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Shelter in place lifted at all Tecumseh schools following reported threat of violence
TECUMSEH, Mich. — Students at all Tecumseh Public Schools buildings were sheltered in place Tuesday due to a threat of violence against the school. According to Superintendent Matt Hilton, it all started with a disgruntled former student posting, "I am going to shoot up the schools," on a social media platform with a Tecumseh IP address. Hilton said this caught the attention of Tecumseh police, who immediately notified the district, sending out a message to parents around noon that all of their schools were about to shelter in place.
Remaining lawsuit against embattled ‘Rock n’ Roll’ professor dismissed
ANN ARBOR, MI - A judge has dismissed the remaining lawsuit against former University of Michigan “Rock n’ Roll” professor Bruce Conforth. Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Connors on Sept. 24 tossed one of two lawsuits, filed against Conforth, the university and its board of regents in early 2022. Both concerned eight women accusing the professor of sexual assault and the university of mishandling subsequent complaints against him.
The University of Michigan Is Opening a Physical Campus in Los Angeles – Wolverines are Conflicted
The University of Michigan is a world-renown institute of higher learning. A U of M degree can open doors. The Ann Arbor campus is of course, the flagship with the university system also hosting campus locations in Flint and Dearborn. This week the school announced they are opening a physical campus for their Ross School of Business in Los Angeles, California.
2 incumbents, watchdog battle for trustee seats at Ann Arbor college
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Two incumbents, challenged by a watchdog, seek to keep their seats on the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees. Trustees Alex Milshteyn, an Ann Arbor-based realtor, and Diana McKnight Morton, a board member for 30 years, face off against Eileen Peck, who maintains the blog WCC Watch.
Michigan colleges and universities rank on the U.S. News list
(CBS DETROIT) - U.S. News & World Report released its list of best colleges and universities in the U.S. for 2025, and two Michigan universities made the top 100. The list ranked nearly 1,500 four-year, bachelor's degree-granting institutions in the U.S. using 17 ranking factors. The ranking criteria include factors like graduation rates, first-year retention rates, standardized tests, student-faculty ratio and more. One of the main categories for the rankings is the national universities category, but 13 key factors were also used to rank the schools in terms of best liberal arts colleges, best regional universities and best regional colleges.Princeton, MIT, Harvard,...
OPINION: A year after the Supreme Court’s historic affirmative action ruling, MIT’s drop in student diversity provides a cautionary tale
More than a year after the Supreme Court restricted race-conscious admissions in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, a clearer picture is starting to emerge of how some incoming classes have changed. MIT announced a sharp drop in its number of Black, Hispanic, Native American and Pacific Islander students, and other elite schools are also experiencing drops.
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