Associated PressHomeYale Agrees to Pay $7.6M to Resolve Research Grant AllegationsYale University has agreed to pay $7.6 million to resolve allegations that it broke the law by mismanaging federally funded research grants, federal authorities announced Tuesday.December 23, 2008Native AmericansUSD offers computer science at tribal collegesPIERRE, S.D. (AP) – The University of South Dakota will offer its master’s degree in computer science at three tribal colleges next year. The state Board of Regents approved the delivery of the master’s degree online to Sinte Gleska University, Oglala Lakota College and Sisseton Wahpeton College. USD recently received a grant from the National […]December 22, 2008Faculty & StaffOCU law professor alleges discriminationOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A law professor at Oklahoma City University has filed a federal lawsuit against the university and its law school dean, claiming sexual discrimination and violation of the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Danne L. Johnson, as associated professor of law since 2003, contends male law professors at the school make as […]December 22, 2008HomeUA provost suggests pay cutsTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – When it comes to fixing budget shortfalls, some high earners at the University of Arizona should cut their pay. That suggestion comes from one of the school’s highest paid employees, University of Arizona Provost Meredith Hay, who earns more than $100,000 a year. The number of employees making more than six […]December 22, 2008Community CollegesNewspaper: Lawmakers take college jobsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom has drawn criticism for taking a six-figure job at a state college after steering funding its way, but a newspaper investigation has found other current and former lawmakers doing the same. A review by The Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times found 18 current and former […]December 22, 2008Community CollegesAtlanta water shut off to collegeAtlanta water service has been shut off to Morris Brown College until the school pays its $380,000 water bill.December 22, 2008HomeUW professors killed in crash near Fort CollinsFORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – Officials say the two people killed in a vehicle crash north of Fort Collins were professors at the University of Wyoming’s school of nursing. The Colorado State Patrol says 59-year-old Carol L. Macnee and 54-year-old Susan M. McCabe both died at the scene of the Thursday crash on U.S. 287 […]December 21, 2008HomeCivil rights leader James Bevel diesWASHINGTON (AP) – The Rev. James L. Bevel, a prominent figure in the civil rights movement whose legacy was clouded by an incest conviction has died, a relative said. He was 72. Bevel died Friday in Virginia after a fight with pancreatic cancer, said a daughter, Chevara Orrin, who lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He […]December 21, 2008HomeNSU’s Cherokee Education program has 1st graduateTAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) – Northeastern State University‘s Cherokee Education degree program now has its first graduate. Greg Drowning Bear received his bachelor’s degree on Saturday during the university‘s fall commencement ceremony. The program is a partnership between NSU and the Tahlequah-based Cherokee Nation. NSU says it is the only public university in the nation to […]December 21, 2008Leadership & PolicyPrivate Va college names first black presidentFARMVILLE, Va. (AP) – Christopher B. Howard has been named president of Hampden-Sydney College. Howard will be the first African-American to serve as president of the private all-male college near Farmville. He will succeed Walter M. Borz III. Borz announced in May that he would step down June 30. Hampden-Sydney’s board of trustees appointed Howard […]December 21, 2008Previous PagePage 287 of 569Next Page
