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OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal jury has awarded a transgender woman more than $1 million after finding Southeastern Oklahoma State University discriminated against her and wrongfully denied her tenure. Jurors sided with former English professor Rachel Tudor on Monday, The ...

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St. Paul’s School, the elite New England boarding school dogged in recent months by allegations of past sexual abuse and misconduct, is now the target of a criminal investigation by local and state authorities. In a statement released Thursday evening, ...

ALBANY — The New York State Education Department has hired a chief privacy officer to protect student and teacher data. Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced the appointment of Temitope Akinyemi on Wednesday. She’ll be in charge of developing and implementing the ...

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Two licks with a wooden paddle in the principal’s office was the price 11-year-old Kaley Zacher, of Dexter, Georgia, paid for ignoring warnings about falling behind in her school work. Rules are rules, said her mother, Kimberly Zacher, so why ...

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Nearly three dozen religious colleges and universities in 20 U.S. states have received federal waivers allowing them not to accommodate transgender students in admissions, housing and other areas of campus life, according to a report by the nation’s largest LGBT ...

University at Buffalo Law School seniors are now eligible for the governor’s Excelsior Service Fellowship Program, which is designed to bring new college and professional school graduates into public service. The program, established in 2013, offers two-year placements in New ...

CLINTON (AP) — Hamilton College has named University of Minnesota Law School Dean David Wippman to be its 20th president. Wippman will succeed Joan Hinde Stewart, who is retiring June 30, 2016 after 13 years as president. Wippman is an ...

Two teams of accounting students from St. John Fisher College’s School of Business took the top two spots last month in a Deloitte FanTAXtic Regional Competition in Boston. Deloitte invites nearly 100 schools to participate each year in its case ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court appears torn over the use of race in college admissions and may not be ready to make a decision without more information. During arguments Wednesday, several justices asked about the value of ordering more ...

SYRACUSE — A Pittsford couple who met at Le Moyne College are giving more than $6 million to the private Catholic school in Syracuse. The Post-Standard reports that college officials say the $6.5 million gift is from John and Kathy ...

Child Care Council Inc. recently honored six child care providers with its annual Start Bright Impact Awards for exemplifying the critical role that high-quality child care plays in the lives of young people. The award recipients were: • Lifetime Achievement ...

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Twenty employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers served as volunteer mentors to provide Junior Achievement programming to 225 Rochester students last Friday. The volunteers delivered “JA in a Day” to kindergarteners through second graders in nine classes at Early Childhood School of Rochester ...