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Lord Jeffery Amherst, the colonial-era military commander who gave this town its name, will no longer represent the prestigious liberal arts college here. The trustees at Amherst College said on Tuesday that the institution would not use any references to Lord Jeffery, its unofficial mascot, in official communications or symbolism, and that it would find a new name for the Lord Jeffery Inn, a campus hotel owned by the college.

Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences is mentioned for her research and definition of “grit.”

State support for higher education is up 4.1 percent this year, according to a new report. The Grapevine report, released today, shows a slow but steady increase in state funding over the last few years. Between the 2015 and 2016 fiscal years, 39 states reported increases in state funding, while only nine reported decreases. The remaining two states -- Illinois and Pennsylvania -- have yet to finalize their budgets and are not included in the report. Once those data become available, the national averages could change significantly, given the two states' size and significance.

A mass media professor who was videotaped pushing a student journalist away from protesters at the University of Missouri has been charged with assault, according to the Columbia City Prosecutor’s office.

A female student at the University of Virginia reported to campus police that she was raped by two unknown assailants early Sunday morning. U-Va. officials sent out an e-mail to students on Sunday describing the assault, which they said at the time happened at a “student organization” on Rugby Road, which is where many of the university’s fraternity houses are located. But on Monday morning, U-Va.

Joel Fein of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on violence against children as a public health issue.

Florida State University agreed on Monday to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former student who accused the former Seminoles football star Jameis Winston of raping her in 2012. The settlement also commits Florida State to five years of sexual assault awareness programs and to the publishing of annual reports on those programs, although the university did not admit liability.

Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School contributes her opinion on the most retirement-friendly places to live.

Jeffrey Silber of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted as the lead author of a study that found that better nursing work environments affects surgery survival rates.

Less than $1 of every $100 in revenue generated by major college athletic departments at public colleges is directed to academic programs, according to a Chronicle analysis of NCAA financial statements. Many athletic departments provide millions of dollars in scholarships and academic support for players. But as elite programs have received bigger television payouts and increased licensing revenue, athletics leaders have used almost all of it to cover sports expenses, even though many of those officials argue that new revenue from sports allows them to spend more on academics.