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July 29, 2016

Suffolk University fires president after 1 tumultuous year

The president of Suffolk University in Boston has been fired after a tumultuous yearlong tenure marked by power struggles with some members of the board of trustees.

July 28, 2016

James Alan McPherson, prize-winning author, dead at 72

James Alan McPherson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning story collection "Elbow Room" and a longtime faculty member at the University of Iowa's prestigious Writers' Workshop, has died.

July 2, 2016

Elite NYC school teaching kindergartners about 'white privilege'

An elite Manhattan school is teaching white students as young as 6 that they’re born racist and should feel guilty benefiting from “white privilege,” while heaping praise and cupcakes on their black peers.

June 18, 2016

National group censures University of Missouri-Columbia over Melissa Click firing

An academic association has voted to censure the University of Missouri-Columbia for firing an assistant professor after she interfered with journalists during protests.

June 16, 2016

Planned leadership change at Great Books college stirs angst

Tiny St. John's College offers the most venerable of liberal arts educations: a course of study founded firmly on discussions of the Great Books of western civilization.

June 2, 2016

Teacher suspended over test questions about drugs, guns

An Alabama teacher is on leave after giving middle school students a test with math questions about prostitutes, drugs and guns, a school official said Wednesday.

May 26, 2016

Feds sue Florida school district after woman claims she was demoted for maternity leave

Federal officials are suing a South Florida school district, claiming an assistant principal was demoted for taking maternity leave.

May 25, 2016

Univ. fires teacher who used racial slur in class after discrimination probe cleared her

A white University of Kansas assistant professor who used a racial slur during a class discussion on race said the school won't renew her contract after the next academic year.

May 18, 2016

No discipline for Texas high school after students used cat intestines as jump rope

No one will face discipline after a video surfaced of Texas high school students using a cat’s intestines as a jump rope during a lesson, school officials said Tuesday.

May 17, 2016

Los Angeles school district to pay $88M in two sex abuse cases

The Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to pay $88 million to settle teacher sex-abuse lawsuits involving 30 children and their families at two elementary schools, plaintiffs' attorneys announced Monday.