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Retired Vermont State University Dean Fatally Shot Near Campus

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Former Vermont State University dean and professor Honoree Fleming, 77, was fatally shot near campus last week, NBC News reported. Scores of students benefited from Dr. Fleming’s teachings and research,” Vermont State University said in a statement on social media. Honoree will be deeply missed."

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Former Dean Awarded Nearly $4 Million in Retaliation Lawsuit

Inside Higher Ed

A former Bloomsburg University dean will be awarded $3.9 million after a jury found that he was fired in retaliation for helping an administrative assistant report that she had been sexually harassed by the university’s president,

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Columbia University President Steps Down

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Columbia University President Dr. Minouche Shafik resigned her post effective Aug. Dr. Minouche Shafik The university has been embroiled in controversy since antiwar demonstrations reached a fever pitch in the spring of 2024.

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Columbia removes three deans over text messages with alleged ‘antisemitic tropes’

The Guardian - Higher Education

University president says private text exchange during school event was ‘unacceptable and deeply upsetting’ Three Columbia University deans have been indefinitely removed from their positions after sending text messages that the university president said included antisemitic tropes.

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Duke University to Cover Full Tuition for Carolina Students with Family Incomes Below $150,000

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Duke University will be offering full tuition grants to students from the Carolinas with family incomes below $150,000, effective Fall 2023. The program will also give those with family incomes of $65,000 or less financial assistance for housing, meals, and some course materials or other campus expenses. 1 that reflect this change. “One

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Iran forces dissenters out of universities

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Iranian academics face being forced out of their jobs as the regime clamps down on any remaining dissent in universities, researchers have warned. He listed examples of those already targeted, such as Mohsen Borhani, a law lecturer at Tehran University who was fired after he questioned the legitimacy of death sentences for protesters.

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Birmingham and IIT Madras reveal joint masters

The PIE News

The UK’s University of Birmingham and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have announced a joint masters agreement, in addition to a new research fund. The partners noted that the arrangement is the first partnership at masters level between any IIT and a UK Russell Group University.