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Labor Official Rules Dartmouth College Basketball Players Are School Employees

Feb 9 2024 // A National Labor Relations Board regional official ruled on Monday that Dartmouth basketball players are employees of the school, clearing the way for an election that would create the first-ever labor union for NCAA...

Family of Slain California College Student Sues for Wrongful Death Nearly 30 Years Later

Feb 5 2024 // The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago sued the school, alleging it caused Kristin Smart’s murder through negligence.Smart, then 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic...

West Virginia Construction Firm to Buy Bankrupt College Campus

Feb 2 2024 // CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved the sale of a defunct private university’s campus to the owner of a West Virginia construction firm for $5 million.Craig G. Phillips, owner...

Texas Men Indicted in $70M University Athletic Billing Scheme

Feb 1 2024 // Four individuals, including two physicians, have been indicted in the Eastern District of Texas charged with federal violations involving a university athletic billing scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs.Mouzon...

Rice University Allocates $33M to Settle Antitrust Lawsuit Over Financial Aid Scheme

Jan 24 2024 // Rice University has set aside $33.75 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed against 17 prestigious private universities across the country accused of illegally running a scheme that limited the amount of financial...

Family of Slain California College Student Sues for Wrongful Death Nearly 30 Years Later

Jan 22 2024 // The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago sued the school, alleging it caused Kristin Smart’s murder through negligence.Smart, then 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic...

Alabama’s Starke Agency Acquires University Insurance in Auburn

Jan 16 2024 // Starke Agency, an insurance brokerage in Montgomery, Alabama, has acquired University Insurance Agency in Auburn, one of the oldest brokers in the city. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Starke said in a news...

Real Estate Firm Bids $4.9M for Campus of Bankrupt West Virginia College

Jan 2 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal bankruptcy court in West Virginia has set a hearing for next month on the potential sale of a defunct private university`s campus.A court-appointed trustee filed a motion Wednesday...

Washington College Student Dies, Others Sickened in Apparent Carbon Monoxide Leak

Dec 15 2023 // Authorities brought in outside experts to find the source of carbon monoxide believed to have killed one student and sickened two others at a college in Washington.The experts, from a forensic engineering firm that...

New Hampshire Insurance Regulator, New England College Offer Course With Internship

Dec 15 2023 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department and New England College have announced they will partner for the second year of a course aimed at teaching students about insurance and providing staffing for the industry.Scheduled...

New York College Faces Students’ Lawsuit Over Abuse by Ex-Con Who Lived on Campus

Dec 11 2023 // Two former students are suing Sarah Lawrence College, arguing the New York school failed to protect them from Lawrence “Larry” Ray as the ex- convict moved into his daughter’s housing on campus and began...

University of Penn Sued by Students Claiming Antisemitism on Campus

Dec 6 2023 // The University of Pennsylvania was sued by a pair of students who claim the campus was a hotbed of antisemitism even before Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.Penn became the third major US college, after New York University...

Columbia University and Hospital Plan $100M Fund for Hadden Sex Abuse Survivors

Nov 14 2023 // New York City’s Columbia University and Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) announced a plan that includes a $100 million fund for survivors to address the abuse and trauma inflicted by former...

Fraternity and Bar Sued Over 2021 Death of University of New Hampshire Student

Nov 14 2023 // The mother of a University of New Hampshire student who died in an icy swamp two years ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against the Durham bar and fraternity her son visited that night.Vincenzo Lirosi, 22, was...

Court Revives Retaliation Claim by Syracuse University Student Who Reported Sexual Assault

Nov 9 2023 // Syracuse University must face a claim by a female student who alleges school officials retaliated against her after she filed a sexual assault complaint against a male athlete.A federal district court in September 2022...

Higginbotham Expands Collegiate Athletics Investment With LEARFIELD, Adds 10 Southern Universities to Portfolio

Nov 9 2023 // Higginbotham announced the expansion of its multi-year investment in collegiate athletics to include ten universities in the southern region of the United States through its continued sponsorship agreement with LEARFIELD,...

Lawmakers Advance Bill to Increase Transparency of Pennsylvania’s Universities

Nov 3 2023 // An effort supporters say will boost transparency in several leading Pennsylvania universities passed the House of Representatives on Monday, while the universities’ annual state subsidies remain snarled in the...

Stanford University Says It’s Investigating a Cyber Incident

Oct 30 2023 // Stanford University said on Friday that it is investigating a cybersecurity incident that struck its Department of Public Safety.The university said in a statement that the breach didn’t appear to “impact...

Jury Awards $270,000 in Baylor University Suit Brought by Former Student

Oct 26 2023 // A federal jury found Baylor University negligent in a Title IX lawsuit and awarded $270,000 to a former student who alleged she was physically abused by a football player in 2014 during a period of wide- ranging scandal at...

College Athletes Are Fighting for a Cut of Billions Generated in Media Rights Deals

Oct 17 2023 // At a reception attended by several university presidents in Manhattan, Arizona State President Michael Crowe was asked to ponder a not-too-distant future where Sun Devils football and basketball players get a cut from the...