Latest Education Headlines
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Utah School Bus Driver Allegedly Under Influence on Field Trip
Oct 15 2014 // A Utah school bus driver was arrested Monday on suspicion of DUI after driving erratically and nearly hitting a car on a busy stretch of highway while taking 67 elementary-school students on a field trip, authorities...
Slain Alabama University Student’s Family Seeks $1M Award
Oct 14 2014 // The parents of slain Auburn University student Lauren Burk are asking the Alabama Board of Adjustment to award them $1 million because they say Auburn did not provide adequate security. Jim Burk and Viviane Guerchon told...
Florida Public Universities’ Corporations Raise Immunity, Disclosure Questions
Oct 13 2014 // The business of Florida’s 12 public universities is supposed to be public like any other state agency. Salaries, contracts, policies and other university business records are supposed to be subject to Florida’s...
University Presidents Oppose Push for Guns on Campuses in Oklahoma
Oct 10 2014 // Allowing more students and faculty at colleges and universities to carry guns on campus would be a serious mistake and jeopardize the public’s safety, the University of Oklahoma president told members of a state...
West Virginia Judges Give Preliminary OK to University Settlement
Oct 8 2014 // A January hearing is set on a proposed settlement of hundreds of lawsuits against Mountain State University. Media outlets reported that a three-judge mass litigation panel gave preliminary approval to the settlement...
Former Lady Vols Media Chief Settles Bias Claim with U of Tennessee
Oct 6 2014 // Former Lady Vols media director Debby Jennings has reached a $320,000 settlement in her lawsuit against the University of Tennessee and athletic director Dave Hart. Jennings’ lawyer, David Burkhalter, released a...
Gonzaga University Settles For $400K in Student Death
Oct 3 2014 // Gonzaga University has paid $400,000 to the family of Christopher Gormley, a student from Everett who died on a kayak trip organized by the school. The 18-year-old Gormley was one of seven people on a kayak trip to Rock...
Coastal Carolina University Suspends 3 Fraternities
Sep 29 2014 // Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C. has suspended three fraternities after administrators received hazing complaints. Coastal spokeswoman Martha Hunn told local reporters the chapters of Kappa Sigma, Tau Kappa...
Colleges Look to Control Fraternities, Hazing As Tragic Incidents Multiply
Sep 29 2014 // The death of a Clemson University sophomore is the latest incident to raise alarms about safety at fraternities on U.S. campuses, with more colleges cracking down on dangerous behavior. Clemson, in South Carolina, said...
Kentucky Family Sues Over Transylvania University Drowning
Sep 25 2014 // The family of a teenager who drowned while attending a summer academic camp at Transylvania University has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Thirteen-year-old Ricky Harris III, a seventh-grader at Bondurant Middle School in...
University of North Texas Scholarship Program to Honor McLendon
Sep 17 2014 // A scholarship program for students majoring in risk management, insurance, or financial services at the University of North Texas has been established in honor of Maureen C. McLendon. McLendon, a Dallas-area insurance...
Insurer to Pay for Florida Gators-Idaho Vandals Cancelled Game
Sep 15 2014 // The University of Florida’s Athletic Department is scheduled to collect $1.8 million under a Lloyd’s of London insurance policy that covers the loss of ticket revenue in the event a home game is cancelled. The...
Illinois School District Awarded $10M in Collapsed Mine Case
Sep 12 2014 // An Illinois school district has been awarded nearly $10 million in a lawsuit against Union Pacific Railroad after claiming a collapsed mine left an elementary school damaged. Macoupin County Judge Patrick Londrigan awarded...
U of M, Carmakers Fund Research Toward Communicating Cars
Sep 9 2014 // A group of companies, including several large automakers, have joined a public-private research initiative to lay the groundwork for a system that wirelessly connects vehicles and helps smooth the flow of traffic, the...
University of Kentucky to Study Workplace Safety in Appalachia
Sep 9 2014 // A center at the University of Kentucky is receiving a five-year, $5 million grant to improve occupational health and safety in central Appalachia and Kentucky. UK said the region reports higher rates of occupational...
20 Hurt in Accident Involving Private School Bus in Houston
Aug 27 2014 // Nearly two-dozen passengers of a school bus were hurt when the bus veered off a Houston road and struck a tree. Houston fire officials say the 20 people taken to hospitals for treatment appeared to suffer minor injuries....
EPIC Launches Education Protector for Student Athletes
Aug 26 2014 // Silicon Valley-based EPIC Insurance Brokers has launched a new policy designed to protect high school athletes who have received a verbal offer for an athletic scholarship or grant from an NCAA Division I or Division II...
InVEST Insurance Education Program Adopted by Chicago High Schools
Aug 19 2014 // InVEST, the insurance industry’s classroom to career education program, announced that all Chicago Public School Career and Technical Education (CTE) finance programs will now offer its curriculum to seniors. The...
Insurer to Participate in Proposed Fund for Failed West Virginia School
Aug 15 2014 // Former Mountain State University students who sued the now-defunct Beckley, West Virginia school would be entitled to compensation under a tentative settlement announced this week. The proposed settlement announced by...
Oil Boom Drawing Teachers Away from Texas School Districts
Aug 14 2014 // A Texas school district is scrambling to prepare for the upcoming school year after the Eagle Ford Shale oil boom led to staffing problems. The Alice Independent School District still has to fill 21 teaching positions...
