Associated PressStudentsObama election spurs race crimes around countryCross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting “Assassinate Obama.” Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.November 17, 2008Leadership & PolicySchool’s Fundraising Pitch Leaves Donors With The BlahsAn attempt to reach younger donors with a breezily written letter that uses the word “blah” 137 times has some Framingham State College (Mass.) alumni questioning the school’s professionalism, judgment and … blah, blah, blah.November 12, 2008StudentsN.H. Catholic College Wants Twice the DiversitySt. Anselm College, a Roman Catholic college here, wants to double the enrollment of Hispanics, African-Americans and other minorities.November 11, 2008Leadership & PolicyIndiana University Panel Won’t Remove Segregationist’s NameThe chairman of an Indiana University committee says the panel will recommend adding a Black basketball player’s name to a gymnasium named after a longtime trustee who advocated racial segregation in the 1940s.November 11, 2008HomeHarvard seeking spending cuts amid economic crisisHarvard University is considering spending cuts because the economic slowdown may reduce federal grants and the school’s substantial endowment, President Drew Faust said Monday. Harvard’s endowment posted an 8.6 percent return and grew to $36.9 billion in the fiscal year that ended June 30. The school, however, lost 12.7 percent on its U.S. stock portfolio […]November 10, 2008HomeBaylor Denounces Noose in Tree on Election DayBaylor University officials said they are investigating an apparent noose hanging from a tree the day Barack Obama was elected the nation’s first Black president.November 9, 2008African-AmericanDemocrats Gain in Dixie, but Racial Divide RemainsBarack Obama hardly marched across the South like General William T. Sherman, who accepted the surrender of the Conferedate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida in 1865. But he certainly made some inroads.November 5, 2008StudentsGay-rights Group Members Arrested at CollegeThree members of a gay-rights group on a nationwide bus tour of faith-based universities were arrested this week after going to a private campus that had banned them, officials said.October 30, 2008StudentsArkansas Chancellor Could Support In-State Rates for the UndocumentedThe head of Arkansas’ flagship university said the state must do everything possible to encourage more students to seek bachelor’s degrees – possibly even by offering undocumented immigrants the lower tuition rates given to in-state residents.October 28, 2008HomeFormer UI employee sues for age discriminationMOSCOW, Idaho (AP) – A former University of Idaho employee says she was forced into early retirement due to a “hostile” environment toward older workers. Lillian Hatheway, 66, was an administrative assistant in the Department of English before she retired in September. She filed a lawsuit against the school Wednesday in Latah County District Court. […]October 26, 2008Previous PagePage 291 of 569Next Page
