Associated PressStudentsCongress Acts to Boost Student LendingThe House on Thursday backed a measure aimed at ensuring that students get college loans amid the turmoil in the credit markets.April 17, 2008StudentsNevada Higher Ed Seeks Increased American Indian EnrollmentHigher education officials have formed a coalition to try to turn around the historically low number of American Indian students who go on to college in Nevada.April 17, 2008Community CollegesIndiana Governor To Propose Free Community College PlanGov. Mitch Daniels wants every high school graduate in Indiana to attend college for at least two years — and he is working on a proposal that would have the state pick up the tab for more of them to do just that.April 16, 2008HomeShock-jocks Suspended Over Slur Against Alaska Native WomenA radio station suspended two disc jockeys Tuesday over a derogatory remark about Alaska Native women made on their show, a comment that has Alaskans comparing the shock-jock duo to Don Imus.April 16, 2008StudentsUniversity of California Makes Room for Record 60,000 FreshmenThe University of California has accepted a record 60,008 California residents as freshmen for the coming fall despite worries that cuts in state funding could lead to overcrowded campuses and tuition increases, officials said Monday.April 15, 2008HomeArizona Professor Discovers Secrets of Altar Panels Now at SMUSome modern detective work has brought new insight into a collection of 15th-century panels that once adorned a church altar in Spain.April 15, 2008Faculty & StaffNew Mexico State Official Apologizes for Bad ‘Humor’An associate dean at New Mexico State University who was accused of e-mailing pornography to others at the school has apologized, according to a confidential memo.April 15, 2008HBCUsChicago-area Colleges Reopen After Graffiti ThreatsTwo colleges returned to normal class schedules Tuesday after a promised doomsday scrawled in graffiti came and went without incident, and another university was preparing to reopen Wednesday.April 15, 2008HealthSenate Plans Hearing on Sludge, NAACP Wants InvestigationThe Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will investigate the government’s funding of research in poor, Black neighborhoods on whether sewage sludge might combat lead poisoning in children, its chairman said Monday.April 14, 2008HomeVirginia Justices Hear Randolph Macon Coeducation CasesThe governing board of Randolph Macon Woman’s College broke a contract with students when it decided in 2006 to immediately begin enrolling men, a lawyer for a group of female students told the Virginia Supreme Court on Monday.April 14, 2008Previous PagePage 321 of 569Next Page
