Latest Education Headlines
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Vaping Firm Juul Disregarded Early Signs It Was Hooking Young Users: Reuters
Nov 5 2019 // The San Francisco startup that invented the groundbreaking Juul e-cigarette had a central goal during its development: captivating users with the first hit. The company had concluded that consumers had largely rejected...
Students Sue Colleges for Saying No to Medical Cannabis
Oct 28 2019 // Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies. In states where medical marijuana is legal, students...
University of Louisville Settles Naming Rights Dispute with Papa John’s for $9.5M
Oct 28 2019 // The University of Louisville Athletic Association will pay Papa John’s founder John Schnatter $9.5 million over 51/2 years in a settlement to terminate the pizza chain’s naming rights to Cardinal Stadium. The...
NTSB Blames Miami Bridge Collapse on Design Errors, Lack of Oversight
Oct 25 2019 // A Miami university bridge that collapsed and killed six people last year showed significant design errors and should have been more carefully monitored by the state government because of the project’s complexity,...
Iowa School District Settles 3rd Firing-Related Lawsuit for $1M
Oct 18 2019 // The Waukee, Iowa, school district has settled the last of three lawsuits filed by former employees who alleged they were retaliated against for exposing wrongdoing by the district’s former chief operating...
University of Alabama Researchers to Study How People React to Severe Weather
Oct 15 2019 // A new research project getting under way around Tuscaloosa aims to document how people react to severe weather. The University of Alabama says research sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and...
Univ. of Louisiana Monroe to Create Risk Management, Insurance Endowed Chair
Oct 11 2019 // The University of Louisiana-Monroe (ULM) will create an Endowed Chair in Risk Management and Insurance position in the College of Business and Social Sciences with $585,000 in funding that stems from the dissolution of...
Two Midwest School Districts Join Lawsuit Wave Against Juul Over Vaping
Oct 8 2019 // Two public school districts on Monday sued Juul Labs Inc, accusing the company of endangering their students and draining their resources by marketing its addictive e-cigarettes to teenagers. The St. Charles, Missouri, and...
College in Washington Fined $135K for Multiple Asbestos Violations
Oct 7 2019 // The Evergreen State College in Washington is facing more than $135,000 in fines for multiple violations related to asbestos and other safety issues around its Olympia campus. The Department of Labor & Industries has...
Judge Rules Harvard’s ‘Fine Admissions Policy’ Passes Constitutional Test
Oct 2 2019 // Harvard University’s undergraduate admissions program does not discriminate against Asian-American applicants, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, rejecting a lawsuit brought by opponents of affirmative action and...
College in Washington Fined $135K for Multiple Asbestos Violations
Sep 30 2019 // The Evergreen State College in Washington is facing more than $135,000 in fines for multiple violations related to asbestos and other safety issues around its Olympia campus. The Department of Labor & Industries has...
How Early Signs of Lung Effects of Vaping Were Missed and Downplayed
Sep 30 2019 // Scientists, regulators and e-cigarette proponents missed, ignored or downplayed signs that vaping could significantly damage the lungs for nearly a decade, a review of medical literature, government documents and...
Insurers Balk at Study Questioning Value of Municipal Bond Insurance
Sep 27 2019 // Around noon one Wednesday in July, two school districts from California’s Central Valley auctioned off their bonds to Wall Street underwriters. Both had the same credit rating. The deals were of similar size. They...
South Carolina High School Arson Case Cracked After 23 Years by Fingerprint
Sep 27 2019 // A 40-year-old man was charged Tuesday with burning down his South Carolina high school more than 23 years after authorities say he set books and other papers on fire in the hallways. Daniel Scott Harris, 40 left his...
Judge Approves $54M Settlement in Duke University Hiring Lawsuit
Sep 26 2019 // A federal judge is closing a lawsuit that Duke University is settling over claims that it and nearby University of North Carolina conspired to hold down salaries of thousands of medical workers by not hiring staff away...
Texas Insurance Department Promotes 4, Names New Internal Audit Director
Sep 25 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance has promoted four staff members to new positions and hired a new director of internal audit. TDI selected Arby Gonzales as the agency’s new Internal Audit director. Gonzales comes...
Michigan School District to Pay $107K to Settle Federal Retaliation Lawsuit
Sep 20 2019 // A school district in Michigan will pay $107,000 do settle a federal retaliation lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says the Waterford Public School System in Waterford, Michigan, will...
Beazley Launches Title IX Coverage for Educational Institutions
Sep 19 2019 // Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a comprehensive policy designed to cover infringements of Title IX, the federal law prohibiting discrimination based on sex in any public education program. The policy provides...
Florida’s Auditor General to Focus on Protecting Student Data
Sep 16 2019 // Florida is cracking down to ensure school districts, state colleges and state universities are protecting students’ Social Security numbers. In the past two years, state auditors have found that at least one-third of...
Multitasking
Sep 16 2019 // I’ve often pondered whether or not one person can excel at multitasking over another. Are women better at multitasking than men? Are younger people better multitaskers than their older counterparts? Today’s...
