Black U-Va. Student Injured in Scuffle With White Police Officers Arresting Him The Washington Post Black U-Va. Student Injured in Scuffle With White Police Officers Arresting Him A black University of Virginia student sustained injuries to his face and head after being detained by a white police officer during an altercation outside of a popular Irish pub in Charlottesville on Tuesday night. The injuries, captured in cell-phone videos and photographs from a crowd of students nearby, left the student with bloody streaks down his face. In one of the videos, the student calls the police offer “racists” as they try to handcuff his hands behind his back.
Seeking a Cure for Raging Corporate Activism The Wall Street Journal Seeking a Cure for Raging Corporate Activism Edward Rock of the Law School is quoted.
Penn State Seeks Frat Members Who Posted Nude Photos Online Associated Press Penn State Seeks Frat Members Who Posted Nude Photos Online Penn State intends to hold accountable the fraternity members who used a private, invitation-only Facebook page to post "appalling, offensive" photos of nude and partly nude women, some apparently asleep or passed out, a university official said.
California Hopes to Ease Path to Historically Black Colleges Associated Press California Hopes to Ease Path to Historically Black Colleges Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education praises a California community college system’s program to help support students to transfer to historically black colleges and universities.
Penn Wharton China Center Opens in Beijing PhillyVoice Penn Wharton China Center Opens in Beijing President Amy Gutmann is quoted about the opening of the Penn Wharton China Center.
Not a Tsunami, But… Inside Higher Ed Not a Tsunami, But… In 2012, John L. Hennessy, president of Stanford University, famously told The New Yorker that technology was about to dramatically change higher education. "There's a tsunami coming," he said. The quote quickly was picked up by pundits arguing that massive open online courses were about to take over higher education.
N.Y.U. Professor Is Barred by United Arab Emirates The New York Times N.Y.U. Professor Is Barred by United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates, where New York University opened a new campus last year, has barred an N.Y.U. professor from traveling to the monarchy after his criticism of the exploitation of migrant construction workers there.
2 Former Politicians, Now College Chiefs, Lament the Pace of Academe Chronicle of Higher Education 2 Former Politicians, Now College Chiefs, Lament the Pace of Academe Two of the nation’s highest-profile nontraditional university presidents expressed frustration on Monday with the slow pace of change in academe and lamented faltering public support for higher education. Mitchell E. Daniels Jr., president of Purdue University, and Janet A.
Penn Names Steve Donahue Head Basketball Coach CBS Philadelphia Penn Names Steve Donahue Head Basketball Coach Steve Donahue has been named the new head coach for men’s basketball.
Questions on Money, Influence and Competence Inside Higher Ed Questions on Money, Influence and Competence Students at Brown University are raising questions about an investigation and hearings involving a reported drugging and sexual assault on campus last fall. Neither of the accused students -- one man accused of the drugging, and a different man accused of assault -- was found guilty. Supporters of the two women involved called the investigation “haphazard” and said the university’s hearing process was deeply flawed.