'Funeral' protest marks final farewell as Virginia Wesleyan becomes Batten University

Alumni staged a funeral-themed protest on the eve of Virginia Wesleyan's name change, saying the university erased its ...
KUT

Mock funeral mourns death of academic freedom before UT System updates rule on cutting programs

University of Texas System regents approved a rule change Thursday, giving campus presidents more power to cut academic programs and faculty jobs. Their vote came one day after critics marched a horse ...
Houston Chronicle

Texas Tech restricted teaching on gender identity. Now students are holding a funeral in protest.

Onlookers might spot an unusual scene Thursday at Texas Tech University: a horse-drawn carriage carrying an urn and books, trailed by veiled students and faculty. The participants say they are ...
inforum

Former Minnesota funeral home director pleads guilty in 2002 case of skull found in Wisconsin

ST. PAUL — A former Stillwater-area funeral home director admitted in court Tuesday to the 2001 post-mortem decapitation of a woman whose skull was found a little over a year later by Boy Scouts ...
The Baltimore Sun

Kirk funeral set an example | READER COMMENTARY

With the Baltimore Ravens not playing on Sunday, I suspect many fans, including myself, watched the memorial service for Charlie Kirk along with over 75,000 others in attendance (“Trump officials ...
The Business Journals

Toyota’s Lean Management program (with real life examples), and its benefits, explained

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. If you’ve ever searched for information online about the ...
Forbes

Indiana University To Discontinue More Than 100 Academic Programs

Indiana University-Bloomington is ending more than 100 of its academic degree programs. The massive restructuring comes after the state passed a budget bill introducing several new public higher ...
KTNV Las Vegas

CSN to launch state's first funeral services degree program in the fall

He says the first class will consist of between 10 and 12 students who will work to earn their associate's degree in the field. He hopes in the years to come, the program can expand. “Even though ...
kcra.com

American River College opens nation’s first on-campus mortuary, making history in funeral education

HISTORY. IT’S ONE OF TWO SCHOOLS IN THE STATE WITH A FUNERAL PROGRAM. AND NOW IT’S THE FIRST COLLEGE IN AMERICA WITH ITS OWN MORTUARY. YOU KNOW, THERE’S SO MUCH TO THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY. JUST THINK ...
PBS

46 programs Trump wants to eliminate, according to his proposed budget

For more politics coverage and analysis, sign up for Here's the Deal, our weekly politics newsletter, here. Presidential budget proposals are usually seen as symbolic. But President Donald Trump is ...
Stars and Stripes

Army heralds a new beginning for The Old Guard as horse-drawn caissons return to Arlington

WASHINGTON — The horse-drawn caissons of the 3rd Infantry Regiment that have carried the caskets of deceased service members to gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery since 1948 are scheduled to ...