Chief Judge Glanville has been ignoring the fumes of the dumpster fire he’s been presiding over for the last few weeks now. Thankfully, some sense seems to have wafted from the flame — he’s stopping the trial to give a different judge a chance to weigh in on if being a star witness in the…
There are at least three new presidential vacancies at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which have already been experiencing high turnover within their leadership ranks. In the case of two of the presidential departures — Dillard University and Florida Memorial University — the presidents resigned amid health challenges. Their departures raise new questions about…
Crispin Odey has a lot less money in which to drown his sorrows about this week’s Tory wipeout. The post Couldn’t Have Happened To A Nicer Guy appeared first on Above the Law. #Couldnt #Happened #Nicer #Guy
Dr. Alma Littles has been appointed dean of the College of Medicine at Florida State University. “When I first saw the College of Medicine mission statement, it resonated with me,” Littles said. “The college’s priorities and my goals as a physician mirror each other,” said Littles, who replaces Dr. John P. Fogarty, who retired in…
Hampshire College is laying off 9% of employees in a major restructuring of operations amid lower-than-expected enrollment growth for the upcoming academic year, the institution’s president confirmed Monday. The move comes for an institution often cited as a turnaround model among small colleges facing financial distress. Hampshire’s restructuring involves consolidating the college’s financial aid, enrollment,…
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. “When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.” Richard Nixon, 1974 Affirmed, US Supreme Court, 2024 — John W. Dean (@JohnWDean) July 1, 2024 — John Dean, former White House Counsel under President Richard Nixon, in a tweet that’s going…
Mike PierceTwo-hundred and twenty-seven advocacy, labor, and civil rights groups have signed onto a letter urging the Biden-Harris Administration to provide student loan debt relief. The letter — asking the U.S. Department of Education to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) toward providing relief to borrowers experiencing hardship — is a response to recent…
(Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) This morning, the Supreme Court set fire to the case against Donald Trump for plotting a coup to stay in power. He will never be tried for his crimes. And if reelected, he will unleash a wave of retribution safe in the knowledge that he can never be prosecuted for…
Dr. Karen A. TholeKaren A. Thole has been appointed the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. She serves as director of the START (Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine) Lab at The Pennsylvania State University and as director of the Engineering Ambassadors Network. Thole holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in…
While it is hard to process that the Supreme Court just dismissed the primary sentiment behind the Magna Carta with Trump v. US, there is one thing that may do the job of snapping you back to reality — those student loans of yours! King President Biden’s efforts to forgive student loans in back in…