Latest Education Headlines
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Mississippi College Gets OK for Post-Katrina Projects
Aug 25 2008 // The Mississippi College Board gave the University of Southern Mississippi approval to spend $27.5 million to rebuild its Gulf Coast campuses devastated by Hurricane Katrina three years ago. The money will be a combination...
2 University of Alabama Students Earn Insurance Industry Scholarships
Aug 22 2008 // The Derek Hughes/ National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices Ltd. Educational Foundation scholarships went to two University of Alabama student. Recipient Aldrich Callins of Birmingham, Ala. has attended...
Survey: Parents Fed Up With ‘Party Schools’ and Politicians
Aug 20 2008 // Americans continue to overwhelmingly reject an ongoing push to lower the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. According to a Nationwide Insurance survey, 72 percent of adults think lowering the drinking age will make alcohol...
University Professor Says ‘Early Offers Program’ Could Improve Tort System
Aug 19 2008 // An “early offers” program in which medical malpractice and product liability lawsuits could be quickly settled would improve a tort system that is often slow, expensive and unfair, according to a new book...
School Bus Overturns on Muddy Alabama Road, 16 Students Injured
Aug 14 2008 // A school bus accident in Alabama’s southern Dale County sent sixteen students to hospitals with minor injuries. Dale County School Superintendent Phillip Parker said the mishap occurred Aug. 12 around 3:30 p.m. on a...
Speak Up if You Care …
Aug 4 2008 // The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.”...
The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education
Aug 1 2008 // If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind...
Tennessee Utility, College Get Federal Relief for Tornado Damage
Jul 30 2008 // The federal government approved $5.7 million in disaster assistance funding for two Tennessee institutions that suffered tornado damage, Gov. Phil Bredesen said. These grants are part of the federal Public Assistance...
West Virginia University Fraternity House Condemned for Safety Violations
Jul 28 2008 // A privately owned fraternity house at West Virginia University has been condemned for unsafe living conditions by the Morgantown, W.Va. Fire Department. The Tau Kappa Epsilon house was shut down last week after inspectors...
Former S.D. Teacher and Coach Wants School’s Coverage for Legal Bills
Jul 28 2008 // Former South Dakota teacher and coach Andy Tate wants the Mitchell School District’s insurance to cover the $25,000 in legal bills he spent to defend himself in a lawsuit brought by a former student. Brittany Plamp...
Insurance Glitch Nixes Dow Chemical Land Gift to West Virginia University
Jul 21 2008 // Dow Chemicals Co.’s plan to give West Virginia University 58 acres of South Charleston real estate and lab space valued at $25 million has fallen through. Dow’s Union Carbide subsidiary blamed the cancellation...
2008 All-Star Game Was Mathematical Marvel, Says Statistics Professor
Jul 17 2008 // The 2008 All-Star Game was the game of a lifetime, and a Gettysburg College professor can prove it mathematically. “What happened Tuesday night was definitely a rare occurrence and one we should not expect to see...
St. Louis University to Pay $1M Lawsuit Settlement
Jul 10 2008 // St. Louis University agreed to pay $1 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit claiming its School of Public Health tried to defraud the government by overstating faculty time spent on projects involving federal grants,...
University of Alabama Insurance Professor Receives Bickley Award
Jun 26 2008 // William H. Rabel, professor of insurance & financial services at The University of Alabama, won the 2008 John Bickley Innovation and Creativity Award. Rabel led a team of professors that developed the new actuarial...
Judge Approves $11M Settlement in Virginia Tech Shootings
Jun 20 2008 // A Virginia judge on Tuesday approved an $11 million state settlement with families of most of the victims in last year’s Virginia Tech slayings that will avoid a court battle over whether anyone but the gunman was to...
Willis Partners With University of Bologna to Study Floods
Jun 13 2008 // The Willis Research Network (WRN), part of Willis Group, has announced the formation of a partnership with the University of Bologna “to include the renowned Italian institution’s flood research as part of more...
Arkansas College Sued After Backing Out of Caged Fury Tournament
Jun 11 2008 // An entertainment company is suing Hendrix College saying the private school in Conway, Ark., backed out of a deal to allow a “Caged Fury” tournament on campus. Bone Krusher Entertainment Inc. made a deal with...
North Carolina Senate Panel OKs Millions for University Campus Safety
Jun 5 2008 // A North Carolina Senate panel has approved a plan to send more than $29 million to the University of North Carolina system to improve campus security. The plan approved by a Senate judiciary committee June 3 would help the...
Univeristy of Idaho Officials Want to Start Mine Safety Instruction
Jun 4 2008 // The University of Idaho, seeing a resurgence of mining activity in northern Idaho due to soaring metal prices, is seeking federal funding to bring back mining education programs, a school official said. “The metals...
Ohio Governor Names Law Professor as Temporary Attorney General
May 29 2008 // Democratic Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on May 28 (Wednesday) tapped the dean of the Ohio State University law school to serve temporarily as attorney general after a sexual harassment scandal forced out the previous attorney...
