State News In Brief.

This article reports on news briefs from the higher education arena in the United States. In Massachusetts, Governor Mitt Romney is not reappointing three board members in possible retaliation for their lack of support for some of his proposals. A court has ruled that campus police for the University of Vermont were within their rights to arrest a student for drunk driving off campus. In California, a law was signed into effect banning players with felony records from participating in sports at the public colleges until their sentence has been served.