Miami U panel recommends tougher student group standards after sororities’ unruly behavior

Miami U: Tougher student group standards needed

OXFORD, Ohio – Tougher conduct standards are being recommended for student groups at an Ohio university after three sororities were punished for unruly behavior.
A task force report released Friday by Miami University in southwest Ohio includes a recommendation of mandatory minimum sanctions for groups violating the school’s hazing policy …. Source article  : Miami U panel recommends tougher student group standards after sororities’ unruly behavior.

Georgia Rep. Sanford Bishop awarded Black Caucus scholarships to relatives and friend

Ga. Rep. Bishop awarded scholarships to family

WASHINGTON – A Georgia congressman awarded his stepdaughter, a niece and an aide’s future wife college scholarships through the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, making him the second House Democrat known to use the group to steer money to relatives and associates.
The nonprofit foundation’s records show Rep. Sanford Bishop picked …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Georgia Rep. Sanford Bishop awarded Black Caucus scholarships to relatives and friend.

Ex-fraternity member paying $500K to parents for Calif college freshman pledge death

Ex-frat member paying $500K for hazing death

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – The college fraternity big brother for a freshman pledge who died of alcohol poisoning is paying $500,000 to the parents of the Texas teenager.
Eighteen-year-old Carson Starkey of Austin, Texas, was found dead the morning after the Dec. 1, 2008, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity hazing … Read more »»».

Principals suspended for closing schools on rumours

AMBEDKAR NAGAR – The principals of two government schools in this Uttar Pradesh district have been suspended for holding a condolence meeting and closing the schools on rumours about the death of a state minister, officials said Friday.

“Principals of the Nenua Primary School and Nenua Upper Primary School in the Katehari area have been suspended …. Original source  : Principals suspended for closing schools on rumours.

Foreign students, medical courses likely in IITs

NEW DELHI – Foreign students and faculty, medical courses and a new pattern for entrance exams are among the reforms planned for Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Friday.

Talking to reporters after a nearly three-hour-long meeting of the council of IITs, Sibal said the decisions were taken … Read more >>>.

Sibal mulls changes in engineering entrance exam

NEW DELHI – The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) entrance exams needs an overhaul to discourage coaching institutes, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Friday.

“The present system of coaching must go as it is detrimental to the quality of intake,” Sibal told reporters after a meeting of the council of IITs.
The changes … Original article on : Sibal mulls changes in engineering entrance exam.

IITs to enrol foreign students, offer medical courses

NEW DELHI – The Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs) will induct foreigners as students and faculty and will also conduct medical courses, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal announced Friday.

Talking to reporters after a nearly three-hour meeting with the council of IITs, Sibal said the major decisions were taken to bring IITs at par …. Original article  : IITs to enrol foreign students, offer medical courses.

Pressure mounts on Kerala college to reinstate teacher

THRISSUR – The Kerala government Friday said it is waiting to see what steps the college management that dismissed teacher T.J.Joseph — whose right palm was chopped off by radical Muslim activists — takes to correct the “wrong move” before it intervenes.

Speaking to reporters here, Education Minister M.A.Baby said the action of the Thodupuzha …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Pressure mounts on Kerala college to reinstate teacher.