Tag: Disciplinary Sanctions

Leadership & Policy

JOSETTE SHAUGHNESSY

JOSETTE SHAUGHNESSY has been named vice president of financial and administrative operations at El Paso Community College (EPCC). She was interim vice president of financial and administrative operations at EPCC. Shaughnessy received an associate from El Paso Community College, and a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Texas at El Paso.

March 7, 2016

Students

Diverse Conversations: Have For-profit Schools Preyed on Minorities?

Have For-profit Schools Preyed on Minorities?

February 18, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Professor Who Wore Headscarf to Leave Christian College

By Associated Press CHICAGO — A professor at a Christian college who asserted Christians and Muslims worship the same God will leave her post, the school near Chicago announced. In a statement posted on Wheaton College’s website, the school and Larycia Hawkins said they “have reached a confidential agreement under which they will part ways.” […]

February 7, 2016

Sports

Title IX Waivers Used to Discriminate Against LGBT Students

Fifty-six institutions of higher education—mostly religion-affiliated institutions—have sought TItle IX waivers that have allowed institutions to discriminate against LGBT students on campus, according to a recent report by the Human Rights Campaign.

December 27, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Jewish Man Says Christian School Didn’t Hire Him Over Faith

by Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. – A Portland man says a small private Christian college in Portland discriminated against him by refusing to hire him because he’s Jewish. In a lawsuit filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Noel M. King says he applied for an adjunct professor of psychology position at Warner Pacific College in […]

December 14, 2015

Students

Obama Administration Looks to New Rules to Curb Student Debt

U.S. colleges will face new restrictions on using debit cards to distribute financial aid, and more people will have income-based options for repaying student loans under a pair of regulations given final approval by the Obama administration on Tuesday.

October 28, 2015

Students

Ole Miss Removes Mississippi Flag with Confederate Emblem

The University of Mississippi quietly removed the state flag with its Confederate battle emblem from its place of honor on campus Monday morning after students and faculty called it a divisive symbol that undermines efforts to promote diversity, tolerance and respect.

October 26, 2015

Leadership & Policy

After Narrow Vote, FAMU Board Chairman Resigns

Saying that his current relationship with Florida A&M University President Elmira Mangum is “broken and irreparable,” the chairman of the university board stepped down from his post on Friday.

October 25, 2015

Faculty & Staff

SIAC, NFL Enter Officiating Partnership

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Wednesday announced a new agreement with the National Football League (NFL) to provide training and professional development for conference referees.

September 30, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Regents Blast Draft of University’s Intolerance Declaration

Members of the University of California Board of Regents on Thursday blasted a first draft of systemwide principles defining intolerance — saying it fails to address the problem of anti-Semitism on its campuses.

September 17, 2015

Students

New Analysis Calls for Increased Scrutiny of Accrediting Agency

The analysis states that, while ACICS’ performance is worse than that of its peers, its problems are “emblematic of larger structural flaws that exist in this national accreditation space.”

September 8, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Soccer Players Suspended for a Match after Blackface Incident

Five members of the women’s soccer team at a private Christian university in Washington state were suspended for one match Wednesday after a social media post surfaced showing them dressed in blackface and afro wigs.

September 3, 2015