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After an 18-month legal battle with San Jose State University, anthropology Professor Elizabeth Weiss recently agreed to retire from her job to settle a lawsuit she filed against her employers. Read more
West Virginia University is continuing a trend of drastic changes to its academic program and structure. This time, however, it’s not just focused on consolidating colleges. It’s focused on elimination. Read more
As a federal prosecutor in the 1980s, Rudy Giuliani made headlines around the world for aggressively going after New York's organised crime families. Read more
The administration’s long-awaited resources are meant to help colleges navigate the murky legal fallout of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling. Read more
On Jul 31, Canadian investor and “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary, also known as “Mr. Wonderful,” announced plans to teach about the “unprecedented” boycott of Bud Light to college students nationwide this fall. Read more
A new report out of the University of Chicago shows that millions more people favor using violence to keep Donald Trump from the presidency than those who would use it to put him back in the Oval Office. Read more
Despite the recent changes to U.S. News & World Report’s college rankings, the list of universities proclaiming they want no part of the rankings reads like a “Who’s Who” of American higher education. Yale, Harvard, Georgetown, Columbia, Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania are among those that have announced they will no longer share data for the magazine’s rankings. Read more
Construction workers at Michigan State University hit something hard earlier this summer while installing hammock poles into the ground outside a residence hall. Read more
It was difficult to maintain a poker face when the leader of a big US tech firm I was chatting to said there was a definite tipping point at which the firm would exit the UK. Read more
A typical game day at the University of Wisconsin Madison campus is filled with throngs of students, alumni and parents—all clad in white and red—making their way through the packed crowd to snag a seat among the stands of Camp Randall Stadium. Read more
