014

Sports

Where Does the NFL Stand on Racism, Bigotry These Days?

League has to eventually tackle controversies about the use of Redskins as a team name and possible N-word penalty.

March 12, 2014

Leadership & Policy

DA: No Charges for Crowder in University of North Carolina Fraud Case

Problems in the African and Afro-American Studies department included classes that didn’t meet and unauthorized grade changes.

March 5, 2014

Students

N.J. Student’s Feud with Her Parents over Support Headed to Court

Rachel Canning’s parents kicked her out of the house; she is now living with her best friend’s family, who are also funding her lawsuit.

March 4, 2014

Students

League Innovations Conference Hones In on Diversity Issues at Community Colleges

Administrators discussed the need for more work to be done in the form of recruiting faculty, staff and administrators representative of the students they serve.

March 4, 2014