All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 1 2015 // Texas surged toward allowing concealed handguns in public college classrooms, dorms and buildings with a key Senate vote May 30, while much-watched legislative efforts to curb the rising costs of free college tuition for...
Jun 1 2015 // A former Birmingham-Southern College football recruit who said he was hazed and injured while he was trying to join a fraternity has filed a lawsuit against the college and the organization.Jonathan Ford, son of Alabama...
May 27 2015 // Texas lawmakers passed a bill allowing faculty and students to carry concealed handguns inside classrooms on public college campuses.The legislation, approved over opposition from university officials, prevents schools...
May 19 2015 // A state Human Rights Bureau investigator concluded there was reasonable cause to believe Montana State University discriminated against a professor who sought a reduced workload last fall while he was recovering from...
May 18 2015 // A coalition of more than 60 Asian-American groups filed a federal discrimination action against Harvard University, claiming racial bias in undergraduate admissions. The administrative complaint follows the filing of a...
May 18 2015 // As Ohio’s lieutenant governor, top insurance regulator and leader of a statewide regulatory reform initiative, it might seem that Mary Taylor’s public responsibilities would often pull in her in conflicting...
May 18 2015 // Appalachian State University’s risk management student team has been named the winner of the Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge. The announcement was made at the RIMS 2015 Conference & Exhibition Finale, by...
May 18 2015 // As Ohio’s lieutenant governor, top insurance regulator and leader of a statewide regulatory reform initiative, it might seem that Mary Taylor’s public responsibilities would often pull in her in conflicting...
May 15 2015 // An Arizona appellate court has ruled that Tucson Unified School District has legal immunity from a lawsuit accusing it of negligently hiring a teaching assistant later convicted of attempting to secretly record a...
May 14 2015 // A settlement has been reached in the case involving a collapsed parking garage at Miami Dade College.The Miami Herald reports the college reached a $33.5 million settlement with the contractor and subcontractors hired to...
May 13 2015 // A jury in Iowa has awarded a former Bedford High School football player almost $1 million in a case involving the school’s response to head injuries.The Des Moines Register reports 18-year-old Kacey Strough had a...
May 13 2015 // A Boise State University student is suing school officials in federal court because he contends they discriminated against him by refusing to give him a meningitis vaccine designed for younger adults. Christopher Burdge...
May 12 2015 // A New Mexico district court judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by eight former Dona Ana Community College students against the school will become a class-action proceeding.Las Cruces Sun-News reported that the initial...
May 8 2015 // A former Utah State University employee who was fired for accepting gifts says he didn’t receive proper ethics training from the university.The Herald Journal reported that the university’s former outdoor...
May 5 2015 // The insurance industry, like other businesses, has come to realize it needs to do more to protect its companies, customers, employees and portfolios from cyber threats. Cyber-savvy professionals are in high-demand and are...
Apr 30 2015 // Appalachian State University’s risk management student team has been named the winner of the Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge. The announcement was made at the RIMS 2015 Conference & Exhibition Finale, by...
Apr 30 2015 // Two separate federal judges in Manhattan have shown that it’s difficult to prove that a college’s procedures for handling sexual assault allegations violate Title IX.In the past month, both Columbia University...
Apr 24 2015 // Two former Dixie State University women’s basketball players are accusing the Utah college of racial, sexual and religious discrimination in a federal lawsuit.The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reported the two...
Apr 23 2015 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation awarded 26 students at five Texas universities, $21,000 in academic scholarships.The students attend the University of Houston Downtown, the University of Texas at...
Apr 20 2015 // The insurance industry, like other businesses, has come to realize it needs to do more to protect its companies, customers, employees and portfolios from cyber threats. Cyber-savvy professionals are in high-demand and are...