San Diego State University ended a yearlong investigation of drug and firearm possession on the campus last week, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. The investigation, Operation Sudden Fall, was the largest investigation of its kind since 1991. Police arrested 95 students for possession of marijuana and seized $100,000 in drugs, $60,000 in cash and four guns, the Chronicle reported. Federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents posed as students to search for illegal drugs. Police charged 33 students with felonies and the university suspended six fraternities. The investigation began in May 2007 when a student at the university overdosed on cocaine. School officials believed that the criminal investigation was necessary because education alone does not work, Susan Henry, a health educator at San Diego State, told the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Linear Air, a New Hampshire-based airline taxi company that services flights to airports near Colby College, Middlebury College and Dartmouth, saw a 50 percent increase in requests for college tour trips this spring, according to The Boston Globe. According to the company, private flights are faster and more efficient because they minimize long drives, hotel stays and the inconveniences of commercial air travel and allow families to visit many colleges in one day.
Diane Auer Jones resigned from her position as the Department of Education's assistant secretary for postsecondary education after serving in the position for nine months, according to Inside Higher Ed. Jones was well liked by many of her colleagues but did not always agree with their opinions, especially with regards to regulating accreditation, the article reported. Jones' early resignation is uncommon for recently hired executive officials, according to Inside Higher Ed. Jones previously worked in the White House, the National Science Foundation's undergraduate education division, the House of Representatives science committee and at Princeton University.
