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Chancellor Fired Over Porn Sues to Get Back in Classroom

Adult videos that Joe Gow and his wife made led to his dismissal

(Newser) - Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow wants his tenured teaching back, and he's suing to that end. Gow was fired from his chancellorship in December 2023 after pornographic videos he had made with his wife came to light. The Board of Regents then unanimously voted in September...

Turned Off by the Ivy Leagues? Here Are the 'New Ivies'

'Forbes' recommends 20 other public, private colleges and universities

(Newser) - Ivy League schools are having a moment, and not in a good way, with everything from plagiarism to antisemitism accusations making headlines. That's led some to "sour" on the Ivies, per Forbes , which has put together a list of the "new Ivies"—"the 10 public...

Dixie State University Gets a Controversial Name Change

Utah Legislature votes for change to Utah Tech University

(Newser) - Update: Dixie State University will likely soon be called Utah Tech University. The Republican-controlled state legislature in Utah voted to change the name Wednesday, despite local outcry from those who insisted the regional importance of the word "Dixie" is separate from the word's association with slavery, the AP...

One State Tells Public Schools: You Must Offer Abortions

California tells public universities to offer medical abortions in student health centers

(Newser) - Coming to a California university near you: abortion pills. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday ensuring that public universities will provide medication abortions at student health centers on campus starting in 2023, the Hill reports. This after the state assembly voted 55-19 in September to pass Senate Bill 24...

University Fooled Into Paying $11.8M to Fake Account

Emails requested a change in banking info

(Newser) - A university in Canada is the victim of what is being described as one of the biggest known phishing scams ever. MacEwan University in Edmonton discovered the fraud on Aug. 23, when a construction company it works with asked why it had yet to be paid. But the school had...

World's Top 10 Universities
 World's Top 10 Universities
Sep 6, 2016 1:35 PM CDT

World's Top 10 Universities

MIT is No. 1, again, in new rankings

(Newser) - MIT is making old hat of this: For the fifth straight year, it sits atop an annual ranking of the world's universities by the education group Quacquarelli Symonds . The survey takes into account factors including research quality, employment for grads, and teaching quality. MIT also ranks first in 12...

One Public College Really Racks Up Grad-Student Debt

That would be New Jersey's well-regarded Rutgers University

(Newser) - Just one public university made it on the list of the top 20 US colleges receiving the most graduate-student loan money—an elite group that received 20%, or $6.5 billion, of the total amount of funds loaned to graduate students in the 2013-2014 academic year, the Washington Post reports....

Public University Presidents Rake in Millions

Disgraced former Penn State boss Graham Spanier leads the pack

(Newser) - Last year, four public university presidents boasted compensation of more than $1 million, a study finds. At the top: Graham Spanier, the former Penn State president driven out by the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal. Spanier made $2.9 million in the 2011-2012 fiscal year; part of that was his...

Why College Sports Are Broke
 Why College Sports Are Broke 
Jun 29, 2012 3:20 PM CDT

Why College Sports Are Broke

Greed and need to compete ruin many programs

(Newser) - College athletic programs across the country are slashing sports and running up debts like teenagers with their first credit cards. Of the 227 public universities in Division I, just 22 turned a profit last year. Why? Because the drive to compete in theoretical cash cow sports like football and basketball...

UVa. Board Backtracks, Reinstates President

Teresa Sullivan is back after campus, community rallied behind her

(Newser) - Thomas Jefferson's university has just wrapped up a two-week stretch that was as tumultuous as it gets in the realm of higher education: The University of Virginia's governing board today reinstated Teresa Sullivan as president 16 days after unceremoniously giving her the boot, reports the Daily Progress . Sullivan'...

Your Major Is Hard? Pay More Tuition

Math, science, and business students face price hikes

(Newser) - The tougher your major in college is, the more tuition you could have to fork over. More and more public universities are billing a higher tuition to students who major in math, business, and science programs. The schools' rationale is that it's more expensive to teach these specialties, and...

Public College Tuition Jumps 8%

Prices increasing even as family income falls

(Newser) - Public schools got significantly more expensive again last year, with tuition at four-year universities shooting up 8.3% to $8,244, according to a new report from the College Board. The story wasn’t any better at two-year schools, which saw prices rise an average 8.7% to $2,963....

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