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New Mexico’s Public Colleges Breathe Easier, as Governor Signs Budget Bill – The Ticker
Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico signed into law on Friday a bill to provide state funds to public colleges and universities in the next fiscal year, nearly two months after her veto of a spending bill jeopardized such funding, according to the Albuquerque Journal. The veto, of nearly $745 million in support for higher education, appeared to cast New Mexico as the next fiscal battleground,… → Read More
Trump Administration Is Expected to Propose 18% Cut in NIH Budget – The Ticker
The National Institutes of Health would see its budget slashed by 18 percent, from $31.8 billion to $26 billion, under a spending plan for the 2018 fiscal year that the Trump administration is expected to release on Tuesday. Details of the budget were under wraps, but The Washington Post noticed on Monday that the spending plan for the Department of Health and Human Services, of which the NIH is… → Read More
Hoax Article in Social-Science Journal Gets a Rise Out of Some Scholars – The Ticker
A fresh attempt to poke fun at — and poke holes in — cultural-studies scholarship was revealed this week, with the disclosure that a recently published article in Cogent Social Sciences was a hoax. The article, “The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct,” was the work of two people — Peter Boghossian, an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University, in Oregon, and James A.… → Read More
Energy Secretary Rick Perry Attacks Texas A&M Election as ‘Stolen’ – The Ticker
Rick Perry, the U.S. secretary of energy, took time out of his day job on Wednesday to assail the outcome of a recent student-government election at his alma mater, Texas A&M University at College Station. Mr. Perry, who was the state’s Republican governor from 2000 to 2015, said that the election for student-government president, in which an openly gay candidate won for the first time, had… → Read More
Trump Will Propose Shutting Down National Arts and Humanities Endowments – The Ticker
President Trump plans to propose eliminating the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities in his budget for the 2018 fiscal year, which is scheduled to be released Thursday morning, The New York Times reports. The Times report cited two unnamed officials with knowledge of a meeting on Wednesday at which Jane Chu, chairwoman of the arts endowment, disclosed the plan to her staff. The… → Read More
Trump Administration Rescinds Obama-Era Guidance on Transgender Students – The Ticker
[Updated (2/22/2017, 11 p.m.) with additional details.] The Trump administration withdrew Obama-era guidance late Wednesday on the rights of transgender students, to allow the Education and Justice Departments to “further and more completely consider” the controversial issue. In a “Dear Colleague” letter, the departments said they were dropping the earlier guidance, which cited Title IX as the… → Read More
UNC-Wilmington Orders Mandatory Evacuation as Storm Approaches – The Ticker
[Updated (10/5/2016, 12:28 p.m.) with reports of additional preparations in the Southeastern United States.] The University of North Carolina at Wilmington announced on Tuesday afternoon that all 15,000 of its students would be required to evacuate the coastal campus by midday on Thursday as Hurricane Matthew, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in years, approaches from the south. The… → Read More
Student at Western Washington U. Is Arrested Over Yik Yak Threats – The Ticker
Western Washington University police officers on Monday arrested a student whose Yik Yak posts last week were among those viewed as so threatening to black and other minority students that the university shut down last Tuesday and resumed classes only on Monday. According to a statement on the university’s website, the student, 19-year-old Tysen Campbell, faces a felony charge of malicious… → Read More
Campus Police Chief Is Fired After Saying Most Sex Assaults ‘Ain’t Rape’ – The Ticker
The campus police chief has been fired at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, in Georgia, after he was quoted in the student newspaper as saying that most sexual assaults are not rape but “women waking up the next morning with a guilt complex.” The chief, Bryan Golden, was dismissed on Friday, according to The Tifton Gazette. Chief Golden was quoted in an article in the student paper, The… → Read More
Cal State-Long Beach Student Is Among Dead in Paris Terror Attacks – The Ticker
A design student at California State University at Long Beach was among those killed in the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday. The student, Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old Californian, was attending the Strate College of Design during a semester-abroad program, according to a statement posted on Long Beach’s website. “Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends during this sad… → Read More
Interim President of U. of Missouri Is Veteran Official With Roots in Civil Rights – The Ticker
The interim president of the University of Missouri system is a Mizzou alumnus who took part in civil-rights protests a half-century ago, as a student, and later served 30 years in leadership positions at the university before retiring in August. The system’s new leader, Mike Middleton, 68, was appointed by the Board of Curators on Thursday, effective immediately. He takes office after one of… → Read More
Business Dean at Texas Tech Resigns Post After Investigation Into Grade Changes – The Ticker
The dean of Texas Tech University’s business school has resigned after an investigative panel at the school concluded that he improperly raised the grades of four M.B.A. students who had failed a class, reports The Texas Tribune. The dean, Lance Nail, will remain on the faculty of the Rawls College of Business as a professor of finance, but will leave office as dean by year’s end. He did not… → Read More
Attacker at U. of California at Merced Was Irate Over Expulsion From Study Group – The Ticker
The trigger for Wednesday’s stabbing attack at the University of California at Merced appears to have been anger by the assailant, 18-year-old Faisal Mohammad, a freshman, over his expulsion from a campus study group, according to the Los Angeles Times. Mr. Mohammad, who was shot dead by the police during his two-minute rampage, detailed his grievances and a bizarre plan to attack his classmates… → Read More
U. of Louisville Apologizes After President Is Photographed in Stereotypical Mexican Costume – The Ticker
President Ramsey is at the lower right, in the multicolored poncho. (Photo: Scott Utterback/The Courier-Journal) The University of Louisville apologized on Thursday after its president, James R. Ramsey, and other university officials drew sharp criticism for appearing in a photograph in stereotypical Mexican costumes, complete with sombreros, bushy mustaches, and maracas, reports The… → Read More
U. of Louisville Is Said to Have Plied Basketball Recruits With Wine and Women – The Ticker
A top athletics official at the University of Louisville paid strippers and prostitutes to provide sexual services to prime recruits for the men’s basketball team in hopes of persuading them to enroll, according to a forthcoming book described on Friday in the Indianapolis Business Journal. The book, Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen, is by Katina Powell, a stripper and… → Read More
13 Academics Are Among 24 Winners of 2015 MacArthur Fellowships – The Ticker
Thirteen scholars associated with universities are among the 24 winners of MacArthur fellowships, announced on Tuesday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The winners each receive $625,000 grants that are paid out over five years and come with no strings attached. According to the foundation’s website, they were chosen for their “extraordinary originality and dedication in… → Read More
Judge Orders Middlebury College to Reinstate Student Accused of Sexual Assault – The Ticker
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Hillary Clinton Proposes Expanding Support for Campus-Based Child Care – The Ticker
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U. of Illinois Officials Kept Secrets by Using Personal Emails – The Ticker
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Blackboard Is for Sale in Auction That Might Draw $3-Billion Bids – The Ticker
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