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Ohio State trustees OK $100M settlement with hundreds of former students abused by doctor

Wednesday, June 3 by SRN News

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State University agreed Wednesday to pay approximately $100 million to settle legal claims from hundreds of former student athletes who said they were sexually abused decades ago by a doctor at the university. The school has fought lawsuits in federal... Read More.

Trump’s Education Department is backing away from addressing civil rights for Black students

Wednesday, June 3 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - For generations, the federal government enforced civil rights laws with an eye toward remedying historic, systemic discrimination against Black people and other people of color. The Department of Justice pressed schools to desegregate. The Department of Education worked to promote equal... Read More.

Iowa superintendent says 2 students were among victims in family mass shooting

Tuesday, June 2 by SRN News

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) - Two of the six people who died in a fatal shooting in Iowa on Monday that authorities believe was carried out by a relative were students in a local school district, the superintendent said. The suspect, 52-year-old Ryan Willis McFarland, of... Read More.

Fire at girls school in Kenya kills at least 16 students, minister says

Thursday, May 28 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- At least 16 students died in an overnight fire at a boarding school for girls in central Kenya, a government minister said Thursday.Education Minister Julius Ogamba said in a statement posted to X that a "regrettable fire tragedy befell Utumishi Girls Academy... Read More.

Harvard faculty take aim at grade inflation by capping ‘A’ grades for students

Wednesday, May 20 by SRN News

May 20 (Reuters) - Harvard University faculty have imposed a limit on the number of "A" grades that can be given to undergraduate students in an effort to end a growing trend of grade inflation at the elite U.S. university. In hundreds of votes cast... Read More.

Lawsuit accuses Massachusetts schools of segregating students of color in low-opportunity districts

Wednesday, May 20 by SRN News

A lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of students and community organizations in Massachusetts argues the state is illegally maintaining schools that are racially segregated, concentrating Black and Latino students in high-poverty districts with fewer opportunities. The lawsuit challenges the state's practice of assigning students to... Read More.

Professor’s speech praising pro-Palestinian students sparks backlash at University of Michigan

Tuesday, May 5 by SRN News

The University of Michigan has issued a formal apology after a history professor lauded pro-Palestinian student protesters in a commencement speech over the weekend. The remarks - and the ensuing apology - have set off cascading recriminations, with pro-Israel advocates calling to slash the... Read More.

Man who killed Brown students, MIT professor targeted symbolic victims tied to grievances, FBI says

Wednesday, April 29 by SRN News

BOSTON (AP) - Federal investigators say they believe the man who carried out a mass shooting at Brown University and later killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor did not act randomly. Instead, former Brown student Claudio Neves Valente, 48, appeared to target places and... Read More.

New report details suspect’s worsening behavior before 2 USF students’ killings

Wednesday, April 29 by SRN News

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The behavior of a suspect in the murders of two University of South Florida students from Bangladesh worsened over time from marijuana use, family members told deputies after his arrest three years ago for punching his brother in the face... Read More.

Court hearing for man charged with killing 2 University of South Florida students

Tuesday, April 28 by SRN News

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A college dropout facing murder charges in the killings of two University of South Florida students has a hearing scheduled for Tuesday morning, just days after a SWAT team descended on his parents' house to arrest him. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, faces... Read More.

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Stories tagged with: students

Ohio State trustees OK $100M settlement with hundreds of former students abused by doctor

Trump’s Education Department is backing away from addressing civil rights for Black students

Iowa superintendent says 2 students were among victims in family mass shooting

Fire at girls school in Kenya kills at least 16 students, minister says

Harvard faculty take aim at grade inflation by capping ‘A’ grades for students

Lawsuit accuses Massachusetts schools of segregating students of color in low-opportunity districts

Professor’s speech praising pro-Palestinian students sparks backlash at University of Michigan

Man who killed Brown students, MIT professor targeted symbolic victims tied to grievances, FBI says

New report details suspect’s worsening behavior before 2 USF students’ killings

Court hearing for man charged with killing 2 University of South Florida students

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