College admissions scandal: Where the cases stand
Felicity Huffman pleads guilty in latest development
DATE: May 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports
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Betsy DeVos defends plan to eliminate Special Olympics funding
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday defended a proposal to eliminate funding for the Special Olympics, pushing back against a storm of criticism from athletes, celebrities and polit...
DATE: Mar 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Sports
Harvard bias suit now in judge’s hands
BOSTON (AP) – A trial alleging racial bias in Harvard University’s admissions system has presented two starkly different images of the elite Ivy League school.
One side depicts a ...
DATE: Nov 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education
DeVos proposes another rollback on for-profit college rules
The Trump administration plans to roll back another major Obama-era rule that was created to police the for-profit college industry, according to a proposal issued by the Education Departmen...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education
Colleges face petitions, protests to split with ICE
Some colleges are being pressured to cut ties with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid public outcries over the separation of migrant families along the nation’s southern border. ...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education
Hundreds of school walkouts planned on Columbine anniversary
Another wave of student walkouts is expected to disrupt classes Friday at hundreds of schools across the U.S. as young activists press for tougher gun laws.
The protests were chos...
DATE: Apr 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education
Student walkouts planned across U.S. to protest gun violence
From Maine to Hawaii, thousands of students planned to stage walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Florida. ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education
Racist messages land on campuses in surging numbers, study says
White supremacist groups have targeted college campuses in surging numbers since President Donald Trump’s election, emboldened by political and racial tensions over immigration and other iss...
DATE: Feb 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education
17 universities oppose anti-smoking group with tobacco ties
BOSTON – Seventeen public health schools in the U.S. and Canada pledged Thursday to refuse research money from a new anti-smoking group funded by the tobacco industry.
The Foundat...
DATE: Jan 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education
Most big public colleges don’t track suicides, AP finds
BOSTON – Most of the largest U.S. public universities do not track suicides among their students, despite making investments in prevention at a time of surging demand for mental health servi...
DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education
Colleges draw fewer foreign students but avoid crisis so far
BOSTON – International enrollments at U.S. colleges have fared better than expected this year, but many schools still fear the country’s political climate, according to a national survey. ...
DATE: Nov 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education
Transgender students find open door at more women’s colleges
WELLESLEY, Mass. – Until last year, Ninotska Love would have been barred from attending Wellesley College. She’s an accomplished student who has persevered through hardship, but under longst...
DATE: Sep 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education
