[ad_1] The University of California, Los Angeles has this year closed its Bruin Woods summer camp for alumni amid allegations of sexual assault and hazing there, The Los Angeles Times reported. The camp is traditionally open in the summer for 10 weeks, with alumni families coming for one-week stays. “We are aware of allegations of …
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[ad_1] Gamal Abdelaziz leaves federal court. The Boston Globe/Getty Images The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Wednesday largely cleared two of the fathers who had been convicted in the Varsity Blues admissions cases, which captured the attention of the public and those who work in admissions. The court’s decision leaves Gamal …
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[ad_1] In a lot of ways, the story of Heidi Rennert is similar to that of many late-stage Ph.D. candidates in the humanities. She came to the University of British Columbia’s Department of English Language and Literatures with a solid track record of academic achievements. “I’m really good at reading syllabi and understanding what’s expected …
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[ad_1] The Medical College of Wisconsin canceled a forum on the “uses and abuses” of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in medicine and science after students and faculty members complained that the forum was not based on science, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The event was to have been sponsored by the Wisconsin Association of Scholars, a branch …
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[ad_1] Arguing that the ongoing student loan payment pause is unlawful, a Michigan legal advocacy organization wants a federal judge to force the Education Department to restart payments. Backed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed a motion for a preliminary injunction Thursday in federal court as part of …
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[ad_1] Danielle Dixson, an associate professor of marine science at the University of Delaware, received blow after blow last year. On July 8, Proceedings of the Royal Society B issued a correction to a 2016 article she co-authored. It was on how anemonefish respond to bleached versus unbleached host anemones—an important question regarding coral reefs. On …
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[ad_1] The faculty union at Yakima Valley College, a community college in Washington State, recently gave the college’s president a vote of no confidence, according to a news release from the union. The union called a press conference Thursday to discuss the results of the vote. At an April meeting, 88 percent of union members voted …
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[ad_1] In the wake of a failed presidential search last week, South Florida State College has named a new sole finalist for the job: Republican state representative Fred Hawkins, a staunch ally of Governor Ron DeSantis, Fox News reported. Hawkins, who has no experience in higher ed, co-sponsored a bill that stripped the Walt Disney …
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[ad_1] Medaille University will no longer integrate with Trocaire College as planned. Trocaire College’s planned acquisition of Medaille University has been called off a little over a month after the two private institutions in Buffalo, N.Y., announced a deal. Discussions between the two have been ongoing since October 2021. Trocaire, a Roman Catholic institution, purchased …
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