As the school year starts off, colleges and high schools are increasing steps to spot and fight a persistent form of cheating in which students find someone online to do their homework.
Michigan State University has agreed to better protect patients from sexual assaults, including following a chaperone requirement for sensitive medical exams, to resolve a federal civil-rights investigation into Larry Nassar's abuse of young gymnasts and other athletes under the guise of medical treatment.
The University of Virginia disclosed Friday that some student-athletes were apparently recruited several years ago because of the possibility that their admission would result in financial donations to the school. The disclosure, in a statement from U-Va.
While students would take the high paying job over a Harvard education, the majority of students would also prefer to take on $35,000 worth of debt to have a "fantastic experience."
The Varsity Blues college scandal has drawn attention to UC "admissions by exception." Some are athletes, some homeschoolers, some out-of-staters — and at most campuses, they're cloaked in secrecy.
Trump administration says new regulation will ensure that immigrants are self-sufficient, but higher ed groups are concerned about impacts on legal immigrants and international students.
A growing movement encourages colleges and universities to grapple with their racist legacies. So it was “odd, to put it mildly,” that the video didn’t mention that Louisiana Tech was segregated for 70 years, a professor said.
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