‘It never should have gotten to this': U-Md. sanctions officer who used pepper spray to break up a graduation party; Columbia University to pay $9.5 million to settle fraud charges; Elizabeth Warren and Senate Democrats press regulators to prevent another Trump U.; U-Va. set aside $2.2 billion for ‘strategic investments.’ A former board member calls it a ‘slush fund.’; Former U-Va. board member rebuts criticism of university finances; Justice Department is investigating whether a for-profit college company violated federal financial aid rules; ‘You do not represent us': Wharton students and alums write to Trump; Yale dishwasher resigns after smashing ‘racist, very degrading’ stained-glass window;
 
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‘It never should have gotten to this': U-Md. sanctions officer who used pepper spray to break up a graduation party
A University of Maryland review of the use of pepper spray at a graduation party this spring concluded that its use could have been avoided.
Columbia University to pay $9.5 million to settle fraud charges
Prosecutors say the Ivy League school inflated the cost of facilities used to conduct research from July 2003 to June 2015.
 
Catholic University’s president: ‘I’m not a fan of Mr. Trump’
John Garvey, leader of the Vatican's university in America, generally keeps his politics to himself. But he said he takes issue with anti-immigrant rhetoric of the GOP candidate.
 
Elizabeth Warren and Senate Democrats press regulators to prevent another Trump U.
Senate Democrats are calling on federal regulators to step up efforts to protect consumers from educational programs that engage in fraud and deceptive marketing, in light of the ongoing case against Trump University.
 
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U-Va. set aside $2.2 billion for ‘strategic investments.’ A former board member calls it a ‘slush fund.’
University of Virginia announces a new plan for its massive cash reserves. That's likely to raise questions about its spending priorities at a time of budget pressures in public higher education.
 
Former U-Va. board member rebuts criticism of university finances
Victoria Harker just ended a term on the University of Virginia's governing board and led the board's finance committee.
 
Justice Department is investigating whether a for-profit college company violated federal financial aid rules
Federal prosecutors are looking into whether the parent company of Ashford University is violating a law that prohibits for-profit colleges from getting more than 90 percent of their operating revenue from federal student aid funding.
 
‘You do not represent us': Wharton students and alums write to Trump
Trump often cites his Wharton School degree as evidence he's "really smart."
 
Yale dishwasher resigns after smashing ‘racist, very degrading’ stained-glass window
"That thing's coming down today; I'm tired of it," he said of the windowpane in a dining hall at Calhoun College, whose name has sparked controversy.
 
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