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Former Liberty University President Sues School for Defamation and Breach of Contract

Liberty University’s former president, Jerry Falwell Jr., resigned in August and is now suing the school for defamation and breach of contract at the Circuit Court for Lynchburg, reported CNN. After a sex scandal and other controversies, Falwell Jr. is attempting to seal redacted portions of the suit as it may breach a confidentiality clause […]

October 30, 2020

News Roundup

Ohio Valley University Court-Ordered to Pay Food Vendor $1.2 Million Over Unpaid Bills

A circuit court judge awarded more than $1.2 million to Ohio Valley University’s food vendor over unpaid bills, the Parkersburg News and Sentinel reported. Wood County Circuit Court Judge Jason Wharton made the decision Oct. 13. in a July lawsuit against OVU by Aladdin Food Management Services LLC. According to the lawsuit, OVU failed to […]

October 26, 2020

News Roundup

Former Millersville University Dean Files Civil rights Lawsuit Against School

A former Millersville University dean, Dr. Charity Welch, is pursuing a civil rights lawsuit against the school — one year after the university settled another federal racial discrimination lawsuit for $170,000 — alleging discrimination and unfair treatment because of her race, age and gender, reported The Lancaster Online. Welch filed a suit on Oct. 6. […]

October 15, 2020

News Roundup

More Counts Filed Against Two Coaches Previously Charged in College Admissions Scam

Two coaches previously charged in the college admissions scam have been charged with more counts in a third indictment filed in the District of Massachusetts on Tuesday, reports CNN. Former Georgetown University tennis coach Gordon Ernst is charged with three new counts of federal programs bribery and three counts of filing false tax returns. According […]

September 2, 2020

Disabilties

Judge: ‘UC System Must Stop Using SAT/ACT Scores For Admissions, Scholarship Decisions

The University of California system must stop using SAT or ACT scores when making admissions and scholarship decisions, ruled Alameda Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman on Tuesday, reports The Hill. The verdict arrives after a lawsuit earlier this year alleged that, by using SAT or ACT scores in admissions and scholarship decisions, the UC system […]

September 2, 2020

Sports

Ten Former U of Michigan Athletes Allege Sexual Abuse by Late Team Doctor

Ten former University of Michigan athletes filed a lawsuit against the school’s Board of Regents on Sunday, alleging they were sexually assaulted while receiving medical care from the late Dr. Robert E. Anderson, reports The Detroit News. Anderson, who died in 2008, was the former head of University Health Service and the UM Athletic Department’s […]

August 17, 2020

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Lincoln University Trustees Vote to Begin Negotiations With President on New Contract

Dr. Brenda A. Allen will be reinstated as president of Lincoln University after a Chester County judge’s order this week, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.  In July, the school’s board of trustees voted in private against seeking a new contract with Allen. She filed a lawsuit against them, saying the members illegally voted to end […]

August 7, 2020

COVID-19

Supporting International Students in Time of Coronavirus: Looking Beyond Immigration Concerns

The higher education community went into a collective uproar following the ICE guidelines that would have deported international students whose universities go to an entirely online format. Many on social media and in news outlets were writing about the topic. Colleges and universities joined a collective lawsuit against the federal government. And it looked like the pressure worked – the guidelines were rescinded.

July 30, 2020

COVID-19

Washington’s AG Challenges Ed Dept on DACA, Other Exclusions in CARES Act

Washington state’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson yesterday challenged a U.S. Department of Education decision to deny student emergency grants allotted in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security (CARES) Act to students who are not eligible for federal financial aid. This lawsuit comes after California community colleges sued Secretary of Education Betsy Devos earlier this […]

May 20, 2020

HBCUs

Maryland Gov. Vetoes Bill Allotting $577 Million to Four State HBCUs

Maryland’s Republican Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have allotted $577 million to the state’s four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over the course of 10 years, reported The Washington Post. The passage of the bill would likely have settled a 2006 federal lawsuit. Hogan cited the economic uncertainty created […]

May 7, 2020

COVID-19

Class Action Lawsuit Against Liberty University for ‘Profiting From’ The Pandemic

A Liberty University student has filed a class action lawsuit against the institution accusing it of “profiting from the COVID-19 pandemic,” reported The Hill. The suit is seeking refunds for students who paid tuition and other fees for the spring semester. The plaintiff, who identified only as “Student A” for fear of retaliation and harassment, […]

April 15, 2020

News Roundup

Black Pennsylvania Student Wins $40,000 Damages in Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

A district judge ordered a Pennsylvania restaurant to pay $40,000 in damages to a Black Lebanon Valley College student who alleged the eatery called him the N-word and refused to serve him, reported Penn Live. Ricky Lee Bugg Jr. was a junior at the college in 2017 when the incident occurred at Just Wing It, […]

April 8, 2020