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Dean of S.C. Law School Apologizes for Emailing Private Student Bar Results

Oct 20 2020 // The dean of South Carolina’s largest law school is apologizing for forwarding an email that contained the names of students who failed the exam to become a lawyer and the confidential bar exam grades of every...

South Carolina School District Faces $3M in Repairs from Mold Damage

Oct 20 2020 // Officials for a South Carolina school district say it could cost up to $3 million to fix damage and prevent the future spread of mold that was discovered in two buildings.Construction workers found the mold from high water...

Ohio State Doc Sex Abuse Case Settlements Now Top $46M

Oct 16 2020 // Ohio State University will pay $5.8 million to settle lawsuits by about two dozen more survivors over decades-old sexual abuse by a now-deceased team doctor, Richard Strauss — bringing the total settlements so far to...

U.S. Sues Yale University Claiming Illegal Favoritism for Blacks, Hispanics in Admissions

Oct 9 2020 // Yale University was sued by the U.S. Department of Justice, which claims the Ivy League school illegally discriminates against White and Asian-American applicants in undergraduate admissions by favoring Black and Hispanic...

Georgia Extends Virus State of Emergency Until November

Oct 5 2020 // Georgia’s governor extended his emergency rules regarding COVID-19 again Wednesday as the state surpassed 7,000 deaths from the respiratory illness.Gov. Brian Kemp extended the underlying state of emergency that...

Arkansas Elementary School Teacher Dies From Coronavirus

Oct 5 2020 // An Arkansas teacher died from COVID-19, her husband said Friday, the second coronavirus death from the state’s public schools this week.Susanne Michael, 47, an elementary school teacher from Harrisburg, died Thursday...

Florida Supreme Court Caps High School Shooting Liability at $300K

Sep 29 2020 // The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a school district can’t be forced to pay more than $300,000 total to the victims or their families in the Parkland high school massacre that left 17 people dead and...

Hauser Pleads Guilty in College Admission Plot

Sep 25 2020 // A California businessman with ties to an Ohio-based insurance agency who is said to have steered “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, to the ringleader of the...

University of Washington Student Suing for Refund Because of Online Classes

Sep 22 2020 // A graduate student at the University of Washington filed a lawsuit demanding tuition reimbursement after the school shifted most of its classes online for the remainder of the year.Alexander Barry wrote in the complaint...

Ex-Director Files Whistleblower Suit Against University of New Mexico

Sep 21 2020 // The University of New Mexico retaliated against the director of Africana Studies for demanding that his program be elevated to a department and later removed him when the program got state funding for the change, according...

Data of About 200K Nevada University Alumni, Donors May Have Been Stolen

Sep 21 2020 // University of Nevada, Reno alumni and donors may have had their information stolen in a data breach that occurred in May, university officials said.The school was told of the breach on July 16 by Blackbaud, a third-party...

Family of Man Killed in 2018 Tower Collapse Sues Missouri State University

Sep 17 2020 // The family of a worker killed in 2018 when a nearly 2,000-foot tall TV tower in southwest Missouri collapsed is suing Missouri State University for wrongful death.The April 19, 2018, tower collapse happened in Fordland,...

Appeals Court Weighs Harvard University Use of Race as Factor in Admissions

Sep 16 2020 // A federal appeals court on Wednesday will consider whether Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants in a closely-watched case that could impact whether U.S. colleges can use race as a factor in...

Ex-Director Files Whistleblower Suit Against University Of New Mexico

Sep 14 2020 // The University of New Mexico retaliated against the director of Africana Studies for demanding that his program be elevated to a department and later removed him when the program got state funding for the change, according...

Data About 200K Nevada University Alumni, Donors May Have Been Stolen

Sep 14 2020 // University of Nevada, Reno alumni and donors may have had their information stolen in a data breach that occurred in May, university officials said.The school was told of the breach on July 16 by Blackbaud, a third-party...

Signs of Heart Damage After Covid Lead to Recommendation to Screen College Athletes

Sep 11 2020 // Doctors recommend cardiac screening tests for competitive athletes who have recovered from Covid-19 after a small study found heart damage in 1 in 7 college sports competitors, including in those whose coronavirus...

Ohio State University Sued for Age Discrimination

Sep 10 2020 // Federal officials have sued Ohio State University (OSU) for alleged age discrimination after the university fired a human resources generalist in the College of Education and Human Ecology (CEHE) because of his age.In its...

S.D. Governor Disputes Report Tying COVID-19 Case Surge to Motorcycle Rally

Sep 8 2020 // South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has dismissed as “fiction” a recent study published by San Diego State University that ties the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in August to a massive surge in COVID-19 cases and...

Computer Breach at Oregon University Exposes Personal Info of 1,700

Sep 8 2020 // The personal information of some Oregon State University students and faculty members may have been compromised during a computer security breach, officials said.A hacker accessed a computer server for the...

Former Washington State Student Sues School District Over Mass Shooting

Sep 7 2020 // A former student at a high school in Washington state who survived a school shooting is suing the district for what she claims was a preventable attack.The mass shooting killed four students and the gunman in 2014. Carmen...