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• Embattled NCAA lets richest colleges play their own game
• Sen. Walsh drops out of race amid plagiarism probe
• 2 Virginia schools blamed for restraining students
• Education Department to ease college loan rules
• U.S. Senate bill would make colleges get tough on sexual assault

Embattled NCAA lets richest colleges play their own game Posted: 07 Aug 2014 04:30 PM PDT U.S. college sports took a first step in addressing broad criticism about treatment of student-athletes with a vote Thursday to grant some autonomy to rich athletic conferences, a tacit acknowledgement of their unrivaled economic clout. The new structure among the five biggest conferences hands them broader authority to set their own rules and could potentially pave the way for the 65 universities to offer compensation to student-athletes. The National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I board of directors approved the measure that would let the so-called power five - the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference - self-govern in areas such as scholarships, insurance and travel for athletes' families. The conferences and the NCAA have faced legal, political and public pressure to share its billions in revenue they generate from amateur athletes and guarantee them stronger benefits.

Sen. Walsh drops out of race amid plagiarism probe Posted: 07 Aug 2014 03:18 PM PDT U.S. Sen. John Walsh of Montana is dropping his campaign for office amid allegations that he plagiarized large portions of a 2007 research project he wrote for a master's degree, a Democrat close to the former National Guard commander's campaign said Thursday.

2 Virginia schools blamed for restraining students Posted: 07 Aug 2014 01:22 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education has concluded that two Virginia schools denied students with emotional disabilities the right to a free, appropriate public education by frequently subjecting them to seclusion and physical restraint.

Education Department to ease college loan rules Posted: 07 Aug 2014 11:22 AM PDT The Department of Education said Thursday it will try to make it easier for students and parents with troubled credit histories to get college loans. New rules would ease restrictions on college students ...

U.S. Senate bill would make colleges get tough on sexual assault Posted: 30 Jul 2014 02:49 PM PDT By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on Wednesday to combat sexual assaults on college and university campuses by requiring schools to provide more help for victims and work more closely with police investigators. If the bill passes, it would also require colleges to make public the number of sexual assaults reported on their campuses. "It's deeply troubling that for too many, and a growing number of young Americans, the college experience now also involves sexual assault," said Florida Republican Marco Rubio, a sponsor of the bill. An American woman in college is more likely to be a victim of sexual assault than a woman who is not attending college, Rubio said.

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