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• Boston University revokes Bill Cosby's honorary degree. Should others join?
• 10 National Liberal Arts Colleges With the Most International Students
• Houston, Miami schools receive threat of violence, campuses to remain open
• Los Angeles schools reopen after threat prompted closure
• Bullard High teachers voicing their concerns over lack of discipline and security on campus

Boston University revokes Bill Cosby's honorary degree. Should others join? Posted: 17 Dec 2015 01:51 PM PST On Tuesday, Boston University became the latest of around a dozen schools to rescind Bill Cosby's honorary degrees in light of a wave of sexual assault allegations. Dr. Cosby's "treatment of women has brought significant and lasting discredit upon himself and is inconsistent with the University's mission and values," the Boston University Board of Trustees wrote in a community letter, announcing that the Board was revoking Cosby's honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree that the school awarded in May 2014.

10 National Liberal Arts Colleges With the Most International Students Posted: 17 Dec 2015 06:00 AM PST Schools That Attract Students From Around the World

Houston, Miami schools receive threat of violence, campuses to remain open Posted: 16 Dec 2015 11:22 PM PST In a statement on its website, the Houston Independent School District said police were sweeping campuses as a precaution, but the threat did not appear to be credible. Miami-Dade County Public Schools also received a threat late Wednesday, according to a statement on the district's website. The new round of threats came a day after the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the nation, abruptly canceled class for its more than 640,000 students after receiving an email that said an attack with guns and bombs was planned at multiple locations.

Los Angeles schools reopen after threat prompted closure Posted: 16 Dec 2015 08:06 PM PST By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Public schools in Los Angeles reopened on Wednesday, a day after local officials canceled classes for all 640,000 students in the nation's second-largest school district over a threatened attack with bombs and guns that was later deemed a hoax. Returning high school students found themselves thrown back into the throes of final exams as the semester ended, with police providing a stepped up presence at campuses to reassure those left jittery by the unprecedented shutdown. Authorities conducted an extensive search on Tuesday of the Los Angeles Unified School District's more than 1,000 schools, and said that by late in the day the buildings were safe and students could return.

Bullard High teachers voicing their concerns over lack of discipline and security on campus Posted: 16 Dec 2015 06:27 PM PST Some of Bullard High School's teachers gathered Wednesday to voice their concerns over, what they say, is the lack of discipline and security on campus.

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