Associated PressHomeNew Jersey Becomes The 1st Northern State To Apologize For Its Role In SlaveryTRENTON, N.J. New Jersey became the first Northern state to apologize for slavery, as legislators approved a resolution Monday expressing “profound regret” for the state’s role in the practice.January 8, 2008HomeNew Jersey Becomes The 1st Northern State To Apologize For Its Role In SlaveryTRENTON N.J. New Jersey became the first Northern state to apologize for slavery, as legislators approved a resolution Monday expressing “profound regret” for the state’s role in the practice. The Assembly and the Senate 29-2 both voted overwhelmingly to approve the resolution, which expresses the Legislature’s opinion without requiring action by the governor. “This resolution […]January 7, 2008StudentsMnSCU Wants Permission to Tell Parents About Student DrinkingMANKATO, Minn. State law prevents college and university officials from telling parents when their children get into minor trouble with drugs and alcohol on campus. After several deaths in 2007, those officials want to change the law. “When the families don’t know about it and we can’t tell them about it, they can’t be part […]January 7, 2008HealthTulane Researchers Will See Whether `Katrina Cough’ is MythNEW ORLEANS Tulane University researchers are undertaking a five-year study, monitoring the respiratory health of 1,000 New Orleans area workers to see if there really is such a thing as “Katrina Cough.” The project is underwritten by a $1.86 million grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. During the study, each participant […]January 7, 2008HomeDonor Withdraws Funding for Temple University Endowed Chair in Islamic StudiesPHILADELPHIA An Islamic group has canceled its $1.5 million offer to Temple University for an endowed chair in Islamic studies after concerns were raised about the organization, which was included in a U.S. government probe into funding of suspected terrorists.January 6, 2008Leadership & PolicyFisk Battles Donor Fatigue as Art Sale Bogs Down in CourtsNASHVILLE, Tenn. Despite two years of trying, Fisk University hasn’t been able to turn any of the valuable art donated by painter Georgia O’Keeffe into cash.January 3, 2008Community CollegesUniversity of Arizona Checks Legal Status of Students Under Proposition 300TUCSON, Ariz. The University of Arizona has reviewed the legal status of 877 students identified as potentially ineligible for in-state tuition under a state law aimed at illegal immigrants, but cleared most of them.January 1, 2008InternationalTwo Bowling Green State Students Died In CrashORLAND, Ind. — A van full of international students from Bowling Green State University in Ohio overturned on a snow-covered highway early Wednesday, killing two. The rental van, with six people inside, rolled several times and landed on its roof in the median of the Indiana Toll Road in northeastern Indiana, state police Cpl. Derek […]January 1, 2008Community CollegesMissouri Community Colleges Coping With Remedial ‘Epidemic’SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Higher education leaders in southwest Missouri say freshmen in the region are increasingly unprepared to pass basic college-level courses.December 20, 2007Community CollegesDriver For Former Ala. Two-Year College System Chancellor Pleads Guilty To ObstructionBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The driver for former two-year college system Chancellor Roy Johnson pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstructing a federal investigation by lying about corrupt financial deals.December 20, 2007Previous PagePage 337 of 569Next Page
