Associated PressHomeColumbia University Professor Accused of Plagiarism Charges Racism in ProbeA Columbia University Teachers College professor whose colleagues found a noose hanging from her office door is now being accused of plagiarism, a charge she said is part of efforts to intimidate her because she is Black.February 21, 2008Community CollegesObama Lays Out Community College Plan at Campaign StopU.S. Sen. Barack Obama detailed a plan to strengthen community colleges, including making community college free for some Americans, during a campaign stop Saturday in central Wisconsin.February 20, 2008Community CollegesLegislator Targeted Amid Alabama Two-year College System ProbeState Rep. Todd Greeson says his office at Northeast Alabama Community College was visited by federal agents who subpoenaed co-workers in a probe of Alabama’s two-year college system.February 20, 2008StudentsYale Plans for Biggest Expansion in DecadesNEW HAVEN, Conn. Yale University is moving forward with plans to build two residential colleges, an expansion that could create the largest increase in the student body since the Ivy League college began admitting women in 1969. Yale President Richard Levin sent a statement to faculty and students this week citing the benefits of the […]February 20, 2008HomeColumbia University Professor Accused of Plagiarism Charges Racism in ProbeNEW YORK A Columbia University Teachers College professor whose colleagues found a noose hanging from her office door is now being accused of plagiarism, a charge she says is part of efforts to intimidate her because she is Black. The school said Wednesday it imposed sanctions against Dr. Madonna G. Constantine following an investigation that […]February 20, 2008Leadership & PolicyUniversity of Connecticut Hopes to Start Offering Black Studies Major in FallStudents at the state’s flagship university will be able to earn degrees in the study of Black history and culture starting this fall if a state board approves the school’s plans.February 20, 2008Native AmericansCongress May Apologize to American IndiansWASHINGTON A resolution that formally apologizes to American Indians for years of government mistreatment and abuse will be part of an Indian health care bill expected to pass the Senate later this month. Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, who has pushed the measure since 2004, said he hopes the measure “helps heal the wounds that have […]February 19, 2008Leadership & PolicyUniversity of Connecticut Hopes to Start Offering Black Studies Major in FallSTORRS, Conn. Students at the state’s flagship university will be able to earn degrees in the study of Black history and culture starting this fall if a state board approves the school’s plans. The University of Connecticut is asking the state Board of Higher Education to approve an interdisciplinary major it will call African-American Studies. […]February 19, 2008HomeO’Keeffe Museum Argues Fisk Should Forfeit Prized Art CollectionNASHVILLE Tenn. Attorneys for the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in New Mexico argued that Fisk University has violated the terms of an agreement with the late painter and should forfeit a prized art collection she donated. In the opening day of the trial over the 101-piece Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Modern American and European Art, lawyers […]February 19, 2008LatinxEnrollment of Hispanic Students Down at Some Tulsa-area SchoolsSince Oklahoma’s crackdown on illegal immigration took effect on Nov. 1, enrollment numbers for Hispanic students in many Tulsa-area school systems have dropped.February 19, 2008Previous PagePage 330 of 569Next Page
