October 2007 - Posts

• Education Department Accuses U. of Michigan of Broad Violations of Disabilities Law in Stadium Changes

  The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor has repeatedly violated federal law by failing to include adequate wheelchair access during renovations of its football stadium, the Education Department says. Read More... Posted Oct 31 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Department of Education Offers Guidance on Balancing Campus Safety and Student Privacy Rights

  The U.S. Department of Education released new guidance on Tuesday to parents and educators about the circumstances under which information about troubled students can be disclosed under a federal privacy law. Read More... Posted Oct 31 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Athletes Outpace Students at Large in Graduation Rates, New NCAA Figures Show

  Scholarship athletes at Division I colleges continue to graduate at a rate higher than students over all, according to a report released on Tuesday by the NCAA. Read More... Posted Oct 31 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Student in Florida Taser Incident Apologizes and Gets Probation Instead of Prosecution

  The University of Florida and Andrew W. Meyer, the student whom campus police officers shocked with a Taser last month, have resolved their differences with forgiveness and letters of apology. Read More... Posted Oct 31 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• 19 College Systems Will Measure Progress in Educating Minority and Needy Students

  Nineteen college systems plan to announce today a new effort to drastically improve the education of minority and low-income students. Read More... Posted Oct 31 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Minnesota Press and University Get $672,000 Grant for New Interdisciplinary Research Effort

  A grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will pay for a new program at the University of Minnesota Press that is dedicated to interdisciplinary research and publication. Read More... Posted Oct 31 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Animal-Rights Militants Vandalize UCLA Researcher's House

  The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility on Monday for flooding a house owned by a UCLA scientist whose research on addictive substances involves primates. The university's chancellor condemned the vandalism and other militant acts against... Posted Oct 30 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Juniata College Offers Students a Guarantee: Graduate in 4 Years or Get a Year Free

  In a bid to increase enrollment, a private, liberal-arts college in Pennsylvania offers students and their families a guarantee that could save them some money. Read More... Posted Oct 30 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Battle Over Colleges and Credit Cards Reaches Showdown in Iowa

  The Iowa legislature begins hearings today to explore complaints that universities have taken millions of dollars from banks that issue college-branded credit cards, while leaving some of their own students saddled with excessive consumer debt. Read More... Posted Oct 29 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• A Labor Union Plants a Flag for Academic Freedom in an Era of Fewer Tenured Positions

  One of academe's largest labor unions, the American Federation of Teachers, has just released its first comprehensive statement on academic freedom. Read More... Posted Oct 29 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Purdue Uses Data to Identify and Help Struggling Students

  A Purdue official at the Educause meeting described how he had used data collected on students to keep them from failing courses. Read More... Posted Oct 29 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Fewer Students Than Expected Get New Federal Grants Tied to Achievement

  The U.S. Department of Education awarded roughly $430-million in Academic Competitiveness and National Smart grants in the 2006-7 academic year, far less than the $790-million that it had expected to spend on the awards. Read More... Posted Oct 29 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Princeton Agrees to Return Eight Art Objects to Italy but Will Keep Seven Others

  Princeton University has reached an agreement with the government of Italy to return eight works of art to that country, but the institution will keep seven others whose ownership was in dispute. Read More... Posted Oct 29 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Antioch Board of Trustees Puts Off a Vote That Could Reverse Its Decision to Close College

  After two days of intense negotiations with alumni-group leaders, Antioch College's Board of Trustees put off a vote on whether to reverse its decision to close the college by July 2008. Read More... Posted Oct 29 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• 7 Students From U. of South Carolina and Clemson U. Die in Beach-House Fire

  A fire gutted a beach house in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., early Sunday, killing six students from the University of South Carolina at Columbia and another from Clemson University. Read More... Posted Oct 29 2007, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News