Latest Education Headlines
All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Interview: Public Affairs ‘Ironman’ Kevelighan Takes Helm at I.I.I.
Aug 16 2016 // Committing to a few extreme physical fitness events every year keeps Sean Kevelighan honest. “That, for me, is the incentive to insure that I keep my training going. It’s really good for your health, obviously,...
Ex-Employee Hits Oregon School District with $2.5M Retaliation Suit
Aug 16 2016 // The Eugene School District in Oregon has been hit with a $2.5 million lawsuit by a former administrator alleging he faced retaliation and pressure to resign after complaining of illegal practices within the district. The...
Oregon University Confidently Building $50M Center in Tsunami Zone
Aug 8 2016 // Oregon State University is moving ahead with plans to build a $50 million expansion to house its marine science initiative in a tsunami inundation zone in Newport despite warnings from a state geologist that the site could...
Kentucky Launches School Bus Safety Campaign Targeting Motorists
Aug 5 2016 // As a new school year approaches, billboards are going up in Kentucky to remind motorists to watch out for stopped school buses. The state Department of Education says about 45 billboards will warn of the danger of passing...
Judge Rejects Bid to Throw Out Trump University Lawsuit Before Trial
Aug 3 2016 // A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s pretrial bid to throw out a lawsuit brought by Trump University students who said they were defrauded by its real-estate...
Law Firm: Baylor’s Strict Conduct Code May Have Silenced Rape Victims
Aug 1 2016 // The sexual assault scandal that took down Baylor University’s president and revered football coach also found a problem with a bedrock of the school’s faith-based education: a student conduct code banning...
Maryland Pays $50K in Death of State University Football Player
Jul 29 2016 // Frostburg State University says it will work to raise awareness of risks to student-athletes as part of a $50,000 state settlement in the 2011 death of a school football player. The university said in a statement that the...
University of Mississippi Medical Center Pays $2.75M Penalty for Lost Laptop
Jul 28 2016 // Officials at the University of Mississippi Medical Center said they have paid a $2.75 million penalty to the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of an agreement to resolve...
FEMA Approves UMass Disaster Mitigation Plan
Jul 27 2016 // The University of Massachusetts has won state and federal approval of plans to protect the system’s campuses from natural hazards. School officials say it’s necessary to prepare for threats such as storms or...
Judge Expected to Allow Suit Against Trump University to Proceed
Jul 25 2016 // Just hours after Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination in Cleveland, a federal judge in San Diego said he plans to allow former students who claim to have been cheated by Trump University to take the...
Study Suggests Ways to Identify Unsafe Driving in Older Adults
Jul 25 2016 // It is estimated that nearly half of all drivers on the nation’s roads are over the age of 65 and this number is projected to increase to 77 percent in the next 30 years, a recently published study says. Additionally,...
Trial Underway in Brown University Case Over Student Suspension for Alleged Sexual Assault
Jul 22 2016 // Trial began Tuesday in a lawsuit brought against Brown University by a student who was suspended after a sexual encounter that he says was consensual but that a fellow student reported as an assault. U.S. District Judge...
University of Oregon Settles Whistleblower Suit with Former Employees
Jul 21 2016 // The University of Oregon has agreed to pay $425,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by two former employees over allegations that the school retaliated against them for speaking out about a student’s therapy records...
Millennials Don’t Rule the World – Revisited
Jul 20 2016 // Recently I wrote an article about Millennials, at least that’s what many assumed. The article actually focused on the mistakes being made in our attempts to entice Millennials to join the insurance industry. Some...
Idaho University Denies Discriminating Against Mormon Player
Jul 19 2016 // Idaho State University’s former assistant tennis coach and the university have denied allegations made in a lawsuit in which a former tennis player says he was discriminated against because of his Mormon faith. The...
Research Shows Dangers of Using Hands-Free Cell Phones While Driving
Jul 15 2016 // Driving while talking on a hands-free phone can be as distracting as talking on a hand-held mobile, according to researchers at the University of Sussex in England. “A popular misconception is that using a mobile...
More Former College Football Players Join Concussion Lawsuits Against NCAA
Jul 11 2016 // The latest round of class action concussion lawsuits against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) were filed by former college football players from Stanford, Boston College, North Carolina, Wake Forest and...
Florida Agents Putting New Law to Work to Attract Millennials to Insurance Careers
Jul 11 2016 // Florida insurance agents are trying to bolster the industry’s track record in attracting college graduates by employing a new state law that aligns college courses with the state’s licensing requirements. The...
In Move to Block Campus Carry Law, University of Texas Profs Sue
Jul 8 2016 // Three University of Texas professors have filed suit in federal court, seeking to block the state’s “campus carry” law before it takes effect next month. The July 6 court filing came from sociology...
Construction Worker Electrocuted on University Campus in West Virginia
Jul 8 2016 // Officials say a construction worker has died after being electrocuted while working at a site on the campus of Shepherd University. Shepherd University officials said in a news release that the man was killed on campus on...
