WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to expand the benefits of popular college savings plans that President Barack Obama failed to scale back. The bill would let students use money from college savings accounts to buy computers and other technology, something they cannot do now with tax-free distributions from the accounts. … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Bethany College President Scott Miller has been named president of Virginia Wesleyan College. Virginia Wesleyan says its Board of Trustees chose Miller on Wednesday during a special meeting. Miller will succeed William T. Greer, who will retire in June. Miller has served as president of the private college in West Virginia for eight years. … Continue reading
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A fraternity at Virginia Wesleyan College has been closed because of allegations of hazing. A spokeswoman for the private college in Virginia Beach told The Virginian-Pilot (http://bit.ly/1F74bAj ) three members of Kappa Alpha Order has have been sanctioned, but remain students at the college. The spokeswoman, Leona Baker, declined … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Four men were convicted Thursday in the April 2013 deaths of two Virginia State University students who drowned during a club initiation ritual. The defendants entered pleas in Chesterfield County Circuit Court on charges related to the deaths of Marvell Edmondson of Portsmouth and Jauwan Holmes of Newport News, … Continue reading
“Girl in a Band” (Dey Street Books), by Kim Gordon As the front woman for influential indie band Sonic Youth for three decades, Kim Gordon had a ringside seat as experimental music left the grimy clubs of New York and went mainstream with the help of MTV and Lollapalooza in the 1980s and 1990s. … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation aimed at curbing sexual assaults on Virginia’s college campuses has cleared both chambers of the General Assembly. There were several measures passed Tuesday, February 10, by the House and Senate. They included a bill that requires college faculty and administrators who become aware of an act of sexual violence to … Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There is a growing divide between who earns a bachelor’s degree by age 24, with the gap between the nation’s richest and poorest students doubling during the last four decades, according to a report released Tuesday. The percentage of students from the lowest-income families — those … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation to assure that sexual assaults on college campuses are reported to police and prosecutors is advancing in the House of Delegates. A measure is headed Thursday to the full House Court of Justice Committee for a vote after revisions in a subcommittee meeting a day earlier. The … Continue reading
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — University of Virginia police say they’re investigating a report that a student was sexually assaulted at an on-campus residence hall. A letter to students from Police Chief Michael Gibson says the department received information Thursday from the Dean of Students about the allegations. The letter says a student reported … Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There is a growing divide between who earns a bachelor’s degree by age 24, with the gap between the nation’s richest and poorest students doubling during the last four decades, according to a report released Tuesday.The percentage of students from the lowest-income families — those making $34,160 a year or less … Continue reading
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia has contracted with an international security firm to guide vulnerable students to safety in Charlottesville neighborhoods near campus. The university says the unarmed security guards will be called ambassadors. The ambassadors may help walk students home, call a safe ride or wait with them at … Continue reading
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A professor who lost a University of Illinois job offer over his profane, anti-Israel Twitter messages sued several university officials on Thursday, saying they denied his right to free speech and that the school should rehire him. Steven Salaita argues in the suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Tuesday it is dropping a proposal to scale back the tax benefits of college savings plans amid a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats. President Barack Obama made the proposal last week as part of his State of the Union address. It was part of Obama’s plan … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Tuesday, Jan. 27, it is dropping a proposal to scale back the tax benefits of college savings plans amid a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats. President Barack Obama made the proposal last week as part of his State of the Union address. It was part of Obama’s … Continue reading
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With two former Vanderbilt football players facing decades in prison after being convicted of the rape of an unconscious student in a dorm room, attention now turns to two of their teammates who have yet to go to trial. It took a jury three hours Tuesday to reach a verdict … Continue reading
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury convicted two ex-Vanderbilt football players on Tuesday of raping a former student, rejecting claims that they were too drunk to know what they were doing and that a college culture of binge drinking and promiscuous sex should be blamed for the attack. The jury deliberated for three … Continue reading
