Prof Rips UCLA for 'Illegal' Race Admissions

Web-surfing student complains of finger injury

(NEWSER) - A professor who got fed up with a student surfing the Internet instead of taking notes has been arrested and suspended for closing her laptop. Frank Rybicki, a professor of mass media at Valdosta State University, was arrested for battery after the student complained that her finger had been hurt when he closed the computer. The professor tells Inside Higher Ed that the Georgia university has told him not to discuss the incident, although he stresses that he has never harmed a student. More»

'I don't have to go nowhere,' she tells instructor

(NEWSER) - An angry university student arguing about a test question was wrestled to the floor by three burly cops called to the classroom by her professor. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student Robyn Foster, 24, told her anthropology professor before cops arrive: "I don't have to go nowhere. I paid to be here." At one point she threw a water bottle at another student who told her to be quiet, reports WTMJ .The confrontation has become a YouTube hit after it was filmed and posted by another student who works as an intern at a local TV station. More»

Warts-and-all posts by undergrads can lure savvy prospects

(NEWSER) - Colleges are loosening the reins on student bloggers in hopes that a dose of candid commentary will lure prospective applicants. At MIT, for instance, bloggers paid by the admissions office go about their work with no fear of censorship. That policy has caused some friction—including a spat between the admissions and housing offices—but the rewards are digitally tangible, the New York Times reports. More»

(NEWSER) - Another black member of Harvard's faculty has accused the Cambridge Police Department of racism, the Boston Globe reports. S. Allen Counter, a Harvard Medical School professor, was arrested outside his home in 2006 on assault and battery charges. “I was polite, and yet police lied and said I was loud, just as they did with Professor Gates,” said Counter, who was acquitted. More»

Freshman commitments hold steady, but at a cost of increased financial aid

(NEWSER) - Despite the recession, colleges aren't seeing the dip in freshman commitments they anticipated, reports the New York Times. The percentage of accepted students who have confirmed their enrollment at places like Yale, Harvard, and the University of Virginia and Wisconsin is about the same as last year. But it hasn't been a free ride for colleges. Many institutions have significantly increased their financial aid offerings, say administrators. More»