The Huntsville Times: Judge rejects Jennings suit in A&M firing
School’s trustees had argued forboard’s immunity
An Etowah County circuit judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed in July by former Alabama A&M University President Robert R. Jennings against the university’s board of trustees.
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San Francisco Chronicle: Christian law group loses fight with Hastings
SAN FRANCISCO — UC Hastings College of the Law can deny recognition and funding to a Christian student group because it excludes gays, lesbians and non-Christians, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Providence Journal: Ex-RWU dean faces stalking charge for letters sent to faculty members.
After John Dawson was fired from his post as the associate dean of continuing studies at Roger Williams University in 2000, he began a furious postcard and letter writing campaign to faculty members at the university.
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PageOneKentucky.com: Glaring Error in the Robert Felner Audit at UofL
In an email to the University of Louisville’s General Counsel, Provost Shirley Willihnganz and others on October 27, 2008, Larry Owsley wrote:
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WLKY.com: Prosecutors Oppose Separate Trial For Felner, Co-Defendant
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to deny a former University of Louisville educator’s request for a separate trial from his co-defendant in a fraud case against them.
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PageOneKentucky.com: University of Louisville: Financial Audit Update From Robert Felner Scandal, Open Records Request Fulfilled
March 9th, 2009
Last Tuesday we discussed the financial audit of the University of Louisville’s College of Education and Human Development. That story revealed that UofL had not legally complied with our Open Records Request for a copy of the audit and we were reduced to linking to the audit’s executive summary, which was presented to the University’s Board of Trustees. Once that story went live, UofL’s legal counsel promptly and professionally complied by fulfilling our original request of the audit.
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PageOneKenutcky.com: The Robert Felner Scandal and Internal Damage Control at the University of Louisville
March 9th, 2009
More on the Robert Felner front at the University of Louisville. Along with previously mentioned Open Records Requests, we’ve finally received copies of late 2008 emails regarding the Felner scandal and what we deduce to being expected internal damage control and CYA.
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Ledger-Enquirer: Ex-Ga. Tech worker pleads guilty to racketeering
ATLANTA — A former Georgia Tech employee was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to going on a $175,000 shopping spree with her state-issued credit card.
Michelle Harris, 41, was charged with one count of felony racketeering for making hundreds of personal expenses on what’s known as a p-card, and altering receipts to cover up her abuse. Prosecutors say Harris, also known as Michelle Dunbar, used her p-card from June 2003 to May 2007 to pay for diamond earrings, car insurance, groceries and catering for a wedding.
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Inside Higher Ed: Loss for Private College Union
March 16, 2009
Union organizing of professors at private colleges has largely been squelched since 1980, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in NLRB v. Yeshiva University that faculty members at private institutions should be considered managerial employees ineligible for collective bargaining.
A rare breakthrough for such union drives came in 2005, when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that faculty members at Carroll University had the right to unionize. But on Friday, in a ruling that focused primarily on whether Carroll was entitled to be exempt from unionization because of its religious ties, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed the NLRB ruling, effectively quashing the union drive.
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The Chronicle News Blog: Carroll U. Does Not Have to Bargain With Faculty Union, Appellate Court Rules
Carroll University, a private Presbyterian institution in Wisconsin, will not have to bargain with its faculty union because it qualifies for an exemption from the National Labor Relations Board’s jurisdiction on religious grounds, a federal appellate court ruled today.
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Seattle Times: Spokane college sued for blocking anti-abortion display
The Alliance Defense Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Spokane Falls Community College student after she and other students were denied permission to put on an anti-abortion event on campus and were told they might be expelled if they proceeded.
Spokane Falls Community College student Beth Sheeran and several fellow Christian students wanted to put up an anti-abortion display and distribute fliers on campus in January to mark the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.
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The Chronicle News Blog: Judge Orders U. of Georgia to Clear Former Dean of Harassment Accusations
A federal district judge has ordered the University of Georgia to rescind its finding that John Soloski, a former dean of its Grady College of Journalism, had sexually harassed a female co-worker by making two comments about her appearance.
The co-worker, Janet Kendall Jones, said Mr. Soloski had created a hostile work environment by commenting on the color of her eyes in October 2004, and by remarking in April 2005 that a dress she was wearing “really shows off your assets.” Mr. Soloski acknowledged that he had made those remarks but said they were not meant to be sexual.
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Courier-Journal: Schroeder may seek to split his case from Felner’s
The attorney for Thomas Schroeder, the Illinois man named as co-defendant in the criminal case against former University of Louisville education dean Robert Felner, has filed a motion protecting his client’s right to request his case be tried separately from Felner’s.
Felner and Schroeder are accused of fraudulently obtaining nearly $2.3 million in grant and contract money from the universities of Louisville and Rhode Island.
Felner, 58, is facing 10 counts of mail fraud, money-laundering, conspiracy and income-tax evasion; a federal grand jury indicted him in October.
Schroeder, 51, of Fort Byron, Ill., also is charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud the IRS.
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Tagged Administration, Ethics, Fraud, Legal issues, Robert Felner
The Monitor: College professor wins pay discrimination case against UTPA
EDINBURG — Hilda Medrano was demoted from her job as dean of the University of Texas-Pan American’s college of education almost four years ago.
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Ottawa Citizen: Students sue University of Ottawa for barring controversial professor
OTTAWA-Two graduate students and a researcher have filed a lawsuit against the University of Ottawa, claiming “their academic and research careers have been frustrated and/or derailed” after a controversial physics professor was barred from campus.
Denis Rancourt, a tenured professor, has attracted attention for his unconventional methods, including a plan to give all students in a fourth-year and graduate-level course in physics an A-plus. He has been placed on academic suspension.
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Sydney Morning Herald: Pardoned author back after Thai ordeal
February 21, 2009
An emotional Harry Nicolaides has arrived home after spending almost six months in a Thai prison for criticising Thailand’s royal family in a novel he wrote.
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WLKY.com: Judge To Hear Arguments In Former Dean’s Fraud Case
Felner Wants Evidence Suppressed
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A federal judge will hear arguments next month about whether to suppress evidence in the case against a former University of Louisville dean accused of fraud.
Robert Felner and colleague Thomas Schroeder are accused of fraudulently obtaining more than $2 million in grant and contract money from U of L and the University of Rhode Island.
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Inside Higher Ed: EEOC Can Sue Public University, Court Rules
The Eleventh Amendment protects public universities from lawsuits by former employees under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act — but it does not prevent the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from suing the colleges on the aggrieved employees’ behalf, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Pocono Record: ESU, Dillman, two executives sued over Sanders allegations
Accuses administrator of pursuing sex with six students; accuses university of cover-up
One current and five former students are suing East Stroudsburg University, claiming a top administrator pursued unwanted sex with them — including genital groping and oral sex — and school officials covered up his alleged crimes.
The allegations are detailed in an explicit, 50-page civil suit that was filed Friday in Monroe County Courthouse.
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The Chronicle News Blog: Los Angeles City College Is Sued Over Alleged Bias Against Christian Student
The Alliance Defense Fund sued the Los Angeles Community College District on Wednesday, asserting that a student at Los Angeles City College was shouted down and called a “fascist bastard” by his Speech 101 professor while giving a presentation about his Christian faith.
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