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| 03/12/2010 12:00 AM |
| Town-Gown Fee Dispute Goes to Court |
| Stonehill College and its host community, Easton, generally get along well, according to officials on both sides. But one recent disagreement could not be settled satisfactorily, it seems, so the two sides will take it up in court. |
| 03/12/2010 12:00 AM |
| USC Provost C.L. Max Nikias to Succeed Steven Sample as President |
| C.L. Max Nikias, USC’s provost and second-in-command, will become its next president, succeeding Steven B. Sample on August 3 at the helm of the 34,000-student university in Los Angeles, school officials announced Thursday. |
| 03/12/2010 12:00 AM |
| UC Regents to Look at Changing Policy on Fees |
| If professional schools within the University of California want to raise student fees, they might soon be allowed to set new prices by considering what private universities are charging. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Close Frat House until 2011, Says Fire Official |
| The University of Kentucky's fire marshal, Greg Williamson, said Monday he has recommended that the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house, the scene of an apparent prank involving fire early Saturday, be closed for the rest of this semester and through the next semester. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Salaries Spike for College Football Assistants, Successful Coaches |
| The trend of rapidly accelerating pay for major-college head football coaches is being replicated — and then some — for their top assistants. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Ex-Sussex Community College Professor May Sue for Age Discrimination, Judge Rules |
| A former adjunct professor at Sussex County Community College may proceed with a portion of a lawsuit she filed against the college that alleges she was not rehired because of her age, an appeals court has ruled. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Students Try to Convince Officials to Save UNR Ag College |
| Students in the University of Nevada, Reno College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources said they've moved past the initial shock and anger about plans to close the college and are working to get officials to reconsider. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Ohio College Students Get Online Help for Voting |
| Ohio's college students now have a one-stop internet site to answer questions on how, where and when to vote. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Lynn University Holding Memorial for 4 Students, 2 Faculty Who Died in Haiti Earthquake |
| Lynn University will spend Friday as a day of mourning, remembering four students and two professors who died during January's earthquake in Haiti. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Report: Colleges Will Need $1.5B More in 2019 |
| By the next decade, California’s public colleges are going to need space for nearly 400,000 more students. That’s according to enrollment projections for higher education that the California Postsecondary Education Commission released this week. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Ex-Stillman Professor Sues over Dismissal |
| A former Stillman College professor has sued the college over his termination two years ago, seeking back pay, punitive damages and his old job. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| 1,000 Attend VCU Forums about Cuccinelli Opinion on Protecting Gays |
| As lawmakers defeated a renewed effort yesterday to include sexual orientation in state anti-discrimination policies, about 1,000 students and faculty turned out at Virginia Commonwealth University to assail an attorney general's opinion that targets campus diversity policies. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Opinion: Senate Should Support Changes in Student Aid |
| If approved, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act would indeed change the way student loans are issued. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Utah Tuitions Likely to Rise 10 Percent |
| Utah college students can expect to pay about 10 percent more in tuition next year as lawmakers continue a long-standing trend of transferring the cost of higher education from the state onto students and their families. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| CU Regents Indicate They'll OK 9 Percent Tuition Hike, Set March 29 Vote |
| The University of Colorado's regents Wednesday signaled they reluctantly will raise tuition by 9 percent for in-state students and 5 percent for new out-of-state students, but postponed a formal vote until later this month. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Idaho Universities to Lose $32 Million Next Year |
| Lawmakers plan to give Idaho's four-year public universities about $32.1 million less in total funding next year, further slashing the state share of costs for higher education. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Metro Drops Suit; Deal Reached |
| An official peace accord was proclaimed Tuesday in the often bitter fight over state aid among the state’s six community colleges. A key provision is that Omaha’s Metro Community College will drop its lawsuit against the state’s five other technical schools. |
| 03/11/2010 12:00 AM |
| Ohio State Janitor Who Shot Bosses and Himself Had Complained of Treatment and Was to Be Fired |
| An Ohio State University janitor who shot two supervisors, one fatally, and then killed himself had complained that he was being treated unfairly, though records show he slept on the job and was late to work during his probation. |
| 03/10/2010 12:00 AM |
| UC Davis Team Combats Malnutrition |
| The UC Davis researchers who created Nutributter have a lofty goal: preventing childhood malnutrition across the world. |
| 03/10/2010 12:00 AM |
| Menlo College Launches Project to Raise Teen Financial Literacy |
| A Menlo College pilot project seeks to help teens navigate the increasingly complicated world of finances while giving them a jump-start toward higher education. |
| 03/10/2010 12:00 AM |
| Incentive to Do Well at UMass-Amherst |
| Bonuses can mean big bump to base salaries of coaches |
| 03/10/2010 12:00 AM |
| Feds: Calif. Man Ran Student Visa Fraud Ring |
| Eamonn Higgins has never earned a college degree in his own name, but prosecutors allege that for the past seven years the 46-year-old has been going to school non-stop for dozens of other students. |
| 03/10/2010 12:00 AM |
| GSU Students Protest Proposed State Budget Cuts |
| Tough economic times are forcing state lawmakers to make huge cuts to education. They’ve already cut $265 million from higher education and are considering an additional $300 million in cuts. |
| 03/10/2010 12:00 AM |
| Greensboro College Names New President |
| Lawrence Czarda has been named the new president at Greensboro College. |
| 03/10/2010 12:00 AM |
| BSC Inches Closer Toward University Status |
| Bridgewater State University has inched closer to becoming a reality. |