Associated PressLeadership & PolicyOliver is board’s choice for MVSU presidentJACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The state College Board has named Donna Oliver as its choice to lead Mississippi Valley State University, a historically black college in Itta Bena. Oliver is currently provost and vice president for academic affairs at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida. Mississippi Valley State has been without a permanent leader since […]October 14, 2008Faculty & StaffLibrarian shot and killed on San Antonio campusSAN ANTONIO (AP) – A librarian at Northeast Lakeview College was shot and killed Monday by a fellow employee, college president Eric Reno said. Reno identified the man who was killed in the library as Devin Zimmerman, 37. He said the gunman, a 62-year-old adjunct librarian, sat down after the shooting and waited to be […]October 14, 2008StudentsColleges to fight concealed gun billOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The heads of Oklahoma’s state colleges and universities are vowing to oppose any legislative efforts to allow concealed weapons on campus. Legislation that would have allowed concealed weapons on college campuses was defeated earlier this year after college presidents and law enforcement officers said it would create chaos and even more […]October 14, 2008Community CollegesUConn dorms compete for energy, water savingsSTORRS, Conn. (AP) – The University of Connecticut is injecting friendly competition into its energy-saving efforts at college dorms. Its conservation contests have become so popular that water use at some dorms has dropped 10 percent or more. Residents of the winning dorms get prizes: a certificate for carbon offsets – which pay for reducing greenhouse gas […]October 14, 2008StudentsUniversity of Wisconsin Sorry for ‘Blazing Saddles’ ClipThe University of Wisconsin-Madison has apologized to a black student who during a class last year was shown a clip of the movie “Blazing Saddles” that features racial epithets.October 14, 2008STEMTucson School District Seeking Minority TeachersTucson’s largest school district has launched a $550,000 effort to recruit minority teachers, hoping to diversify its staff and give minority students a better chance of seeing themselves as part of the education system.October 14, 2008HomeEmployees sue UW police for discriminationSEATTLE (AP) _ Six current and former employees of the University of Washington’s police department say they faced a hostile work environment, including racial and sexual discrimination. The group, which includes four police officers, filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court last week. They say there was a black voodoo doll with a noose […]October 13, 2008StudentsStudy: Peers, Not Profs, Influence Student ViewsOn issues such as abortion, gay marriage and religion, college students shift noticeably to the left from the time they arrive on campus through their junior year, new research shows.October 13, 2008StudentsScholarship Lets Sudan Native Get EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. Makwei Mabioor Deng looked out the shuttle-bus window on his way to class at George Washington University and wondered aloud whether there were crocodiles in the Potomac River. Three weeks earlier, he had never been on a plane, never heard of a microwave oven, never seen a library full of books and computers. […]October 12, 2008DisabiltiesBack to School: Autistic Students Get Help Navigating College LifeWhen Dan Hackett started college, he didn’t make the grades he knew he could. Hackett, who has Asperger’s syndrome, found at the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh that some of his symptoms were holding him back. He had difficulty organizing his time and managing assignments. “I always knew I could do better,” said […]October 12, 2008Previous PagePage 294 of 569Next Page