Tag: Colleges and Universities

University of Alabama employees remove the name of Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. off the School of Law sign in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Friday, June 7, 2019. The University of Alabama board of trustees voted Friday to give back a $26.5 million donation to a philanthropist Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr., who recently called on students to boycott the school over the state's new abortion ban.

University of Alabama votes to return $26.5 million to donor who called for boycott

Zach Halaschak · June 7, 2019 7:01 pm

A worker uses an angle grinder while constructing a base plate for a sign pole at the Jones Sign Co. manufacturing facility in De Pere, Wisconsin, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019.

Record low unemployment for workers without bachelor’s degrees in May

Joseph Lawler · June 7, 2019 12:40 pm

Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. and his wife, Eliza, enter the University of Alabama law school in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

University may return $21 million after donor discourages women from attending over state abortion ban

Zach Halaschak · June 6, 2019 11:54 pm

Actress Lori Loughlin arrives at federal court in Boston on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal.

USC may sue Lori Loughlin over college admissions scandal

Regina Barton · June 6, 2019 8:43 pm

Graduation caps during a ceremony.

Red Alert Politics

Over 200 universities offered LGBT-only graduation ceremonies this year

Troy Worden · June 6, 2019 7:12 pm

Oral Roberts University will pay $300K in settlement with DOJ

Zach Halaschak · June 5, 2019 10:43 pm

Red Alert Politics

Students: When studying abroad, don’t just replicate the American experience

Scott Phillips · June 5, 2019 9:19 pm

Back view of students attending a lecture.

Red Alert Politics

All universities should offer journalism courses on ‘fake news’

Troy Worden · June 5, 2019 8:13 pm

In this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 photo, students walk on the campus of Miami Dade College, in Miami.

Red Alert Politics

Campus ‘bias response systems’ only encourage hypersensitivity and tattling

Alexander James · June 5, 2019 5:26 pm

Students walking in a university hall during break.

Beltway Confidential

A college degree doesn’t equal success — it takes a lot more than that

Jason Pye · June 4, 2019 4:50 pm

Students and passersby carry backpacks as they walk past an entrance to Boston University College of Arts and Sciences.

Red Alert Politics

Surprise: Study finds professors get worse after receiving tenure

Alexander James · June 3, 2019 10:43 pm

In this September 2017 photo, students walk to class on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. As academia becomes increasingly competitive in attracting top students and staff, universities are turning to retail to create study, work, and play environments that set themselves apart.

Ministry of education in China warns students studying in US as trade war tensions rise

Grayce McCormick · June 3, 2019 7:39 pm