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Donna Heinel confessed to being part in a scheme to help fake athletes get into top universities. This was in return for bribes. According to federal prosecutors, Donna Heinel was a former USC Athletics Administrator who received more than $1.3 Million in bribes. Credit... Steven Senne/Associated Press Nov. 5, 2021 An ex-University of Southern California athletic administrator has pleaded guilty to conspiring to recruit fake athletes to ...read more

Many players are eligible to transfer and play for the N.C.A.A. title. Ochai Agbaji, Kansas, scored 29 points in the win over Michigan State Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Credit... Frank Franklin II/Associated Press Nov. 10, 2021 On Tuesday night, Madison Square Garden hosted a showcase that raised the curtain on the men’s college basketball season. 9 Duke beating Kentucky, 79-71, and No. 3 Kansas topping Michigan State, 87-74, ...read more

While they were working to reduce their flagship domestic policy bill to a manageable size, President Biden informed Democrats that a proposal for two years of community college at no cost would be most likely to be dropped. After meeting with President Biden Tuesday, Representative Pramila Jayapal, Washington, is seen pictured outside the White House. She said that the cost of the package was not what she wanted. Credit... Doug Mills/The New York Times ...read more

This undated image from social media shows a looted Benin Bronze artifact. It was taken October 27, 2021, after Cambridge University announced that it would return the sculpture to Nigeria. Courtesy of Chris Loades/Jesus College, Cambridge/Handout via REUTERS LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A Cambridge University college and a Paris museum on Wednesday handed back cultural artefacts looted from West Africa during the colonial era, setting a precedent that will pressure ot ...read more

Image source, Chris Loades Caption for the image Later this month, the Benin bronze cockerel will be returned to Nigeria The British invaded Nigeria in 1898 and looted a bronze cockerel from Cambridge University. It will be returned to its owner this month The Benin bronze, also known as an "okukor", has been given to Jesus College since 1905. In 2016, it was removed from the display. The Legacy of Slavery Working Party(LSWP) recommended that it be res ...read more

Image source, Chris Loades Image caption, The Benin bronze cockerel is to be returned to Nigeria later this month A bronze cockerel kept at Cambridge University that had been looted in a British raid on what is now Nigeria will be handed back this month. The Benin bronze, also known as an "okukor", has been given to Jesus College since 1905. It was taken off display in 2016 and the Legacy of Slavery Working Party, (LSWP), recommended that it be return ...read more

(CNN)Students began flocking back to the six campuses of the University of Maine this fall hoping for a more normal college experience, one without shutdowns or Zoom classes. As those tens of thousands of students returned to residence halls and full classrooms, university leaders hoped the measures they put in place would keep Covid-19 cases down and avoid widespread cases that shut down many campuses nationwide last spring. University of Maine President Joan Ferrini ...read more

Show caption Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao for 2015. According to reports, she earned a lot of her wealth from VietJet Air, a budget airline. Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images University of Oxford After receiving funding from Vietnam's richest woman, Linacre College will rename itself Thao College After receiving a PS155m gift, the University of Oxford has decided to change the name of its college to honor Vietnam's wealthiest woman. Linacre Colle ...read more

While they were working to reduce their flagship domestic policy bill to a manageable size, President Biden informed Democrats that a proposal for two years of community college at no cost would be most likely to be dropped. Representative Pramila Jayapal of Washington, center, outside the White House after meeting with President Biden on Tuesday. "It's not the number that we want -- we have consistently tried to make it as high as possible," she said of the cost of the package ...read more