Duke University and Mike Pressler, the former lacrosse coach who was forced out in 2006 amid the scandal that followed a dancer's false allegations against three players, have settled a lawsuit filed by Mr. Pressler, The News & Observer reported. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Mr. Pressler, who now coaches at Bryant University, in Rhode Island, sued Duke in 2007, alleging that it had violated agreements with him by making disparaging remarks about him.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the dean of the University of Iowa's law school in which a staff member alleged that she was turned down for teaching positions because of her conservative political views, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported. Decisions against the staff member, Teresa Wagner, were not based on her beliefs, Judge Charles R. Wolle of the U.S. District Court in Davenport, Iowa, wrote. The ruling dismissed Ms. Wagner's claims with prejudice, which bars her from making the same claims again, and granted court costs to the dean, Carolyn Jones.

A committee of the British House of Commons concluded on Tuesday that there was no evidence that researchers at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit had tampered with data or altered peer review of publications to exaggerate the threat of global warming, the Associated Press reported. The exoneration heads off the most serious charges leveled at the scientists after their e-mail messages were leaked in an episode that has been dubbed "Climategate." Other investigations continue.

A freshman football player at Tarleton State University died on Monday after suffering a head injury on Saturday during an offseason practice. According to a news release issued by the Texas institution, the 18-year-old student, Zach Shaver, was injured on a "routine football play."

The British government has released new statistics showing that participation rates in higher education among young people have risen to a record high of 45 percent. The publication of the new figures, which are provisional and show the first increase in several years, follows a call yesterday from a leading industry organization for an "urgent review" of the government's target of increasing university participation rates to 50 percent of the young population.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association said Tuesday that it would sanction Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis for wrongly saying that 97 athletes were academically eligible to play in intercollegiate contests in all 14 of the university's sports over a four-year period. NCAA officials also said that the university had failed to monitor and control its athletic programs, and that a former academic adviser had refused to cooperate with the NCAA investigation. The Associated Press reported that the NCAA would put the university on probation for three years and would require the university to decrease the number of athletic scholarships it offers. Tne NCAA will also vacate a number of victories by the men's and women's basketball teams and the volleyball team. The university noted in a statement that it had discovered the eligibility discrepancies itself in 2007 and had ...

The Canadian Minister of Indian Affairs issued a statement Tuesday night saying it would make $3-million (Canadian) available so students attending the First Nations University of Canada can finish the academic year—even though both the federal and the Saskatchewan governments blocked appropriations to the university in February because of repeated governance problems. The CBC reported that the money would pay for about 1,000 students now enrolled at First Nations to take courses offered by other institutions.

The $3-million would have to be funneled through an institution in good standing, the minister's statement said. Saskatchewan restored its support of the troubled university a week ago after an agreement that gave the University of Regina financial control of First Nations.

The director of a research center at the University of Wyoming has canceled an invitation for William Ayers to speak on the campus, citing safety concerns, the university announced. A spokesman told the Associated Press that the university had received hundreds of calls and messages protesting the visit by Mr. Ayers, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago who belonged to a radical group responsible for bombings in the 1970s.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced $99.8-million in Teacher Quality Partnership grants today, money that will go to universities and school districts working together to improve teacher training. The 12 grant recipients include seven teacher residency programs, which pair aspiring teachers with high-need schools; three universities changing their licensing programs; and two that are working on both residencies and licensing. The administration is seeking to change teacher-training programs as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now known as No Child Left Behind, comes up for renewal.

A leading British business industry organization has called for an "urgent review" of the government's target of increasing university participation rates to 50 percent of the young population, the Financial Times reported. The group, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, also released survey results showing that 59 percent of recent graduates who have a job are not working in a field related to their degrees. The higher number of competing graduates, it says, is reducing the likelihood that they will be able to find suitable jobs. Another industry organization, the Association of Graduate Recruiters, has also criticized the target, calling it an artificial goal that "has driven down standards and devalued the currency of a degree."

Participation rates in higher education have stalled at 43 percent and the government now couches its ambitions as an aspiration rather than...