Shop clerk, son charged with selling illegal kratom amid probe into deaths of 2 Ole Miss studentsFederal authorities investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students have charged a store clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom product.CBS News4d agoWhole story →EducationJusticekratom deaths investigation
Cornell University agrees to independent investigation into alleged rape case, Gov. Kathy Hochul saysCornell University has agreed to hire outside counsel to conduct an independent investigation into the 2024 alleged gang rape case, Gov. Kathy Hochul says.CBS News6d agoWhole story →EducationJusticeKathy Hochulcornell rape investigation
Former UC Davis equestrian athletes sue school over alleged Title IX violationsNineteen former members of UC Davis' women's equestrian team have filed a federal class-action lawsuit accusing the university of violating Title IX by failing to provide female athletes with an equal share of athletic financial aid.CBS News7d agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationtitle ix lawsuit
Diplomats' son sues University of Michigan after being denied in-state tuitionA federal lawsuit says the University of Michigan wrongly denied in-state tuition to the son of a Foreign Service officer and a USAID employee who declared Ann Arbor as their permanent home while stationed abroad.CBS News20d agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationin state tuition lawsuit
Gov. Greg Abbott calls for three-year bachelor's degree pathways in TexasGov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a statewide framework that would give students the option to earn certain bachelor's degrees in three years.CBS News1mo agoWhole story →EducationGreg Abbotttexas higher ed reform
