Methodist Church swimsuit in opposition to SMU reaches Texas Supreme Courtroom

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A contentious, six-year authorized battle between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist College is coming earlier than the Texas Supreme Courtroom right this moment. The controversy facilities round who maintains management over the college—its Board of Trustees or the church—after the college tried to distance itself in 2019. The transfer got here at a…

Brown reaches settlement on Title VI complaints

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The Schooling Division’s Workplace for Civil Rights has settled with Brown College over the establishment’s dealing with of about 75 antisemitic or Islamophobic incidents reported between October 2023 and March 2024, the workplace introduced Monday. OCR criticized Brown for failing to finish investigations and, in some instances, abandoning complaints when the complainant didn’t reply to…