University of California system names 1st Black president
July 8, 2020 GMTSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dr. Michael Drake was chosen Tuesday to be president of the University of California, the first Black leader in the system's 150-year history.
Drake, a seasoned university administrator, replaces Janet Napolitano in overseeing a sprawling, 280,000-student system dealing with issues of accessibility for Blacks and other minorities, along with slashed budgets and upended campus life because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Ohio State University president plans to retire next year
November 21, 2019 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University President Michael Drake plans to retire from that role next year after a tenure highlighted by strategic successes but also complicated by scandals involving the university’s marching band, a prominent football coach and a former team doctor accused of widespread sexual abuse...
NCAA board approves athlete compensation for image, likeness
October 30, 2019 GMTThe NCAA took a major step Tuesday toward allowing college athletes to cash in on their fame, voting to permit them to "benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness...
Ohio State revokes doc’s status, plans sex abuse task force
May 31, 2019 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University trustees have posthumously revoked the emeritus status of a team doctor found to have sexually abused young men during his two decades there...
‘Shocking’: Ohio State doc abused 177, officials were aware
May 18, 2019 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A now-dead Ohio State team doctor sexually abused at least 177 male students from the 1970s through the 1990s, and numerous university officials got wind of what was going on over the years but did little or nothing to stop him, according to a report released by the school Friday...
The Latest: Report doesn’t say if abuse reported to police
May 17, 2019 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on an investigation into a former Ohio State team doctor (all times local):...
Ohio State: 100 ex-students report sex misconduct by doctor
July 20, 2018 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — More than 100 former students have provided firsthand accounts of sexual misconduct by the now-dead Ohio State University team physician at the center of an ongoing investigation, the university said on Friday...