Scott Jaschik

Orthodox Jews did not appreciate the university’s attempt at humor.

Florida Atlantic University thought its presidential search was near the finish line when three finalists were named. But The Tallahassee Democrat reported that the search has been suspended.

Three private universities in California universities acknowledged to the state that in recent years they admitted some legacy students who did not meet their minimum admissions requirements, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.

In wake of Supreme Court ruling, the group urges colleges to act quickly. Some experts on affirmative action aren’t so sure.

the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has requested extensive information about the Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, which was set up by the University of California, Berkeley, in 2014 with Tsinghua University and the Chinese city of Shenzhen, The New York Times reported.

Florida State University has fired Eric Stewart, a professor of criminology, for “extreme negligence” in research, The Tallahassee Democrat reported.

A state appeals court has unanimously ruled that the University of Michigan is within its rights to ban weapons on campus, The Detroit Free Press reported.

Mark Tykocinski has resigned as president of Thomas Jefferson University and as dean of the university’s medical school, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Tykocinski has only been president for a year. He will stay on as a full professor.

Two former athletes sued Northwestern University for its role in reported hazing incidents, CNN reported. The suits are the first to come out of a hazing scandal facing the university’s athletics department.

Ruth J. Simmons will deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Jefferson Lecture is the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities.