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President Resigns After Discrimination Complaint
The president of Rowan College at Burlington County has resigned. Paul Drayton was placed on leave last year when the college launched an investigation into a discrimination-based complaint, the Burlington County Times reported. In a special meeting Friday, trustees voted unanimously to accept Drayton’s resignation, effective Sept. 1. → Read More
How SUNY Geneseo produces unusually high number of physics majors
SUNY Geneseo graduated 35 physics majors last year -- about 30 more than the nation's average at institutions without graduate programs. → Read More
Report shows private colleges are adapting and aims to encourage more change
A report from the Council of Independent Colleges shows how dozens of small private institutions have changed programs or structures -- and aims to spur consideration elsewhere. → Read More
Medical Education Field Must Improve Access for Disabled Students, Report Says
A report published this month by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, examines barriers that medical students with disabilities confront and offers some ways to improve access to medical education and the profession itself. → Read More
Crafton Hills College President, VP Placed on Leave
Two high-level administrators at Crafton Hills College were recently placed on administrative leave, as reported Friday by Redlands Daily Facts. → Read More
Asheville expands program to encourage on-time graduation
UNC Asheville is building a program offering free summer tuition after sophomore and junior years to those who need an extra course or two to finish on time. → Read More
Hampshire College centralizes academic assistance programs in the library
Centralizing a range of academic services has boosted their use at Hampshire College. → Read More
University of Tennessee Student Dies in Boxing Match
A University of Tennessee at Knoxville student, Tanner Wray, was pronounced dead at the University of Tennessee Medical Center Friday night after collapsing during a boxing match unaffiliated with the college, WBIR reported. The Knoxville Police Department began to investigate Wray’s death Saturday. → Read More
Students' postsecondary education arcs affected by parents' college backgrounds, study finds
First-generation college students are less likely to persist and graduate than are children of college-educated parents, a national study finds. → Read More
Park U Instructor Arrested by Immigration Officials
A Park University chemistry instructor and father of three was arrested by immigration officials Jan. 24 in his Lawrence, Kans., front yard while his family looked on, The Kansas City Star reported. → Read More
Montana Coach Removed After Texting Escort Services
The contract of University of Montana women’s soccer coach Mark Plakorus won’t be renewed after he used a university cellphone to text escort services during at least five recruiting trips to Las Vegas, the Missoulian reported. → Read More
Racist Stickers Found at Community College
Racist stickers were found in public spaces across Monroe Community College last week, The Democrat and Chronicle reported. → Read More
Study: 72 percent of ninth graders have some postsecondary education within seven years
Federal study finds that 72 percent of a nationally representative sample had some college, and plurality of those who didn't earned $10,000 or less. → Read More
Many Americans feel positive about artificial intelligence, study says
Contrary to popular belief, most Americans feel optimistic about the impending artificial intelligence revolution, even though they think it will take more jobs than it will create. → Read More
Early-Childhood Program Linked to College Success
Inner-city children who participated in an intensive childhood education program in Chicago from preschool to third grade were more likely to get a college degree than their peers who did not, according to a study published Monday by the National Institutes of Health. → Read More
Students warned against ingesting Tide pods amid burgeoning social media fad
At least one college warns its students about the "Tide pod challenge," but so far there have been no publicized cases of college students getting sick after eating laundry detergent packets. → Read More
Professor Charged With Attempted Murder
A Harper College psychology professor is facing charges of attempted murder and assault on a peace officer after firing shots at a rest stop off Interstate 80 near Atalissa, Iowa, on Jan. 11, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune. → Read More