Associated PressFaculty & StaffORU President Asks for Second ChanceTULSA Okla. The embattled president of Oral Roberts University asked for a second chance during an emergency meeting with the same faculty members who only days earlier gave him a vote of no confidence.November 14, 2007Leadership & PolicyKansas Education Leaders Back Creating Coordinating CouncilTOPEKA Kan. State education officials are giving their support to creation of a council to coordinate the teaching of Kansas students from preschool to college and technical and career training.November 14, 2007Students17,000 Massachusetts Seniors Get Free Scholarships to State CollegesMALDEN Mass. Nearly 17,000 seniors in Massachusetts high schools now have free tuition to state colleges or universities.November 14, 2007HomeAlabama A&M President Survives Challenge, Trustees Want AnswersMONTGOMERY Ala. Dr. Robert Jennings has survived a challenge to his presidency of Alabama A&M University, but the school’s trustees say they will take up the issue again after they’re given more information.November 14, 2007StudentsNebraska Vote Sought on Affirmative-action BanLINCOLN Neb. A battle over affirmative action will be fought in Nebraska heading into the 2008 presidential election, part of a California group’s multistate plan to bar race and gender as a factor in hiring and admissions decisions.November 14, 2007HomeLAPD Halts Sharply Criticized Muslim Mapping ProgramLOS ANGELES A police plan to map out Muslim communities that was sharply criticized and called religious profiling by civil rights groups has been shelved, a police spokeswoman said Wednesday.November 14, 2007SportsArkansas State U. Panel Narrows List of Names for New MascotJONESBORO Ark. The panel picking a new mascot name for Arkansas State University has narrowed its list to a dozen finalists.November 14, 2007STEMIsraeli School System Faces StrikeJERUSALEM Israeli parents aren’t having the usual trouble rousting their teenagers out of bed for school these days: Hundreds of thousands of secondary school students haven’t seen the inside of a classroom for more than a month as their teachers strike.November 14, 2007HBCUsUniversity of Houston Has a Beehive JamHOUSTON Most folks probably think Texans would have a simple way to handle a major insect infestation: Kill them varmints.November 14, 2007Faculty & StaffOral Roberts President Receives ‘No Confidence’ VoteTULSA Okla. Embattled Oral Roberts University president Richard Roberts, facing accusations he misspent university funds to support a lavish lifestyle, has received a vote of no confidence by the tenured faculty at the evangelical university.November 14, 2007Previous PagePage 350 of 569Next Page