Associated PressHomeFormer World War II Internees Get Honorary DegreesMore than six decades after they were forced to leave college, some 450 Japanese Americans interned during World War II have been awarded honorary degrees from the University of Washington.May 19, 2008StudentsNew Online School Targets Hispanics, At-risk StudentsThe state’s newest virtual charter school is expected to go online this fall, but only after a strategic campaign to recruit Hispanics and teenagers at risk of quitting or getting kicked out of public high schools.May 19, 2008HealthNebraska Experiencing Graying of Health Care ProfessionalsNebraska will soon be faced with widespread retirements among its health care workers, a profession already in short supply.May 18, 2008HomeWest Virginia University Faculty Demands School President Ouster AgainWest Virginia University’s faculty demanded Wednesday that embattled President Mike Garrison quit over a master’s degree scandal involving the governor’s daughter, the second call for his resignation in 10 days.May 15, 2008Community CollegesLouisiana Two-Year College System Offering Job Retraining GuaranteeThe Louisiana Community and Technical College System will offer graduates for more than 100 training programs a guarantee sought by Gov. Bobby Jindal: If you can’t find a job in your training area, you’ll be retrained for free.May 14, 2008Community CollegesN.C. Community College System Halts Undocumented Student AdmissionsNorth Carolina’s community college system reversed itself Tuesday and said it will no longer admit undocumented immigrants until federal officials formally weigh in on whether it is legal.May 14, 2008SportsFormer NDSCS Athlete Being DeportedA former North Dakota State College of Science basketball player from Algeria who pleaded guilty to racking up thousands of dollars in international phone bills on a school-issued calling card now faces deportation.May 14, 2008Community Colleges10-year-old Scholar Takes Calif. College By StormWith the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music.May 13, 2008HomeU. of Okla. Freshman, 19, Elected Mayor of MuskogeeA 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor Tuesday of Muskogee, a city of 38,000 in the northeastern part of the state.May 13, 2008LatinxMajority Latino South Texas Town Abolishes Decades-old SegregationA South Texas town has abolished an anti-Hispanic segregation law more than seven decades after it was enacted.May 13, 2008Previous PagePage 316 of 569Next Page
