Mizzou may owe MILLIONS after rejecting deceased conservative donor’s wishes
Hillsdale College is suing the University of Missouri for allegedly neglecting the wishes of Mizzou graduate and conservative donor Sherlock Hibbs’ $5 million gift.
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ED had hand in college chain’s collapse, documents show
Dream Center Education Holdings, a subsidiary of a Los Angeles-based megachurch, had no experience in higher education when it petitioned the federal Education Department to let it take over a troubled chain of for-profit trade schools.
Facebook won’t rule out digital currency launch without US approval
Facebook is facing immense pressure from US regulators over its plans to launch a digital currency, Libra, in association with more than 20 partners including Visa, MasterCard and Uber.
California students caught in the middle
Years-long fight over federal rules governing state standards for online education could imperil standing of tens of thousands of students.
Palestinian university fights Israeli visa restrictions
Rising numbers of overseas academics have been hit with visa denials or refused entry to Palestine, scholars say
Prof: ‘When I said MAGA teens are modern day Hitlerjugend, I meant it’
A University of Mississippi professor who was recently granted tenure says he "meant it" when he called teenage Trump supporters "modern day Hiterjugend."
U.S. investment in African university fails as China advances
When the U.S. government’s private-investment arm teamed with New York-based real-estate investor W.P. Carey Inc. to finance the expansion of a prestigious university in Ghana, it was meant to demonstrate a novel for-profit funding model for development projects in Africa.
Truth in lending: Feds expand ‘College Scorecard’ to boost transparency on loan debt, other stats
To help students understand what they’re getting into when they head off to college — and to pick the campus that best suits them — the Department of Education is expanding its College Scorecard that tracks various metrics at thousands of institutions across the nation.
New gossip app hits College campuses
Pop wants to become the next big messaging app for students. But will it avoid the mistakes of Yik Yak and other failed campus-based apps before it?
Facebook kids app flaw let strangers into chats
A flaw with Facebook’s app for under-13s meant children came into contact with unapproved strangers, the company has confirmed.
