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New COO for Federal Student Aid
The Education Department on Monday announced the appointment of William J. Taggart as chief operating officer of the agency's federal...
Adjuncts Vote to Unionize at Michigan State
Non-tenure track faculty members at Michigan State University have voted to unionize, 240-113. The new bargaining unit, affiliated with the...
3 Colleges Will Merge Public Safety Departments
Smith, Mount Holyoke and Hampshire Colleges plan to merge their public safety departments, The Republican reported. The move is expected...
Job Cuts at 2 More Private Colleges
Layoffs and job eliminations continue to grow. Northland College, in Wisconsin, announced that 13 faculty and staff members were losing...
Tensions Grow Over Attacks on Indian Students in Australia
Tensions are growing between Australia and India over a series of attacks on Indian students studying in Australia, Reuters reported...
Ronald Takaki, Pioneer in Ethnic Studies, Dies at 70
Ronald Takaki, a long-time professor of ethnic studies at the University of California at Berkeley and a pioneer in the...
How Colleges Use FERPA to Keep Athletics Secrets
A six-month investigation by The Columbus Dispatch has found that colleges and universities use "wildly different legal interpretations" of the...
Gee Quits Board of Controversial Energy Company
E. Gordon Gee, president of Ohio State University, has resigned as a board member of Massey Energy, a company that...