University of Pittsburgh tells student groups not to use Pitt in their names

Student clubs at the University of Pittsburgh may have to go through rebranding changes to remove "Pitt" or "Panther" from their names, which could get costly. Already there is a Change.org petition circulating opposing the proposed...
University of Göttingen loses a president to protest

One of Germany's most historically significant universities has been engulfed in crisis after its president-elect stood aside, amid accusations by professors that he lacked a good enough research record and that his selection process had...
Deadline nears for Congress to extend funding for HBCUs

Historically black colleges are putting on a full-court press to have Congress extend more than $250 million in mandatory funding for minority-serving institutions that is set to expire at the end of the month. The funding includes...
Columbia says historian's acclaimed book on North Korea was plagiarized; publisher says it's been taken out of print

Charles Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences at Columbia University, plagiarized parts of his award-winning book on North Korea, Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950-1992. He’s...
A program on civic virtue at UNC Chapel Hill is raising concerns about secrecy and funding

Scores of professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill say they're concerned about a proposed program for civil discourse. Discussions about it have been strangely secretive, they say, and much of the funding is...
Experts say new methods needed to combat the Red Zone on campuses

Jess Davidson remembers when the young woman leading her first-year college orientation in 2012 slipped her a sticky note On it was a list of fraternities she instructed Davidson, who is now executive director of End...