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Salmon, Awkward Tweets, and ‘Hell No’ I Wouldn’t Fire Him: A Reporter’s Notes From Outside Michigan State’s Trustee Dinner
The Chronicle of Higher Education | News
After eight days of pressure to resign, John Engler apologized for disparaging an abuse survivor. The board remains divided, and the women still want him out.Â
A Brief History of GOP Attempts to Kill the Education Dept.
The Chronicle of Higher Education | News
Since its birth, the Department of Education has been marked for death by its critics. And those critics have been almost exclusively Republicans. But their efforts have failed.
Merging Education, Labor Departments Likely to Impact Higher Ed
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The White House announced plans Thursday to combine the federal education and labor departments into one, the Department of Education and the Workforce. Some academics described potential positive and negative implications for higher education.
Transitions: New Presidents Selected for Ottawa U., U. of Nevada at Las Vegas, and Delaware State U.
The Chronicle of Higher Education | News
Reggies Wenyika, president of Southwestern Christian University, will lead Ottawa University, in Kansas.
Trump Wants to Drastically Alter the Education Dept. Here’s What You Need to Know.
The Chronicle of Higher Education | News
The proposal isnâ€™t a surprise and probably wonâ€™t go anywhere, but itâ€™s noteworthy coming from an administration that has been largely silent on higher ed.
Community College Research Center Gets New Director
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Thomas Brock, a leader in research for the U.S. Department of Education, will be in a position to continue to grow his experience as a higher education influencer as the next director of the Community College Research Center (CCRC).
Court Upholds Conviction in Brown University Athlete Assault
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. The Rhode Island Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Connecticut man who assaulted a former Brown University basketball player, leaving him permanently impaired. The Providence Journal reports the court ruling Wednesday supported the felony assault conviction of 29-year-old Tory Lussier in the 2013 attack on Joseph Sharkey. Prosecutors say Lussier confronted […]
As American as Apple Pie
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America isn’t divided by pundits and peddlers. It isn’t divided by vacuous political labels that tell us little about people’s commitment to mutual progress. Our country is divided because promoting the politics of exclusion is as American as apple pie.