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Women’s Wrestling Aims At 2026 NCAA Championship Status

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Women’s wrestling may become the 91st NCAA championship sport in 2026. Second, as the recommendation also includes establishing a Women's Wrestling Committee, which would begin its work in January 2025, to allow time to prepare for a championship in winter 2026. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics voted at its Feb.

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Liberty University Fined $14M for Clery Act Violations

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The education department will also conduct post-review monitoring of Liberty through April 2026 to ensure the school executes on promised improvements. Further lapses in Clery Act compliance could jeopardize the terms of the university’s participation in the federal student aid programs or result in other administrative sanctions.

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Opposition Against Northwestern Stadium Renovation Grows Amid Hazing Scandal Fallout

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The upgrades to Ryan Field were set to begin after the 2023 season, with a reopening in 2026. A lot of us faculty members feel like it's really time for the administration to try to get out ahead of these problems," Pearson said. But calls to delay are increasing. Fitzgerald was first given a two-week suspension without pay.

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St. Cloud State University Announces More Future Faculty Cuts Amid Worsening Financial Issues

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The plan will help reduce the deficit to about $9 million by fall 2025 and create a surplus of about $5 million by fall 2026, according to administrators. Cloud State President Dr. Robbyn Wacker. University leaders attributed the budget deficit to enrollment, insufficient staffing reductions, and high instructional costs.

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Male Resource Centers Promote Success Among Men of Color

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Keith] Curry have done is look at data to inform decisions,” says Jez, who researched gender disparities between Black men and women when she was a professor of public policy and administration at California State University, Sacramento. “It There is a goal to bring the three-year graduation rate to 40% by Fall 2026. “A Dr. Roderick L.

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Renewed Push Apace to Return Native American Remains

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I think they have been handicapped because their museums and collections are often very, very far down university administrators' [priorities],” says Lomawaima.“So, AB 226 implements two more state audits from the UC system, one in 2024 and the other in 2026.

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President Biden Releases FY25 Budget Request to Congress

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Due to the budget limits outlined in the Fiscal Responsibility Act (the debt limit deal), the Administration requested minimal increases across the government. The Administration also urges Congress to consider increasing the stipends offered in Upward Bound and McNair. (It Department of Education here.)

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