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May 3, 2016

Metropolitan Museum of Art hires new president, Daniel Weiss, leader of Haverford College

The next president of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will be an art historian who's currently president of Haverford College in Pennsylvania.

May 3, 2016

Univ. of Oklahoma president: Fraternity members who participated in racist chant 'disgraceful'

The president of the University of Oklahoma is chastising fraternity members after a video was posted online showing some participating in a racist chant.

May 3, 2016

Sweet Briar College in Virginia to close in August, cites major 'financial challenges'

Sweet Briar College — a small, private school for women near the Blue Ridge Mountains — will shut down this summer because of financial issues.

May 3, 2016

Western Pennsylvania teachers' union objects to letting disabled student use faculty restroom

A teachers union says a special needs student at a Pittsburgh-area elementary school shouldn't be allowed to use a faculty restroom even though school officials say it's difficult for the boy to climb steps to reach a student restroom on another floor.

May 3, 2016

U.Va. president says school considering plans that would make it a leader in campus safety

After being thrown into the national spotlight on issues of sexual assault, the University of Virginia's president says it will consider plans to create a research institute on violence and offer new courses on campus safety.

May 3, 2016

Comments on repeal of Penn State-NCAA consent decree, restoration of wins for team, Paterno

Comments on the Penn State-NCAA agreement to repeal a 2012 consent decree in the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal, replacing it with a new agreement that restores 112 wins to the football program, makes the late Joe Paterno the winningest coach in major college football and clears the way for $60 million in penalties to be spent on child abuse prevention and treatment: "Continuing this litigation would further delay the distribution of funds to child sexual abuse survivors for years, undermining the very intent of the fine.

May 3, 2016

Retired principal is $326 million Mega Millions winner; biggest New York Lottery prize ever

A retired school principal is the sole winner of the $326 million Mega Millions jackpot drawn on Nov. 4, the biggest prize in New York Lottery history, officials announced Monday.

May 3, 2016

Ex-Springfield charter school principal gets a year of probation for role in cheating scandal

The former principal of a Massachusetts charter school has been sentenced to a year of probation for helping students cheat on standardized tests.

April 29, 2016

Doubts about honesty led to university chancellor's removal

University of California President Janet Napolitano felt compelled to remove the chancellor of UC Davis after documents contradicted the campus leader's contention that she did not have any dealings with contractors that were hired to bolster the school's image online, a university spokeswoman said Thursday.

April 27, 2016

School board blocks transgender kids from choosing restroom

A north Florida school board has approved a measure to limit restrooms to students based on their birth sex, not their gender identity.