Latest Education Headlines
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Hazing Charges Against N.J. College Officials Dropped
Aug 30 2007 // A New Jersey judge has dismissed charges against two Rider University officials in a case involving the drinking death of a fraternity pledge. Superior Court Judge Maria Sypek approved a request by Mercer County Prosecutor...
N.J. Hazing Case Alerts School Officials to Liability for Campus Safety
Aug 26 2007 // College administrators across the nation are likely to pay close attention to the indictment of two Rider University officials in a case involving a student who died after drinking during a suspected hazing. The case could...
Alabama to Conduct Three-Year Study of School Bus Seat Belts
Aug 22 2007 // Students now starting kindergarten will be in the third grade when a state task force created after a deadly school bus wreck in Huntsville wraps up a study on whether Alabama school buses should have seat belts. The panel...
Report: Fires on College Campuses on the Rise
Aug 22 2007 // The number of reported fires in university and college housing has increased sharply in recent years, federal officials said Tuesday as they warned students returning to school to take steps to prevent future blazes. There...
Okla. Lawmaker Proposes Ban on Cell Phone Use by School Bus Drivers
Aug 16 2007 // Legislation proposed by an Oklahoma state representative would prohibit school bus drivers from talking on their cell phone while driving the bus. The measure by Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, R-Moore, would also forbid teenagers...
Settlement Reached in Minn. High School Killings Case
Aug 16 2007 // A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over the fatal shooting of two Rocori High school students in 2003, but still needs court approval. The families of Aaron Rollins and Seth Bartell had sued the school, its former...
Falwell Insurance Policy Lifts Liberty University Out of Debt
Aug 13 2007 // The late Rev. Jerry Falwell left a $34 million life insurance policy to the college and church he founded, ridding the financially troubled Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., of its debt, his son said. Most of the...
North Idaho School District Sued over Face Paint Removal
Aug 13 2007 // A north Idaho school district is being sued by the parents of two junior high school students who say their children were burned when their face paint was removed after they waited too long to do it themselves. Georgeanne...
Westfield Insurance Hosts Workshop to Promote Industry Recruitment
Aug 9 2007 // On July 16-18, nearly 100 insurance industry leaders, school administrators and teachers, representing 22 different states, attended a comprehensive workshop at Ohio-based Westfield Insurance to learn about InVEST, a...
Ohio Governor Names 11 to New Board of Workers’ Comp Bureau
Aug 2 2007 // Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland named 11 new non-legislative directors to oversee the state’s scandal-marred Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, the state’s insurance fund for injured workers that has been...
Disaster Training Center Proposed for Hawaii
Aug 2 2007 // The country’s only dedicated center for natural disaster preparedness could be located at the University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus. Plans for the training center at the university were included in a conference...
New Web Site Seeks to Attract N.J. College Students to Insurance Careers
Jul 25 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. and the New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals have teamed up to create Project Y, a Web site (http://www.projectynj.org) dedicated to generating greater interest in...
Fireman’s Fund Launches Property Protector Program for College Students
Jul 25 2007 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. based in Novato, Calif., has teamed with College Student Insurance (CSI) to offer a property insurance plan especially for college students living away from home. Parents are sending more...
Reeling in the new recruits
Jul 23 2007 // The surplus lines market is not unlike any other segment of the industry. Recruiting and hiring talented young professionals is a top priority. But attracting young college graduates to a small, yet important segment of...
Reeling in the new recruits
Jul 23 2007 // The surplus lines market is not unlike any other segment of the industry. Recruiting and hiring talented young professionals is a top priority. But attracting young college graduates to a small, yet important segment of...
University of Iowa Considers Naming Health College after Wellmark
Jul 18 2007 // The University of Iowa will reconsider a proposal to rename its health college after Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, school officials said Monday. The announcement follows an initial vote earlier this month in which...
17 Kids Evacuated from Burning NY School Bus
Jul 11 2007 // A school bus driver, alerted by another motorist’s flashing headlights, pulled his smoking vehicle to the side of the road in time to get everyone off before the bus was engulfed in flames. Seventeen 3- and...
Wellmark Withdraws Offer of $15 Million Donation to University of Iowa
Jul 11 2007 // Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has withdrawn its offer of a $15 million donation to the University of Iowa after school faculty rejected a proposal to rename its health college after Wellmark. Wellmark, the...
Partnership Allows Indiana University Students Under 21 to Rent Cars
Jun 14 2007 // An agreement between Indiana University (IU) and Enterprise Rent-A-Car will allow students under 21 to rent cars for personal use, but the deal comes with many restrictions. To rent a car, students between 18 and 21 years...
Tucson School District Gave Away $700,000 in Free Insurance
Jun 5 2007 // The Tucson, Ariz., Unified School District is meeting with employee unions in an attempt to recoup $700,000 in free health insurance it inadvertently gave to its workers. The district has not formally announced the error...
