Afflicted with inoperable brain cancer, Lauren Hill played women’s basketball at Mount St. Joseph’s in spite of her condition. Friday, it was reported that Hill lost her battle with cancer.
Shannon Russell reports for USA Today:
Lauren Hill...
Rand Paul will be paying the University of Iowa a visit.
Darshan Patel reports for KCRG:
White House hopeful Rand Paul to speak at University of Iowa
IOWA CITY – Presidential candidate Rand Paul will address students and the community Friday morning on the University of Iowa campus.
As part of the Stand with Rand...
As if applying to college isn’t difficult enough, navigating through financial aid can be a journey of its own.
Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post reports:
Five flaws with college financial aid letters
College acceptances — and rejections — are now out and millions of students are trying to figure out how they are...
Rowdy students clash with law enforcement resulting in class cancellation at this downtown Montreal university.
According to an Associated Press report on ABC News:
Quebec University Classes Canceled After Clashes With Police
Classes in a building at a downtown Montreal university are canceled for the day after more than 250 students occupied it for...
The show premiers on Lifetime today.
Amber Sutton reports for AL.com
Alabama State University marching band reality show set to premiere Friday on Lifetime
Viewers across the nation will get an inside look at Alabama State University’s Mighty Marching Hornets on Friday when a new reality show centered around the band premieres on Lifetime.
“Bama...
Oops?
Julie Chang reports for the Austin American-Statesman:
Texas State University sends 450 mistaken acceptance brochures
More than 450 students received acceptance brochures to Texas State University last month only to be told it was a mistake.
University spokesman Jayme Blaschke said that on March 27, an outside vendor accidentally mailed acceptance brochures to hundreds...
When tactical changes are widespread, it’s probably not due to coincidence.
Professor Jacobson writes at our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
More anti-Israel divestment trickery — at NYU
I reported the other day how U. Penn anti-Israel students try backdoor divestment ploy:
I will give the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement credit for one...
After reports surfaced that the University of Michigan cancelled an on campus showing of American Sniper over “racist” and “mass killing” concerns, the university has walked back the decision to cancel.
According to the University of Michigan’s official campus involvement Twitter account, the film will be shown, but in a...
Rutgers Greek life will have to look beyond their houses if they have any interest in partying for the rest of the semester.
Kelly Heyboer reports for NJ.com:
Rutgers University bans fraternity and sorority parties
Rutgers University is banning all fraternity and sorority house parties for the remainder of the spring semester after several...
Will graduate students at Harvard join the ranks of Big Labor?
Jill E. Steinman writes at The Harvard Crimson:
Graduate Students Start Movement To Unionize
In a move that could alter the working dynamic between Harvard and many of its teaching fellows and Ph.D. seekers, a group of graduate students has begun an effort...
The University of Florida is experimenting with a new program that admits freshman with a catch — they spend their first year taking classes online.
Valerie Strauss reports for the Washington Post:
University of Florida admits 3,000 students — then tells them it is only for online program
Some 3,100 students accepted as freshman...
This 17-year-old rejected her rejection letter…
Katie Kindelan of Good Morning America reports for KVUE:
Teen writes rejection letter to Duke University’s rejection letter
Spring is here along with the angst of the college admissions process for high school seniors everywhere.
One North Carolina teenager decided to fight back with a...
Yet another distance based learning is imperiled due to drastically declining enrollment.
Jeff Baumgartner reports for MultiChannel News:
Jones International University to Shut Down
Jones International University, the Colorado-based distance education school founded by cable pioneer Glenn R. Jones in 1993, will be shutting down due to a sharp decline in enrollments, according to...
The New York Times weighs in ongoing Rolling Stone/UVA scandal.
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
Rolling Stone Gang Rape Article Was “Journalistic Failure”
Last July, Rolling Stone reporter Sabrina Erdely went looking for a hot take on campus sexual assault. She reached out to a staff member at the University of Virginia for...
Reportedly, the student responsible for hanging a noose on Duke’s campus has admitted to doing so.
Steve Almasy reports for CNN:
Duke University: Student takes responsibility for noose found hanging on campus
A Duke student has admitted to hanging a noose made of rope from a tree near a student union, university officials...
A data security issue at Auburn University reportedly caused the online publishing of 370,000 individual’s personal information.
Erin Edgemon reports for Al.com:
370,000 current, former Auburn students had personal data exposed on website, university says
Auburn University is investigating a data security incident that could have exposed the personal information of about 370,000 current,...
Probably not the best way to spend money…
Forbes reports:
Losing at a Dollar a Second: Rutgers University
Of all the schools that have tried to use intercollegiate athletics to advance the university’s name recognition and mission, none have done so more vigorously and expensively than Rutgers University. At last report, the school’s spending...
It’s not every day a medieval graveyard containing hundreds of skeletons is found buried beneath a university.
NBC News Reports:
Hundreds of Medieval Skeletons Found Under Cambridge University
Hundreds of skeletons from a medieval graveyard have been discovered beneath Cambridge University in England.
Archaeologists got a rare chance to excavate one of the largest medieval...
As it turns out, his song about a woman convicted of killing a cop, then becoming a fugitive in Cuba isn’t exactly the sort of thing state police officers appreciate.
According to the Associated Press as reported by The Guardian:
University removes Common as graduation speaker amid police outcry
New Jersey’s Kean University has...
Following intense backlash, the University of Southampton has withdrawn permission for a conference that was to be held on the premises.
Patrick Sawer and Jonny Paul report for The Telegraph:
Southampton University conference questioning right of Israel to exist scrapped after protests
A leading British university has scrapped scrap plans to host an controversial...
So this happened…
According to the Associated Press as reported on ABC News:
Duke University Investigates Noose Found Hanging on Campus
Duke officials said Wednesday that they are trying to find out who hung a noose outside a building that houses several offices, including those focused on diversity.
Officials say the rope tied into a...
Heaven forbid you call a spring admit a spring admit. Freshman entering the university in the spring semester will no longer by subjected to the tyranny of accurate identifiers.
Anna Sturla reports for the Daily Californian:
More inclusive term to replace “spring admit” descriptor for campus January admits
In a bid to make...
