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Lawsuit seeks to block Google’s privacy changes
A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making sweeping changes to its privacy policies next month, the Associated Press reports.…
Facebook may release more user data: students
U.S. social media group Facebook seems ready to publish categories of data it collects from users, an Austrian student group lobbying for stricter privacy rules said on Tuesday, Reuters reports.…
Arizona State University lifts ban on Change.org website
Arizona State University infuriated activists when the school decided to block access to Change.org, a popular site that allows people to create and sign petitions in an effort to produce…
For-profit colleges defend controversial recruitment practices
Education Management Corp., one of the nation’s largest operators of mostly online for-profit colleges, filed a legal defense Feb. 6 of its scrutinized compensation program for recruiters who were paid…
George Huguely trial: UVA changes in the wake of Yeardley Love’s death
In the nearly two years since a University of Virginia lacrosse player was charged with killing his ex-girlfriend, it's become easier for possible abuse victims to get a restraining order…
Immigrant worker firings unsettle a college campus
The dining hall workers had been at Pomona College for years, some even decades. For a few, it was the only job they had held since moving to the United…
Former PSU professor charged with $3 million fraud
The Department of Justice has charged a former Penn State University professor with fraud, false statements and money laundering relating to $3 million in federal research grants, the Associated Press…
Yale fulfills vow on sex-misconduct report
Making good on a promise to be more open about its handling of sexual misconduct, Yale University has released its first report describing the complaints that were made and how…
Report faults Va. colleges for spiraling tuition
A new report from a higher-education advocacy group identifies 17 private colleges in Virginia where tuition and fees total more than two-fifths of median household income in the Commonwealth, the…
Major changes coming for foreign exchange program
The U.S. State Department is proposing what it calls "significant and controversial" changes to a foreign exchange program that has been exploited by unscrupulous labor brokers and organized criminals in…